1956 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic

Supercharged race motor

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Up for auction is one super bad 1956 VW bug. Check it out on You Tube at: http://youtu.be/dtUxO7saPvU The builder spent over 40k and countless hours on the restoration and building of this car. Pictures and words cannot begin to describe how nice this car actually is. It has been featured in magazine articles and it has won many shows. The paint is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. It is super high quality and looks awesome. The body has been customized with a chop top, frenched taillights, and many more modifications. The interior is all custom as well. The race motor (drives great on the street) puts out around 400hp with the Eddlebrock supercharger VIN 1137283 52,208 mi Engine/Type 1 1600 Displacement/ 2110cc Builder/ Steve Bowers Concord, N.C. Crank/ 82mm Bugpack wedgemated Rods/ Bugpack race rods 5.352” Pistons/ Mahle 90.5mm Rings/ Dykes total seal Cam/ Engle FK-7 .500 lift, 288 duration Rocker arms/ Bugpack 1.4 ratio Oil/ Kendall 30w Heads/ Eliminator 2000, ported & polished by CB Performance Valve size & make/ 42mm intake, 37.5mm exhaust stainless steel Compression ratio/ 8.0:1 Ignition/ MSD billet distributor, 6AL built in rev limiter, blaster coil, and MSD wires Spark plugs/ NGK BCPET triple electrode Induction/ Dick Landy blower, 650 Holley Intake manifolds/ CB performance match ported Exhaust/ Bugpack 1 3/4 merged, ceramic coatedFlywheel/ Bugpack 12lbs wedgemated, 8 doweled Clutch/ 200mm pro grip, 1700lb. Kennedy pressure plate Special Modifications/ Full flow oil system, 1.5-quart oil sump, Center mount shroud with external oil cooler, Gene Berg welded fan Transaxle/ VW type 1 IRS Builder/ Rancho Transmission Anaheim, CA. Ring & Pinion/ 4.12:1 Gear Ratios/ 3.78 1st, 2.06 2nd, 1.26 3rd, 0.93 4th Special Modifications/ Super differential, 930 CV joints, Sway Away axles, Powder coated Porsche red, HD aluminum side covers Following is some information from the magazine article “hot VW’s”. It wasn’t long ago that Darell from Concord, N.C., was looking for the perfect VW project car. He wanted to build a true custom, something that was different from the rest, a showpiece that would stand out from the crowd. He found the answer ina former show car, one that had seen better days, but already had many of the modifications he was looking for. After taking many show trophies, this chopped 56’ Oval was eventually regulated to a drivers status. When Darell found it, it was on its second owner and sitting in a backyard, its engine rusted, interior in rags, and windows busted. But it had many of the features that he was looking for – chopped top, frenched 39 Ford taillights, license plate box, filled horn grilles, and exhaust cut outs, and frenched antenna in the rear. A deal was made, and Darell towed the 56 home. Once there, he started laying out his strategy for bringing this VW back to show winning status. His first stop was at Fender Benders in Charlotte, N.C. where Fred Propst and his crew disassembled the car. All glass was removed, along with the doors, fenders, and interior, until the only thing left was a shell. The body and parts were then sanded and smoothed to perfection, and finally painted Guards Red by Propst, using Dupont’s Chrombase, followed by four coats ofclear. Once dried, it was buffed to a bright finish. Although not seen, flames were painted underneath the floorpan by Scott Andrews, and clear coated. Next the car was taken to George’s trim shop in Kannapolis, N.C., where a wild red and black crushed velvet interior was made and installed. Features of the interior include recovered Scat Procar Seats, Royal Deluxe door handles from Julianao’s, Gene Berg locking shifter, Formuling France steering wheel, and a rear view mirror from a Pontiac Sunbird. An aluminum panel was fitted to the dash and filled with a variety of VDO gauges, and a Kenwood CD player. Scat’s center console houses a VDO clock and there is a polished billet fire extinguisher, new tinted glass, new window rubber, door regulators, and billet aluminum wipers. The rear seat was also removed, and replaced with wood panels that were covered with matching red and black crush velvet. Engine building was handled by Steve Bowers, who assembled a stout 2110cc screamer. (The engine specs are listed above) Other details of this outstanding Oval include Neal billet aluminum disc brakes all around with Wilwood calipers up front and a combination of Wilwood and Neal calipers in the rear, Sway-A-Way sway bars both front and rear, and polished aluminum centerline wheels with Firestone rubber 135s and 185s. It took 2 1/2 years to complete this project and it has won 5 best of shows and several first place finishes! Please take the time to look at the many pictures. Radio faceplate is missing Some of the enclosed pictures are from Southern Hot Rods, the company I bought this car from many years ago. This rod is way over the top – folks will stare everywhere you go. If you want a very cherry unique daily driver, this is it.