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I am your basic rodder on a budget. I barter, buy, sell and trade to get to the parts I want/need. It took me a long time to get my car to where I wanted it, but it was worth the journey. I have owned 20+ cars in my22 years with a driver's card... I have been fortunate enough to have some mopars, some GM products, 1 ford and mostly VWs. I was a GM wrench for some time, drove an 84 black on black Hurst/Olds and a 62 VW notchback at the same time frame. My love for anything mechanical has spilled over to my 19 month old daughter, Kaana. She loves cars, planes, bikes and boats! Anyway, this is me.

Neat looking car!!! Welcome to CHR, hope you enjoy your time here. It sounds like you allready have the necessary skills, trading, swapping, buying and selling, necessary to do a rod on a budget. Taking what you got and turning it in to what you want to me is the essece of hotrodding !!! Congrats on a very nice looking ride.

Welcome to CHR!

Pat

Hey 1Slo3 ~ very nice looking car...i'm pretty ignorant about make/model/year etc...i don't identify cars very well...tell me about the one in the pic pretty please? Is it a VW?

yes, it is a VW. it is a 1964 VW 1500. this specific model line started officially in 1962 and was imported to North America starting in 1963 as a stationwagon version. the fastback version was sent across the pond for the 1966 model year and the version i have was never officially imported to NA. Its nickname is the Notchback and I have been fortunate enough to own 5 of this version. 4 came out of France and 1 from Canada. This specific one and my other one pictured below came out of France. in true VW style, the engine is in the rear, but was under the trunk! the pink car is now mid-engined but the purple one still is in the stock layout for drivetrain.

thank you for you kind and warm hello.

been awhile since an update. the pink car is currently getting Hilborn MFI installed and WILL run on the street!

the purple car is being converted to a drag car. it will be turbo charged, fully streetable and i'm shooting for a 7.75 e.t. in the 1/8th.

Welcome to the forum! Nice looking 1500. Sincerely, Don Jr

Good to have you back!!! Anxious to see the fuel injection setup when you get it installed, should be way kewl as will the turbo'd V-Dub!

Damn that was a long nap you took! Almost 4 years! Well glad to see you are awake and have rejoined us. Pick up any new projects during that time?

Welcome back

i'm made some more updates on my cars...

here's the squareback with full air ride, bigger engine and heck... it even has a gas furnace under the front hood for those cold days.

just did 4300+ miles from Oregon to Misery (oops, Missouri) and back w/spooled rear end, temp license in the rear window (plate hadn't arrived yet), and unknow carbs (pulled the turbo for the trip). it was a trip...

Well, since the last update, I've added, then removed a draw through turbo set up on the purple notch. After that, I drove from Oregon to Colorado in the purple car for a show and drove it up Pike's Peak while there. It is now getting the turbo and EFI added back to it.
The pink car still has the 2332cc in it and is getting a set of IDF webers put on it for the season. I'm toying with the idea of running a pair of small turbos on it in the future... we'll see.
I've also sold the blue squareback and picked up a different squareback and a late model (different nose) notchback that will become a dedicated bracket drag car in the future.
Busy, busy, busy!

look forward to seeing you again in 2017

haha! i forget to check into places often. i wish i could blame it on being old, but i think it is more from, well... let's say my former self.