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[jmallen05]

I'm a native of grand rapids but spent a few years in arizona. When I was in arizona, through a few trades of an old chevy and a 67' baja I ended up with a fairly stock 67' beetle. I had it shipped home and have been cruising the g.r. area ever since. Last summer I bought a narrowed beam off of a guy from kalamazoo, not sure if he's on this forum or not, I think he had a 68' beetle not sure though. I installed the beam and dropped the rear one inner notch and one outer, still sits a little high but the roads around here won't let me go much lower. If anyone is from the g.r. area and knows of any local cruise-ins let me know. Hopefully I will see some of you at g.r. metro cruise in august, maybe we can all meet up and cruise together. I've been looking for a local club for a long time and glad I found this one, these cars are everywhere on the west coast but I rarely see any around here. Well anyway here are few pics.







jerry

How do I get the pictures to post on the forum

[Chris]

Hey man, you got that beam from me. Looks great on your car, wish I kept it. Definitly get in with this crowd here, were good people, and there is a guy bren, who has 2 67's haha.

Chris

[bren]

Hey Jerry,
Welcome to the Good Volks! Nice car. I love the stance. How narrow is that beam? Did you use drop spindles or adjusters?

-Bren

[Dustin]

Welcome Jerry, Glad to have you on. Thats a beautiful 67 you have there. Im surprised I havent seen it around. To post images just click on the symbol above the smileys to the left of the email symbol then insert the link between

[Chris]

I should have kept that beam. Its a 4" narrowed with adjusters. And it still retains the shock towers, with welds to support everything.

CHris

[jmallen05]

Thanks for all the kind words. I was lucky enough to get it with all the hard work, paint and body, done for me. When my wife and I were living in az I was daily driving a 67' baja, rear seat was removed for the fuel cell. We were expecting our son so the baja had to go due to the fact that there wasn't anywhere for the car seat. I found a local guy that bought this car off of an older later that had owned it for many years but was tired of the upkeep, so she parked it for about three years, right after she had it repainted. The deal was made and I couldn't be happier. The beam is actually 3'' narrowed, we thought it was 4 at first but it measured out to 3. Any narrower and you have to go with link pin style shock towers. I don't feel shock towers are necessary because I don't run shocks and it ride fine. I have drop spindles and I cant crank the beam all the way down because the tires rub the outer fender at full turn, so I'm sure if there necessary. Any word on gtg closer to grand rapids?

jerry

[Dustin]

We wont be having a GTG in the Grand Rapids area until September or so. We just finished up having a bunch of GTG's in Grand Rapids, Holland, South Haven, Allegan. Now we will be in Battle Creek then Mattawan. I also fixed your first post so the pictures show.