My New 67...DRAG BUG!

[bren]

Nice work Rudy.
I thought the body removal was going to be a group project. How did you get it separated?

[justaguy]

I was wondering the same thing...I assumed it was a "work bee" project;)

[dubfreak1]

Feb 3, 2014 19:31:29 GMT -5 justaguy said:

I was wondering the same thing...I assumed it was a "work bee" project;)

Well, that was the plan originally. However, my engine crane got "trapped" in the building with the 67 by Old Man Winter. I decided to try using it to lift the body and it worked out great. I attached a chain to the two rear gas tank mounts in the front and lifted from there. In the rear I drilled a piece of formed channel and bolted it to the hood hinge brackets and lifted the rear from there.

[dubfreak1]

Still playing with the pan on the 67. These are the tubes that the heater cables run in. Took 3 hours or so to remove them, more than any reasonable person would spend on the job. They did, however, weigh 1-1/2 lbs. I probably won't do this again until the next time

It seemed like a good idea to make a clutch cable window so this is what I came up with. It is about 1-1/2 x 4 inches. The next time it will be 2x 4 inches

[MadMike]

Good call On the C. Cable Window!!!!

[dubfreak1]

Thanks Mike. I already found another use for it too. I stripped out the old fuel line and replaced it with a 5/16 line and used the cable window to clamp down the new line in that area. The new line has an exit on the side of the tunnel in the front like the 75 and newer cars. I feed the line in from the back and put some short lengths of rubber hose over it where it exits the tunnel front and back to protect it. Here's some pics:








I also relocated the shifter. VW moved the shifter back in 1968 when the straight shifter was introduced and again in 73 when the seats were revised. I relocated the shifter to the 1973 position lengthwise and moved it to the right about 3/4 inch, which is approx centered in the tunnel. Hopefully a 73 up shift shaft will work with this without any modification.

Here is the "Oh man, now what have I done" stage:



The shift shaft bracket used as a fixture:



And the "this might just work" stage:

[MadMike]

Yea Org fuel line is puny ,I ended up using 3/8" for the Turbo fuel line good to use a protective sleeve as u did too
I just used a Blue flex fuel line and had a piece of 1/2" PVC to guide it threw the tunnel( beats pushing a chain
Nice lighting holes on the Pan,So what'ch gonna power this beast with??

[dubfreak1]

This car will see a number of different engines, but will start out with my blueprinted stocker. Eventually will most likely get a 1600 with cam, compression, and dual IDF's


I noticed those holes also. They just get bigger over time. Look how much they grew in less than 24 hours

[MadMike]

O'h Flintstone power
All this work for a 1.6?? ? I should loan u a 2.3 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, someday

[81pumagtc]

...and Rudy has developed the ultimate, light VW chassis. I think that he is planning on using a hand throttle and clutch to control it.


Dave

[dubfreak1]

Mar 3, 2014 10:25:48 GMT -5 MadMike said:

I should loan u a 2.3 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, someday

I have a 2234cc IDA motor, but it isn't apt to get in this car. We will see what can be done with 1600cc. BTW the Steve Tims Stage 1 heads arrived Fri for the 1520cc LSR motor. That one will probably spend some time in the 67 for testing.

I welded in the 1/2 pan yesterday, I know Dave: too heavy! I and was kind of disappointed with how it went. The replacement part had all the paint removed and 3/16 holes drilled every inch to plug weld to the lip of the pan. The lip of the pan was ground clean. A couple of the plug welds "popped" (heard them but couldn't tell which ones). I flipped the pan over and fillet welded the edge of the lip to the replacement. It is certainly strong enough now, but not what I had intended. Next time the lip will be sandblasted clean.

[vw1s]

Whenever possible, I blast before welding. Grinding can introduce contaminates into the weld area.

[dansam]

Looks like fun!

[VDub63 ( Steven )]

Mar 4, 2014 12:14:50 GMT -5 vw1s said:

Whenever possible, I blast before welding. Grinding can introduce contaminates into the weld area.

Agreed

[bren]

Nice work on the shifter move. I like the extra lightening holes around the original spot.
Now I am wondering if I should have put in a bigger fuel line. I stayed with the stock one....