anyone have a old vw?

[chuckiedog04]

well i might be getting a 1964 vw beetle. its pretty nice, going to try work a deal out with my grandpa on it. it will be my vehicle for running to town and daily things like that. possibly make a baja buggy out of it. would be nice for camping also. it used to be my mothers car for a while but my grandpa owns it now, but for $1000 i should jump on it.

[dcreel]

Yes you should.. I'm always on the lookout for old vw's..

[chuckiedog04]

its practically been in the family its whole life, atleast for most of it. so i know its never been drove hard. ill try to get some pictures this week.

[Vealmonkey]

I have and old dunebuggy now. I did have a 60 panel van, a 65 notchback and a Euro 56 oval that was in the movie "Diner".

[dcreel]

"notchback" mmmm one of the nicest body styles ever designed..

[chuckiedog04]

talked to the owner today, the 64 bug has a 68 body on it. new engine, needs the carb rebuilt but he will do it. it does have some rust but not very much, I will be working out a deal with him soon enough. i want the car pretty bad.

[Thorpe]

Never owned, but built a few... I laid out a blue '66 cargo Van on air ride, tucking 19" wheels... T'was named the Sik-Six-Six... Also built a nasty pro-stock, cro-moly tube chassis '64 Beetle building 340hp on a n/a opposed 4... Was named "Flatliner"... I gotta see if I can dig up some pics...

[chuckiedog04]

Never owned, but built a few... I laid out a blue '66 cargo Van on air ride, tucking 19" wheels... T'was named the Sik-Six-Six... Also built a nasty pro-stock, cro-moly tube chassis '64 Beetle building 340hp on a n/a opposed 4... Was named "Flatliner"... I gotta see if I can dig up some pics... I would be interested in seeing pictures of the 64 beetle if you can find some

[gomer202]

lets see some pics of these vw's

[Thorpe]

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He ended up selling the car with his "little" cam in it @ 260hp... with his really nasty cam, it was building 340hp but breaking lots of tranny parts he said... All steel car, (shell of a car) on a custom moly tube chassis....

Here is the Sik Six Six...

[hillbilly 200x]

Thorpe that van is sick....

[chuckiedog04]

that flatliner is amazing, do you know about how fast he got it to go?

[Thorpe]

128620 10.70 in the quarter....

[Thorpe]

This one wasnt a VW obviously... but one of my all time favorite's I was building... '58 Thunderchicken... (never got finished due to customer fundage, such a shame)

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Link to a few more pics of the build...
http://www.tinmanfabrication.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=63/category_id=79/home_id=-1/mode=prod/prd63.htm

[chuckiedog04]

I love old cars, my granpa has a 57 mercury, and my other grandpa has a 67 dodge short box. both nice vehicles.

[chuckiedog04]

got a picture

[gomer202]

wow that drag racer is real cool

[HondaHarry]

dang thorpe. where did you come from! nice VW. I dont have any pictures of my bracket racer... It was too ugly. lol heres a pic of my 66 thats trapped in the 80s.
Berg 1776 with Fred Simpson Heads. ran 14 flat, 2.20 60 ft. w/ radials and pump gas in my 2100lb 74.

[Thorpe]

Where did I come from? Errr.... Minnesota! I have built hundreds of cars over the last 10 years... Starting to forget some of the cool ones! Had alot of fun getting paid to build cars, but those days are over....