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I have sold all my bugs and got a Trike, my back can't take two wheels any more. It's only a 1836, but it's fun, and yes, the wheelie bars are needed, saves my bumber, I hold the front wheel off till half thru 3rd :D
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Pat
hey hemi t coup nice trike I have one of there darn things too there lots of fun I have mine in the shop right now just put a 1955 stroker in it now changing out the front end from the old gerder to a new wide glide . are you a member of the BTW yet Its a great trike club any way Nice ride be safe and keep free on three
yep I like trikes the green one is the one I have now the other are rendition i did on photo shop wher I want to take mine to Attachment 25113
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this will be the paint on my rat as soon as i mask off the scallops. the rest is the original paint going away.
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I think an ole square back body set on an s dime frame and slammed would make a righteous grocery getter. It'd be different. Oh yeah and lots of room for lawn chairs, coolers, an all the other necessarys.....:LOL:
John,
How long did it take you to learn to shift left handed? :D
I had rented a space for our tool shop from "The Trike Shop", You can only watch them test drive a trike or two everyday! before I had to have one, and then came a deal I couldn't pass up. ;) I have been driving mine 6 yrs now. I have different motors, that I can switch it in 1 hour, I had 2332 but a rod went, I have 2 Brazil blocks, I have everything to but together my turbo motor, I don't know which cc I'm going to use, I have 4 sets of P&J's new in box's, but everything I have, cars, garage, house, shed, are all are packed, to move to Tn as soon as my house sells!!!
Pat
Wow now that you said something about It. I never even realized I was shifting left handed Geese!!Quote:
Originally Posted by HemiTCoupe
and I not even blonde:LOL: My biggest problem was staying on the dang thing I'm use to riding bikes and leaning into my corners not counter leaning the frist time I road it I was so anxious to ride it I jump on fired it up and and down the road I went until it came to the first turn I went one way and the bike went the other :eek: I quickly got up and made sure nobody was looking If they were they were probably rolling on the ground laughing thank God I was only going 5 or 6 mph:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
hey hemi I joined a club after I got my trike called the Btw really a great bunch check out the web site and other trikes http://btw-trikers.org/uploads/home.php until next time ride safe
saw this and had to post it, http://youtube.com/watch?v=HkMQAoJHfRw http://youtube.com/watch?v=zt4dNrkez...elated&search=
And you had doubts about your little 283?.........:LOL::LOL::LOL:
11.92 in a bug!!!! Way Kewl!!! Must not be stock, huh?
hey I'm starting to have a whole new respect for them Vw engines the one I built for my trike is a 1955 stroker is awesome pretty fast for three wheels problem I kind of over tacked broke a ring dam have no choice but to shave the head a little bring up the compression to 10 to 1 should be fun he!he!he! I think it may be time to invest in a set of wheelie bars :LOL: :LOL: :D
just an FYI... there are two stock wheelbased VW's running in the 8s at over 160mph in the VW Pro Racing Association, there are 2 vw based flat 4 diggers that have been in the 6's in the last 3 years and are currently putting out more than 1,200hp each and there a buttload of vw's that are running in the "ultimate street" category at VW racing events that are in the 9s, 10s and 11s.
go here for some older footage http://www.oceanstreetvideo.com/download2.html or here http://www.oceanstreetvideo.com/download1.html
and this is the 8 second cars...
http://www.dragracingtv.com/vw/misc/...egas-2007.html
oops... computer went nuts!
a jersey??????
here's my new shifter...
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I see you went with the short throw :3dSMILE:
Pat
That Berg shifter handle looks vaguely familiar, 1slo3... did you happen to get it from some Olde Pharte that used to write for the VW magazines, now semi-retired and living in the Redwoods of Nor-Cal?
I guess this will pretty much be my first post on Club Hot Rod.com, so, probably, an introduction is in order-
My name is Dave, and I am a recovering VW-alchoholic (LOL hushup, 1slo3)
I used to work for both the US-based VW magazines, and have had just about evey air cooled VW known to man (except the hideously expensive ones like the Hebmuller and Romestch) and sold all but my Oval Window ragtop, to finance a move and semi-retirement into a paid-off, Ocean View, home in the Redwoods of Northern CA. Before I left, I was working on a 1969 Bug, that had a 6 inch chopped top, Oval sunroof clip, suicide doors, hidden hinges, Ford wire wheels withj Coker wide whites, SoCal Look front end with a Super Bell 5 inch dropped axle, Speedway hairpins, Posies super slide spring, Wilwood disc brakes, and a fire breathing 2054 cc engine with dual 44mm Weber Carbs. I didn't get to finish it before I sold the house and made the move, and having a fenderless car where 75-100 inches of rain per year didn't seem too practical at the time, so I sold it to a friend, the former bass player for ted Nugent (www.robgrangebass.com) and it narrowly escaped the fires a few weeks back, he lives right on Old Julian Hiway in Ramona, where the Witch Fire started... he had a blue plastic tarp on it, and I guess the garage got so hot the tapr melted to the body...
Anyway, I am now working on a 1926 Model T Tudor (hence the screen name) on a TCI Model A chassis, that has a Chevy 4.3 V-6, TH350, Maverick V-8 rear end, Tru-Spoke wire wheels, and whatever else I can scrounge up...
Hey 1slo3, that Berg shifter handle looks vaguely familiar
I guess I better do an intro-
My name is Dave, and I am a recovering VW aholic
(Hush up, 1slo3)
Anyway, I used to work for the VW Magazines, until I semi-retired a few years ago to the redwoods of Northern CA. I used to own lterally dozens of VWs, at one time, and have owned wayt over 100 of them, but sold them all except for a 1957 Oval sunroof, to make the move to the paid-off, Ocean View, home I am now in. I was building a VW Hot Rod, I'll attach some photos of it, but I sold it to the former bass player for the Ted Nugent Band, Rob Grange (www.robgrangebass.com) where it narrowly escaped the Witch Fire in Ramona a few weeks ago. I am working on a 1926 T Tudor now, with a TCI Model A chassis, Chevy Vortec 4.3 V-6, TH350, and Maverick V-87 rear end, I'll attach a photo of that, too...
Is there some sort of waiting period, for a newbie to post photos? I've written out an intro twice, with photos of my cars past and present, and they don't come up....????
Hemi T Coupe, I am currently working on a 1926 T Tudor, that has a Vortec 4.3 and TH350 in it...I'd post photos, but for some reason I guess I am not alowed to yet, or something...
I'll try it one more time:
That Berg shifter handle looks vaguely familiar, 1slo3... did you happen to get it from some Olde Pharte that used to write for the VW magazines, now semi-retired and living in the Redwoods of Nor-Cal?
I guess this will pretty much be my first post on Club Hot Rod.com, so, probably, an introduction is in order-
My name is Dave, and I am a recovering VW-alchoholic (LOL hush up, 1slo3)
I used to work for both the US-based VW magazines, and have had just about every air cooled VW known to man (except the hideously expensive ones like the Hebmuller and Romestch) and sold all but my Oval Window ragtop, to finance a move and semi-retirement into a paid-off, Ocean View, home in the Redwoods of Northern CA. Before I left, I was working on a 1969 Bug, that had a 6 inch chopped top, Oval sunroof clip, suicide doors, hidden hinges, Ford wire wheels with Coker wide whites, SoCal Look front end with a Super Bell 5 inch dropped axle, Speedway hairpins, Posies super slide spring, Wilwood disc brakes, and a fire breathing 2054 cc engine with dual 44mm Weber Carbs. I didn't get to finish it before I sold the house and made the move, and having a fenderless car where 75-100 inches of rain per year didn't seem too practical at the time, so I sold it to a friend, the former bass player for ted Nugent (www.robgrangebass.com) and it narrowly escaped the fires a few weeks back, he lives right on Old Julian Hiway in Ramona, where the Witch Fire started... he had a blue plastic tarp on it, and I guess the garage got so hot the tarp melted to the body...
Anyway, I am now working on a 1926 Model T Tudor (hence the screen name) on a TCI Model A chassis, that has a Chevy 4.3 V-6, TH350, Maverick V-8 rear end, Tru-Spoke wire wheels, and whatever else I can scrounge up...
That Berg shifter handle looks vaguely familiar, 1slo3... did you happen to get it from some Olde Pharte that used to write for the VW magazines, now semi-retired and living in the Redwoods of Nor-Cal?
I guess this will pretty much be my first post on Club Hot Rod.com, so, probably, an introduction is in order-
My name is Dave, and I am a recovering VW-alchoholic (LOL hush up, 1slo3)
I used to work for both the US-based VW magazines, and have had just about every air cooled VW known to man (except the hideously expensive ones like the Hebmuller and Romestch) and sold all but my Oval Window ragtop, to finance a move and semi-retirement into a paid-off, Ocean View, home in the Redwoods of Northern CA. Before I left, I was working on a 1969 Bug, that had a 6 inch chopped top, Oval sunroof clip, suicide doors, hidden hinges, Ford wire wheels with Coker wide whites, SoCal Look front end with a Super Bell 5 inch dropped axle, Speedway hairpins, Posies super slide spring, Wilwood disc brakes, and a fire breathing 2054 cc engine with dual 44mm Weber Carbs. I didn't get to finish it before I sold the house and made the move, and having a fenderless car where 75-100 inches of rain per year didn't seem too practical at the time, so I sold it to a friend, the former bass player for ted Nugent (www.robgrangebass.com) and it narrowly escaped the fires a few weeks back, he lives right on Old Julian Hiway in Ramona, where the Witch Fire started... he had a blue plastic tarp on it, and I guess the garage got so hot the tarp melted to the body...
Anyway, I am now working on a 1926 Model T Tudor (hence the screen name) on a TCI Model A chassis, that has a Chevy 4.3 V-6, TH350, Maverick V-8 rear end, Tru-Spoke wire wheels, and whatever else I can scrounge up
nice car... the VW i mean!!! lol
Hey, 1sol3, we finished painting Paul's Squareback, and it's in the re-assembly stage now....Doesn't look too bad considering it was painted in a shed at the junkyard lol
I like the bug! :) but I really like the T's :D
Pat
they both look great
Here's the latest pic s of my bug. I swapped the trailng arms side to side to un-camber the rear. Now the tires rub the fenders though. Gonna have to widen the rear fenders a tiny bit.
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Not exactly a "Rat Rod", either one of them, but this is vwfye's Notchback, and my Oval sunroof, together about 1/8 mile from my house...
His has a 1904 cc engine, mine is a 2017 with Weber 48 IDA carbs and a bunch of other go-fast stuff...
Dude, I'm calling the EPA "painted in a shed at the junkyard". LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by 26Tudor
Hey Dave, check out the NHRA coverage in the new March Hot VW's.
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Originally Posted by John Palmer
I still subscribe, John, but it takes a while to get anything up behind the Redwood Curtain...
I'll bet it has something to to with a certain light blue 1960 Euro Sunroof Bug, will all kinds of autographs on the inside of the glovebox.. 8-)
how's the tudor coming? oh, and let's take some scotchbrites to taht silver paint of yours and flatten it out! hehe
Not "rat rod"........"bug rod"!
Hey Dave..............It looks like your making progress on the 26. Are you gonna have it ready for the West Coast Nats this year?
Walt, I am not going to make it. if I have the time, I don't have the $$, and if I have the $$, I don't have the time.
I've about the the cooling and electrical figured out, with the misaligned pulleys, and etc, so the next problem-solving area will be the steering.. I think I'm going to be using an old Oval sterring column tube, it's straight, no extra crap on it, and fits the T wheel fairly well...
So, you gonna sell Titus your son's pickemup?:D :cool:
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Originally Posted by 26Tudor
It kinda depends on whether he calls me back or not. Don and I have talked about it and if he wants to pay half what it's worth, well probably sell it.
walt, i'll give you everything i have of worth for it! think of it this way... that makes it extra special since it wouldn't be purchased with 'extra' money, but with 15 years of collected treasures!!!! :D
or, i've got 3 bucks! **)
oh, dave... i had to re locate your hose... Stormi thought it was a neat toy to hide from daddy. it should hit the mail tomorrow.
No worries, Brian, thanks for the help, regardless.... finding stuff up here isn't as easy as you might originally think...
I'm in no hurry for the hose, I still have the water pump, pulleys, radiator, and shell off the car while I figure out how to make everything line up, work, and not interfere with other parts...
I'm a new guy but I enjoy the Volksrod style. I'm collecting parts for one right now. Should be a pretty cheap ride that will be somewhat different from the crowd.
Sundance
