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What first got me interested in Modifying Volkswagens was reading up on the EMPI Inch Pincher Beetle.
Empi being an American Company that made plenty of Modified Components for VW.
Now with the Internet displaying Videos , you can see anything!
I saved to buy a Roller Bearing Crankshaft , Hot Camshaft, Ported the heads ( myself) Kombi flywheel , to fit a bigger clutch, lightened and balanced This was a 1600.
Did not want to go bigger as if I encountered problems, could immediately go back to Standard!
No Limits on Customising Beetle's
Built up the motor and fitted it in , including a Paint Job in Blue Toner ( for mixing other colours, but I liked it.)
Went with Chris ( think we were engaged then), to visit My Family in Cape Town.
I nearly drove her mad as I kept stopping to check oil etc, by the time we got to Beaufort West , I considered it to be run in.
Went past one one of the first XJ6's I ever saw , and stopped at the next town for fuel, and, of course checked the oil!
XJ6 pulls in behind me, " What is in that thing, I was doing close on 100mph and you shot by me?"
Not sure if he believed me when I said it was a standard 1300!
I now had a beetle that revved to 7200rpm , with power, and could probably do 110mph on a level road, more on a slight downhill and did over 90Mph in third Gear!
Renault Gordini's were very popular then with a whole bunch of tuning shops dedicated to them, I did not have too much trouble seeing most of them off( not just acceleration!)
Strangely enough?, I was very happy with this version of My Beetle for quite a while and could easily blow off most cars from a Traffic Light!
More on this in the next installment , and the next reincarnation of this Beetle!
Still no ADSL line , Shakira came to visit briefly and I am using her phone to get on the internet!
bummer - I hate being without Internet - I finally caved and bought 2 GB of data for my phone. Now if cable goes out, I can use the phone as my internet provider :)
I love the colour of that VW - very elegant, awgbibb!
Best car ever!!!
One of the Good One's!
Should have done a LS swap and twin turbos for an 800hp beetle that would have been sick XD
The thing about the oil is common, last year a friend if mine had just finished swaping a m62b44 in a e30 and we were going to a track that has a drifting course with his gf and we were stopping every 10 km to check if everything is ok with the car.
Yeah he crashed it like 3 months ago :D
This,of course took place about 48 years ago!, Would like to have tried 800hp with Drum Brakes! That would have been a whole new source of excitement?
Appreciate your visit and comment.
And probably a big brown spot on your underpants XD
Man you made me a fan of beetles and loved the videos
i am becoming kind of geek of cars ;)
The old one's had more soul!
I very much like beetles.Thanks @awgbibb good post/////
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woow,nice beetle.
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I very much like beetles. It's strange that Volswagen stopped and released.
Probably could no longer meet emission or Safety requirements! ( that fuel tank above the driver and front passengers, legs!) Thank you.
Nice. at leest no new beetle model.. I love the special models... there are some crazy guys who do crazy things with beetles...
Some of that will seep through soon! Thank you.
I'm a fan of the Beetle! Gorgeous models. In Europe you can't find some of them anymore...
This is my ride (ok, it's Coco's):
Of course, Coco's is front Wheel Drive! Thanks.
The VW Beetle I rebuilt is stock standard and therefor very slow at top speed but very quick in first gear! A friend of mine put a 16 Valve Jetta engine in a bug. That thing was fast!
Bet it was, the biggest hassle with a motor with a hot cam in for me , was the gap between 2nd and 3rd Gear ratios on the standard box!Thank you.
WoW,@awgbibb it,s a fantastic video.I like your special models.Thanks for sharing with us.This post is really superb....
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Volks Wagen beetle👍👍👍
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Beetle is always fascinating but unfortunatley we don't see many of them in India.
Maybe you can change that?
beetles were my favorite :)
nice love it :)
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it could easily blow away many cars with great performance thank you for sharing
True!
this car was the best in the 70's, remember the choupette.
Herbie became a cult!
Congratulations @awgbibb!
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Front engined beetles don't count!
When i see this cars i see history, they are powerful and easy to fix because they are simply full mechanic :)
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Thanks for your great content, I love your post about old cars, motorcycles and about the dogs :)
Thank You, appreciate your kind words!
Nice comment n thoughts
Thanks a lot
U wc
Easy to work on , if you know them!
Agreed. I read about the latest models like the new Audi A8 with Level 3 autonomy and it makes me wonder what happens down the road with all the complex electronic components. It always make me think of a 3-4 year-old smartphone. It still works but it sure seems a lot slower than on the day it came out of the box. Hopefully the systems in cars will hold up better long term.
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STOPThanks for sharing this great videos and a lovely post of yours...Nice one!!
My Pleasure!
what i just saw was unbelievable amazing truly
Glad to assist!
Customising Beetle's is making it looks more better than before .
Sometimes!
hehe those cars are something from out of space :)
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Wow! Superb amazing car.
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thanks for share this post :) i really like old cars
Me too!
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I have always known that beetles where powerful. Nice one.
You have to do a bit of work to get that power!
Yah when costomising them right?
it seems beetle is all time heartthrobe, thanks for informed us.
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fantastic car, i really beetles very powerful car, really enjoy your video, thanks for sharing
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Nice car
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'I am using her phone to get on the internet' just assume if you had ADSL ;) excellent post @awgbibb
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fantastic video, it's great fun watching Beatles, thanks a lot for sharing
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Great videos and post
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Oh yeah, it's not just a car, but a masterpiece of an auto mechanic. It turned out perfectly @awgbibb
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I love Beetle cars i used to have one but I sold it I miss it so much thanks for sharing
They have their foibles as well!
Hi, black beetle looks constructed by batman ordering :) amazing engines in so old cars, thanks for display !
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i`ve upvoted and i follow u :) waiting for u :)
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That's awesome I like to modify cars but anyhow in my country we cannot modify the Volkswagen Beatles, because of the hot weather in my country as you know these cars use air cooling so if we do such modification as a result we will get thermal heat issues .
I really enjoy your post and keep on the good job.
You can fit an oilfilter ( increases oil capacity) and if you run with the back engine cover , open a few inches , it takes oil temperature down by 80 degrees.
thanks for sharing keep it up
Will try!
What a great time it was!
Certainly was!
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how many hp in Rat Rod VW Beetle @awgbibb
Sorry, have no idea?
You must be lucky to have Shakira, we are for sure! Thanks also to Shakira so that you could post this blog with the superb BEETLES. Those ones do rock; and with the big tires; SUPER!!
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nice, thank you for sharing
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wow those cars are just on another level :D
True!
the cars that are best tuned
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Anyway amazing car with realistic world n suitable color
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@awgbibb,
Wow friend, never seen this kind of modifications to the VX! Amazing experience ad thanks for sharing such kind of great article with us!
Cheers~
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