No seriously, honk if parts fall off

[DasBohan]

yay for playing in the snow! and then my final drive seal officially blew and my clutch started slipping and she whimpered all the way home...


Snowtime by 40yearoldvw, on Flickr

Im going to get one pretty soon.

Did you do your beam yourself or did you have someone do it. If yoiu did it yourself where did you get the info on how to do it.

the knockdowns arent bad at all. The wood slats will def have to be re stained after about a year but i keep mine covered so theyre not too bad. the metal quality is...7/10 but, i recently resprayed it and it looks as good as new. very happy with it.

I had a ton of help on my beam. I did a lot of research but had some good friends cut and weld. Ive since pulled the bjs, TAs, spindles and replaced the leaves as well as trim the bonnet wall to correct some vibrations so if you have questions feel free to ask.

im sure youve seen this thread, but tons of links in here:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=338179

[rozayE36]

damn,seeing this build makes me want to go and buy a bug! so clean!

[vrekdis]

seen this car around in the annapolis area a few times. looks great in person.

[DasBohan]

seen this car around in the annapolis area a few times. looks great in person.

have we met before? ha

[DasBohan]

well the engines out...



started to strip her down. heads will come off this week as well as tearing down the rest of her.



clutch: destroyed ha



and the reason the engine came out...this is the shroud for you non air-cooled folk



shroud open:



shroud closed:



at the end of that metal rod im pulling to open and close the shroud is whats called in air-cooled terms the thermostat. i know strange for an air car but, it has a bellow that opens and closes as the engine warms and cools. it opens and closes these ports on the shroud to allow the "air-cooling." there was no thermostat. gone. these ports were closed...always. so, the car was never cooling. thats why i replaced some tins and got a standoff boot because something was causing the car to really really overheat. that would be the issue so im very happy to have found my problemo and im gonna start refinishing and restoring for the next month before it goes back in.

[oprahhwinfreyy]

i cant friggin wait to see how this turns out.

[DasBohan]

i cant friggin wait to see how this turns out.

you and me both

[DasBohan]

Finally got most of the engine finished.

Lots of new internals, power washed the block, stripped most of the tins and refinished them, as well as intake and manifolds. refinished gen stand, gen, fuel pump, new seals on most everything, and did a test fit of all the parts back on. Ordered a new shroud w/o ducts, deleted the heating and thermostat with jtubes, just gone a run an open shroud.



















annnnnnnd the final product, well once i bolt it all down, still waiting on some parts, but im very happy with the colors and the turn out...



bay clean up and wire tuck is next weekend

[DasBohan]

this is how she started

[Nick475]

4 to 1 headers? guess you dont want my pea shooters anymore lol

[DasBohan]

no I do, I just refinished it to sell it

[Nick475]

gotcha gotcha

[DasBohan]

maybe this saturday well hook up and swap our parts? i wanna get the new clutch and exhaust refinished and put in.

[DasBohan]

36hp round top w/o ducts, so much better

[PRO-STAR]

0 my what a simple and clean BUG