1969 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic

Sedan

1904

Manual

119453064

Clear

Gasoline

1969 Cal-look bug. This was my pet project! I'll start with the engine, 1904 cc. I started with an aftermarket aluminum case added a DMS 74mm crank and stroker rods, engle 120 cam, 042 heads with a mild port and 3 angle valve job, heavy single springs and 7 degree locks. Spark is provided by a pertronix vacuum advance distributor and fuel is supplied by a empi single 44 hpmx that has been jetted to work with this combo( a very time consuming process). The transaxle is a Rancho super street 4.13 geared unit. It has a CB performance dropped spindle disc brake kit as well as an adjustable beam. The front tires are 145's and the rears are 195/65-15's. It has a watsons wiring harness and a Bosch al82 alternator with a serpentine drive( really nice!). I did the interior with a J-bugs kit on stock seats. The headliner was installed by me and it's not perfect, but nice. The paint is Porsche polar silver with a couple of coats of blue pearl under the Standox clear, like the description says it's nice but not perfect- its has a couple of runs in the clear that I didn't bother to sand out, after all I was building a driver not a show car. I sent the rust free pan out to be sandblasted and painted it with single stage urethane black with a little flattener in it to kill some of the gloss. All of the rust was cut out and replaced with high quality patch panels. This was a labor of love, I have a soft spot for these little cars. Like all VW's it leaks a little(valve covers and drain plug- nothing major) and is cold natured( a big cam and no choke will do that). With all that being said this is a very nice car and haven't even scratched the surface on all of the cool stuff that has been done to this car.