What would be your dream acvw??
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:58 am
Hi all!
Many of us own acvw's (many have a whole lot more than 1). I thought it would be a good idea to see what members dream air-cooled would be.
Here is mine!!
My plan would be this:
1.) Although things had ghia pans I would build mine on a standard beetle type 1 chassis/ pan.
2.) I would use a standard swing-arm chassis but use a bus gearbox and do an I.R.S conversion as per the samba
3.) The front would have a slightly widened and turned front beam with disc brakes.
4.) Motor would be a standard type 4 2l with dual carbs.
5.) 31*10.5*15 tyres at rear and 700*15 tyres in front.
5.) As things are not available here in S.A I have a bucket load of photos and have done scale drawings for the body. Being in the boat-building industry I would build the
the body using structural foam that can be heat bent to shape and then laminate over the top of the foam. The body would then be fared and painted.
6.) This would give me a true 4 door convertible with, doortops and a hard top for winter and just a bikini top foe summer. A true go anywhere fun vehicle that would also
look very different to anything else in S.A
Remember, this is a dream car but maybe someday it can come off.
Below is a more radical version of what i'd like to do but is to extreme for me
Come on guys, lets see your dream air cooled vehicles
Cheers
Dave
Many of us own acvw's (many have a whole lot more than 1). I thought it would be a good idea to see what members dream air-cooled would be.
Here is mine!!
My plan would be this:
1.) Although things had ghia pans I would build mine on a standard beetle type 1 chassis/ pan.
2.) I would use a standard swing-arm chassis but use a bus gearbox and do an I.R.S conversion as per the samba
3.) The front would have a slightly widened and turned front beam with disc brakes.
4.) Motor would be a standard type 4 2l with dual carbs.
5.) 31*10.5*15 tyres at rear and 700*15 tyres in front.
5.) As things are not available here in S.A I have a bucket load of photos and have done scale drawings for the body. Being in the boat-building industry I would build the
the body using structural foam that can be heat bent to shape and then laminate over the top of the foam. The body would then be fared and painted.
6.) This would give me a true 4 door convertible with, doortops and a hard top for winter and just a bikini top foe summer. A true go anywhere fun vehicle that would also
look very different to anything else in S.A
Remember, this is a dream car but maybe someday it can come off.
Below is a more radical version of what i'd like to do but is to extreme for me
Come on guys, lets see your dream air cooled vehicles
Cheers
Dave
