My 68 vee-dub :D

**william** · 16-01-2009, 11:43 PM

the old mans ap6 valiant ay my dad had an ap5 it did 13 second passes in the late 60s.

**thestu** · 17-01-2009, 07:21 AM

less talk about the car in the background and more talk about my bug

**GoLfMan** · 17-01-2009, 07:23 AM

cool keep it coming kiddo

i wanna see that thing dropped..... ON THE GROUND

**thestu** · 17-01-2009, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by GoLfMan

cool keep it coming kiddo

i wanna see that thing dropped..... ON THE GROUND

OH IT WILL BE BABY!!! ALLLL THE WAY TO THE NATS!!!!!!!!

**16v_kid** · 17-01-2009, 09:49 AM

ayee i was thinking you should put a rotary in this car......

no joke people do it.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GdBQRzn6kSA

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=28_1NW...eature=related

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQe52...eature=related

**greasykitchen** · 17-01-2009, 10:06 AM

Good stuff Stu. My first car was a Beetle too, though it didn't get most of the TLC it needed and deserved. I say keep it air-cooled

but I'm a bit old fashioned that way. Go a 1835cc or sumting and you won't need no water (but plenty of $$$)

**Water Boy** · 17-01-2009, 04:41 PM

Let me guess it will be matt black!

**thestu** · 17-01-2009, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by greasykitchen

Good stuff Stu. My first car was a Beetle too, though it didn't get most of the TLC it needed and deserved. I say keep it air-cooled

but I'm a bit old fashioned that way. Go a 1835cc or sumting and you won't need no water (but plenty of $$$)

yeh i was talking to my old boss...he has a 2332cc for sale with twin 45 webbers...its lumpy as hell...i might buy that...he only wants $2.5k
or build an 1835 with straight cut cam gears

Originally Posted by Water Boy

Let me guess it will be matt black!

nah this one will be bright red mate!

liek the pictures on the page before...

repainted the inside of the whole car today

all gloss black

got the old man around and he sanded the whole outside... just some more filler to go on the left front, bonnet and the rear lip and she is ready to paint

**Preen59** · 17-01-2009, 10:07 PM

The 1776 in my old man's Karmann Ghia is pretty good. Twin 40mm Kadrons, HEMI heads, counterweighted crank, berg cam..

There's no need to go for stupid capacities and massive carbies/heads/cams for a daily driver. The Karmann goes quite well for what it is (massive bottom/mid) and gets pretty damn good fuel economy, as Dom, Jarred, Josh can attest to.

To be honest, you'd get jack of a 2.3 with big IDAs and a high overlap cam REALLY quickly.

By all means buy that engine (that's pretty cheap if it's in good nick and done no work, however it depends on what heads are on it too), but i'm just giving you some advice.