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Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:55 pm
by Herbie
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:14 am
by Eugene
The car is really not looking very pretty. I am looking for a car to build a Baja.....this will be a nice base. Let me know if you want to swop vor Cortina v6 engine
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:16 pm
by Riaan.N
Looks very nice...Good job!
The thing that pats my back, is when I look at my beetle and know/remember all the things/work I have done on it
...and it never gets old
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:26 pm
by Bugger
Good progress made
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Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:43 pm
by Herbie
1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:43 am
by Herbie
The mystery of the colour of my SP is solved. When I bought the car it had some parts missing...after some research, and speaking to some experts I gathered enough info on SPs to write a complete article, including a method to βreadβ the VIN plate. My newfound wisdom unfortunately revealed that my red car in fact was not supposed to be red...the paint code for the Calypso Coral red for the SP is 14 and my car's paint code is 40.
Thanks to IMPI I now have a colour card of the code 40...Topaz Metallic Gold!
So I guess a respray is on the cards for the future. I still have one mystery to solve and that is why there would be gold on a SP. so far John Lemon and IMPI's combined theory makes the most sense...my car is a 78, one of the last SPs and someone with deep enough pockets, and maybe a connection at a dealer, ordered one in a special colour...who knows? The truth is out there...
I have also finally managed to get the RWC and license...now I can finally drive my car around!!!
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:09 am
by Haans
Go forth !! Enjoy ! Let the purists worry about the correct colour for a while
Haans
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:46 pm
by Tony Z
good news on the RWC. Enjoy her and take more pictures
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:58 pm
by Blitzkrieg
Lovely SP.
What size tyres are you using on those Rostyles?
I'm busy with a 76 Beetle and thinking of going the SP look
1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:57 pm
by Herbie
Hi. I fitted 185/70x14 and they do not look too bad.
N
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:35 pm
by Herbie
I am super excited about my recent change. When I got the car it had the linkage that came with the 44 Webers...the one that pushes from the top.
Not only was it too big and in the way so much so that I could not fit the rain catcher I sourced, it was a horrible drive.
I sourced another linkage through IMPI which is very much the same as the SP linkage and fitted it recently. I completed the job today and boy o boy...it makes a huge difference. The throttle response is excellent and feather lite. It fits the same way as the SP linkage, underneath the alternator. I am super stoked. I now need to fit a new pipe to the breather system until we can back to the original breather system. Slowly but steady we are getting there.
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Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:13 pm
by Tony Z
Good move.
That looks like the old B.A.S style linkage - very good product
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:57 am
by calooker
The centre linkage section looks like a China item that comes with the China carb kits?
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:11 am
by Haans
Herbie boet,.....can you give me a closeup or two ofthis setup you have now,....sitting with an engine "links" on a Dellorto setup,.....but have no plan yet on how to get it to work without messing up the current cabling system.
Want to go this rout as above ,..but have no drawing or sketch,....take it the angles are important.
Regards Haans
Re: 1978 SP Beetle Project
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:19 am
by Herbie
Hi Haans
No worries. This is as I have it installed. We are still trying to figure out whether the block bracket must go in this way or turned around 180 degrees...same pudding, just another sauce. I twill offset the center to the right about 12mm if you turn it around.