My Project beetle - wish me luck !

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JonnoDub
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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Post by JonnoDub »

I done the toe in today and spaced the front wheels due to a scraping sound which turned out to be the tie rod scraping against the edge of the rim.
Took some more pics of my garage queen.........


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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Post by Terry Phillips »

Keep the pictures coming, good job and its looking great.
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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Post by JonnoDub »

thanx Terry

So no more scraping issues with the small wheels , may need to get longer wheel studs due to the 6mm spacers inserted just for peace of mind.
Rear shoes have been adjusted , handbrake works. To tell you the truth the brakes dont feel much better than what they were previously with the old drum system. I have bled the brakes twice already and the pedal is hard.
My turning circle is also wider,,,,

I wrapped the exhaust today

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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Post by Buged »

Is the type 4 in? Sorry I'm asking now only but for some reason I cannot view all the pictures as it only presents a tiny icon saying image...
And if so, did you go the upright conversion or do a straight swap with bodywork effort?
...low n slow...
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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Post by JonnoDub »

Im running a single port beetle engine at the moment, ended up sticking that 1700 type 4 into a kombi.

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