"FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
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"FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
The Story of this bug started end of Nov last year....a friend notified me of her & that she was in urgent need of alot of attension....
Beginning of Dec a deal was struck & we trailered her back to JVR Kustoms & Classics from the tree she's been standing under for the last 2-3yrs.
She sat in my yard while I was busy rebuilding a friend's '62...... & after the holidays work began.... Body was taken of the pan, & everything was stripped & redone...... As I knew beforehand what I wanted to do with her, all parts was collected since her purchase, so when the build started, nothing was holding me up.2 weeks of very late hours, almost no sleep & blood , sweat & tears, the pan was done & evrything was replaced with brand new stuff, brakes, fuel lines, bushing etc etc etc.....
Now the body was rusted in a bad way, the drip rails were so bad I had to make new ones from scratch, rust were removed, new panels tig or mig welded in & body was prepped & painted by myself.... The body took 4weeks of the build time.
All n all the interior was still very good & in original condition, so it was kept as is & just given a good cleaning.
She sits on Continental 195/50/15's wrapping EMPI Raider wheels.
Full lock steering is achieved by an adjustable K/L beam with 60mm narrowed in total & Z-d shock towers with custom shocks back & front....rear stance comes from a set of custom double adjustable spring plates, lenghtend 25mm & notched to have the 1600sfas box with 1300 axles sitting just right & put the power down coming from the bigbore 1600 Mexico AS41 with full flow oil kit & external oil cooler.... To give it tht deap beat, the gasses escape through the custom exhaust system that used to be a set of buggy pipes.
No you might ask yourself....Its low, but how come there's no rear wheel camber???
Well, as I said, I knew exactly what I wanted to achieve....So while the body was still off, the drivetrain was lifted 10cms up....giving the rear wheels an almost 0 degree of camber....to accomadate the raised box & motor, the rear floor section was cut out & hinges fabricated so that the floor now can flip up when the rear seat is flipped forward.
Now all this took place at JVR K&C & was done in 6weeks >
She drives like a dream & receives countless thumbs ups & many a mobile picture....More on her later.Thx for the pics in advance Riekert
Beginning of Dec a deal was struck & we trailered her back to JVR Kustoms & Classics from the tree she's been standing under for the last 2-3yrs.
She sat in my yard while I was busy rebuilding a friend's '62...... & after the holidays work began.... Body was taken of the pan, & everything was stripped & redone...... As I knew beforehand what I wanted to do with her, all parts was collected since her purchase, so when the build started, nothing was holding me up.2 weeks of very late hours, almost no sleep & blood , sweat & tears, the pan was done & evrything was replaced with brand new stuff, brakes, fuel lines, bushing etc etc etc.....
Now the body was rusted in a bad way, the drip rails were so bad I had to make new ones from scratch, rust were removed, new panels tig or mig welded in & body was prepped & painted by myself.... The body took 4weeks of the build time.
All n all the interior was still very good & in original condition, so it was kept as is & just given a good cleaning.
She sits on Continental 195/50/15's wrapping EMPI Raider wheels.
Full lock steering is achieved by an adjustable K/L beam with 60mm narrowed in total & Z-d shock towers with custom shocks back & front....rear stance comes from a set of custom double adjustable spring plates, lenghtend 25mm & notched to have the 1600sfas box with 1300 axles sitting just right & put the power down coming from the bigbore 1600 Mexico AS41 with full flow oil kit & external oil cooler.... To give it tht deap beat, the gasses escape through the custom exhaust system that used to be a set of buggy pipes.
No you might ask yourself....Its low, but how come there's no rear wheel camber???
Well, as I said, I knew exactly what I wanted to achieve....So while the body was still off, the drivetrain was lifted 10cms up....giving the rear wheels an almost 0 degree of camber....to accomadate the raised box & motor, the rear floor section was cut out & hinges fabricated so that the floor now can flip up when the rear seat is flipped forward.
Now all this took place at JVR K&C & was done in 6weeks >
She drives like a dream & receives countless thumbs ups & many a mobile picture....More on her later.Thx for the pics in advance Riekert
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Re: "FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
thts weird....will see if we can do something about it.
She's painted in factory colour again according to the factory plate.... Vin states tht she was built June '64 >
She's painted in factory colour again according to the factory plate.... Vin states tht she was built June '64 >
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Re: "FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
....& why "FortNox" ??? cause she's hiding all of her gold painted bits.... all the suspension stuff, engine & gearbox
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Re: "FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
Lifted she's Stock height....slammed....only 3,5cms off the ground >
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Re: "FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
Thx Its very functional driveable suspensins, which I developed & made myself.Drives like dream & suspensions work like stock
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Re: "FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
Hey thats even better, i have a type 3.. hard and bouncy as hell....,looking at eventually changing to type 1 front suspension to get a better ride ,rears easy as they have dropped/lowered spring plates for type 3's.........im drooling here....Luv your carJVR K&C wrote:Thx Its very functional driveable suspensins, which I developed & made myself.Drives like dream & suspensions work like stock
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Re: "FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
JVR K&C wrote:Thx Its very functional driveable suspensins, which I developed & made myself.Drives like dream & suspensions work like stock
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Re: "FortNox" my '64 Deluxe beetle
Thx.It did take alot to get her from that old piece of rusted out scrap to what she is today.....Did plan everything beforehand & everything went down well.... & that just after the holiday season...hahaha