Time attack beetle

[thetoff]

hiya mate...very intresting thread. on one of the first pictures i noticed the pedal assembly, where is that from ?

[Wally]

Like the stance of the car as well! and love the home made camber plates.

Any pics of what she looks like now?

[Humble]

The pedal assembly is a Tilton 600 series. I love the floor mount setup but I may end up trading these pedals for a top mount unit. The top mount is a little more space friendly in a bug and the master cylinders are easier to deal with.

I don't have any good overall pics (because the paint is terrible) but I don't want to show it until the aero is on anyway Actually I can't wait to paint it but thats last on my list. I did find a great satin black paint to use for the hood and decklid however. I used my phone dials to experiment on and they came out much better than I anticipated.

I was working on the cage more this weekend and got the main hoop, and down bars tacked in. I started working on the head and dash bars but I ran out of daylight. If all goes well I can have the cage ready for final weld next weekend.

[V8SuperBeetle]

Cool build! Can't wait to see more progress!

[Humble]

The roll cage is finally in! I had a 5 day weekend over the 4th so I spent just about all of it finishing the cage. I added the diagonal in the main hoop and also beefed up the x-brace to 1.5" instead of the 1" that came with it. I decided to copy the x-brace for the passenger side as well for equal protection.


Me hard at work roasting in the sun


Interior shots






Now that the cage is done, the race motor and tranny can go in. I'm counting the hours now, compared to the cage everything else is cake.

[NO_H2O]

Nice cage.