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Old February 10th 2010, 23:49
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...probably going to do some gravel events, so I'm thinking of running the oil lines into the luggage area and putting the accusump back there.

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Old February 11th 2010, 11:27
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Great post! I'm always happy about seeing people having own ideas and skills to make them alive..theese together can produce fantastic cars like this with the real "retro racing" feeling what I like the most in your bug..keep up!
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Old February 11th 2010, 17:38
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Hi

Its easy to run out of room when all this extra stuff is fitted, I will run a shield around my Accusump and have the air pressure gauge in the engine bay.

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Old February 26th 2010, 03:38
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Well, the rally car is up for sale...which frees up some parts for other projects...







Mounted using the frames from a factory seat, with 3/16" steel plate welded on. Will probably gusset the frames before painting and installing in the car for good. Going to need to test it out on the way to work tomorrow and confirm I'm happy with it. Then I'll do the passenger side.

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Old February 26th 2010, 04:02
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Oh, I also added weight. >

...but I like good tunes. The rear speaker unit hides under the factory cover (which I took from the '72 and installed in the '69), and has connectors so it's removable out of the car. Wired the bug for amps and sub, but I'm not going there yet. Front speakers aren't easily removable...maybe I'll have to pull some lexan out of the rally car to even things up haha.







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Old March 4th 2010, 15:22
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Dash finished, for the moment. Stage 3 is on the drawing board, mostly cosmetic though it will include bolting the rally computer down.



Got the seats mounted as well, surprising how much it changes the driving feel of the car. Instantly connects you to the car more.





034 Motorsport and AVR Import Specialties have shipped the parts needed for the next stage of the project. In the meantime, I really need to finish the bearing design on the shifter and mill up a finished unit.

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Looking good.
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I like the look of those seats, the interior in general is pretty clean How wide are those at the shoulder?
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Old March 5th 2010, 15:14
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Imola S Std.
A - 19"
B - 15"
C - 14.5"
D - 13"
E - 22.5"
F - 34.5"
G - 18"
Weight 15 lbs.

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Waiting for parts, so I figured I better start on the "donor" motor. I'm using it for the tin, distributor gear off the crankshaft and oil pressure valve covers. The rest goes on the shelf for a future project.



This motor has every bit of factory cooling tin that should be there, including a functional thermostat. Outside of my '75, I've actually never seen the proper factory thermostat. Wasn't even sure how to disconnect it to get the engine apart! Started running all the tin through a kerosene bath & then the sandblaster.





Haven't decided on whether it will be simply painted or powder coated yet. I should powder coat it, but it's a pain as the closest place is over an hour away. The tin will be used on my new engine build. Going with a 1776cc, just waiting on the last few parts to arrive.

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Post up a pic of the outside of the car ! I want to see what all the parts that were painted black look like !

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heh heh. That would mean I need to install them. :P

I brought the handles in to be rekeyed to match my ignition. Since I only have one key for the car, we figured we'd make a couple of spares. No dice. I can get a copied key to work in the passenger door, but not the driver's door or the ignition. "hmm", I thought, "no biggie, I'll just rekey all the cylinders to a new cut". No dice on that one. '69 ignition cylinder isn't designed to come out of the car, so I'm a bit stuck as to what my plan is going to be.

Once I solve the key issue, I'll drop the black bits on.

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Thanks man. I got my new wheels and did a semi gloss black. I was kind of thinking about doing all the chrome semi gloss black as well.

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I am now just waiting for my case to be finished at the machinist, and then I can pre-assemble everything before balancing and final assembly.

New engine build will be 1776cc, 40mm/35.5mm heads, forged crank, Scat C20 Camshaft, 1.25 ratio rockers, Scat I-Beam rods, fully balanced with an Accusump to protect against starvation when cornering. Got all the fun bits delivered today, really don't know where I'm going to run the Accusump and remote cable though.


C20 Cam, which I've had for quite some time..


Big valve heads, need to see if I can get these port and polished before assembly. Not a job I want to tackle myself.


Mahle forged piston and cylinder set. Also have Total Seal rings to put on these.


Scat i-Beam connecting rods.


Accusump with valve, cable control and cable mount. I'm thinking of working the cable mount into the shifter assembly and placing the accusump in the rear luggage area.


Scat lightened flywheel.

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So, wow, changes the look of the car instantly (at least, to me). My housemate came upstairs from the garage and says to me "you've ruined it, totally looks like a modern car now".





A few problems though...I managed to mix up some trim and never painted a pair of front quarter trim, so its back to chrome tonight. Still haven't figured out the lock situation, and if I'm going to do this properly I need to source out a "volkswagen" script to paint as well.

Other then that, work continues on the new engine. My evenings have been spent cleaning hardware...reeeeaaaaalllly exciting stuff. It's Kerosene for degreasing, into a light acid bath for rust removal and then oiling to keep the rust off.

I'm about ready to give up and just order an engine hardware kit. Seems somewhat wasteful, and I'm not sure I trust the hardware kits that are out there, but I'm losing braincells to fumes and boredom. Not to mention things like the head studs are pitted from corrosion.



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