Projek '63

[Kaptein]

My name is Ferdinand

Want to start a build thread of my '63 that I bought today.I bought it as a abandoned project from the PO

Ill let the pics do the talking, let me know what you guys think

@ PO house this morning


@ my shop




















the Bugger Transmission recon box




check out these braces - never seen something like this before?




Rust at battery area


Rust left rear 1/4 panel
























Gear lock that will defenitly be removed










found this cool South African art between the parts


Thanks for looking
Ferdinand

[Friedrich]

congratulations, well done and the best of luck, now your hooked!

[Tony Z]

good luck, the pan looks like a fair amount of work.

those braces in the front are mostly used in offroading circles to stiffen the chassis. Works well for the road too.

[Kaptein]

Thanks guys

Hahaha,I've been hooked on beetles/aircooled vw a long time ago

My '66



My '76 One I did for my GF(stolen a month after finishing)









One I did for my GF after they stole the white one









My '70 914 Porsche (had original 40000km on the clock)











And somewhere along the line I also had a '67 LHD beetle -no pics though



My 914 Porsche

[vw59beetle]

I really like your 914.Do you still own it? Good luck with the '63 project.

Wernher

[Kaptein]

Thanks , I've sold it about 2 years ago

[Kaptein]

Was in the shop for a hour or two

this is what I've started with



removed the beam and wire wheeled the front part of the pan





also removed the front beam reinforcements -permanently



Also straightend the "pan rails" a bit





Ill be getting beam adjusters this week and my welder on Saturday so I can start with all the rust repairs

Cheers
Ferdinand

[62vwbeetle]

Good luck dude, just recently finished my '62 , few more tweaks to go.... It never ends

[Kaptein]

thanks man,going keep it stock except for suspension and wheels.

the look I'm going for



Suspension going to fit beam adjusters as soon as volkspares gets their stock



http://www.volkspares.co.za/shop/item/s ... --drop_293

Wheels thinking about either widening the stock wheels a bit

or fuchs classic reps




http://www.volkspares.co.za/shop/item/9 ... -x-130_602

[MarshallGTi]

quite like that porker

[Retro13]

I'm also waiting on Volkspares for my beam adjusters. The wait is killing me.

Awesome project, good luck!

[62vwbeetle]

Cool look u going for, have a set of those rims in a box if unwanted , new and unused .....

went for stock ext and int except for 1 pc windows, and then tree a whole heap of stuff into the motor, basically every thing u can think of into a 1776 cc motor. Had some fun with fine tuning and had to add extra sump, pump and cooler plus filter system .

Once the bug bites it bites hard , this is car number 5 I think

[Kaptein]

I'm also waiting on Volkspares for my beam adjusters. The wait is killing me.

Awesome project, good luck!

They're only getting stock on the 26th.Phone Flat four racing if I pay tomorrow morning ill have it by Monday from cape town

[Kaptein]

I'm also waiting on Volkspares for my beam adjusters. The wait is killing me.

Awesome project, good luck!

They're only getting stock on the 26th.Phone Flat four racing if I pay tomorrow morning ill have it by Monday from cape town

[calooker]

I got adjusters R420 for the set R30 if you need them shipped