Thread: Volkswagen Single Cab Street Rod with 400 Hp Chevy crate motor

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There ain't enough there to have numbers!


ROFL.. JK, JK.... someguys have all the luck! 8-)

Originally Posted by 34_40

There ain't enough there to have numbers!


ROFL.. JK, JK.... someguys have all the luck! 8-)

Ha, I just meant that the frame actually still has the original engine after all these years.

I started working on the bed sides. Using 20ga. steel and grafting in two VW bus engine vent louvers on the drivers side and a solid panel on the passenger side.





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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

That was a may pop for sure! What are your plans for the build of these?

Laughing out loud here, haven't heard maypop since I was a kid. Thanks for that.

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Started the sheet metal work under the doors on the cab. The tubing will serve as the bottom of the rocker panel.



Also going to rebuild the cab corners.



Temporarily held in place with a piece of angle iron.























Ran out of time, just need to smooth off the tack welds tomorrow



Everything is painted inside and out

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Just posted Part 11 of the Build!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCsLwM-9dY

and the alarm system works great!

LOL! I've got one of those alarms too!

Like the video, your project is flying along. Great progress. I think I missed somewhere how the head lights flip around?

Originally Posted by stovens

Like the video, your project is flying along. Great progress. I think I missed somewhere how the head lights flip around?

Thanks! For now, the headlights rotate manually thru a spring mounted arrangement. Lift up, rotate 180 degrees and drop back into a slot. I rarely drive at night, so not much of an issue. I'll look into a cab control arrangement if I decide to keep these lights.

Got the good camera out today





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While building this truck, I wanted to make sure that I could park it inside my security fence and close the gate



Thats got to be at least a 1/4" to spare!



Also got some work done on the drivers side





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Good thing the trailer hitch wasn't installed!

Started smoothing off the hundreds of tack welds on the headlight filler panels.





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