ma new ride paint job

[Focker]

here are a few pics before color sanding

[Tequila-John]

Great color bud!

[a catered life]

very nice :p looks like the white version of pimp my ride

[RitcheyRch]

Nice color.

[Focker]

test
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[Focker]

thanks guys
should be mounted on chasis and interior and engine installed in the next week

[Jyruiz]

Looks real good, I really like the color.

[riverracerx]

get back to work focker! :cool:

[Tom Brown]

Gorgeous! :cool:

[Tequila-John]

thanks guys
should be mounted on chasis and interior and engine installed in the next week
Nice bro. Make sure you keep the pics coming so we can see the progress

[Tom Brown]

What are you going to run for an engine? Blown 572?

[Tequila-John]

What are you going to run for an engine? Blown 572?
That would be crazy bud!!!

[Tom Brown]

That would be crazy bud!!!
Crazy yes, but probably hard to air cool.

[Devil's Advocate]

Cool color :cool:

[Focker]

What are you going to run for an engine? Blown 572?
a 2332 its going in this rear end
http://www.speedsterowners.com/files/view.asp?sf=gfksimi&f=45%2Ejpg

[Focker]

http://riverracerx.com/images/mb2/uploads/post-2-92288-45.jpg

[Focker]

engine is 180hp I beleive

[Hardly Satisfied]

get back to work focker! :cool:
Yes Now get back to work

[Hardly Satisfied]

test
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Very Very nice , color looks SWEET

[Focker]

latest

[Focker]

test
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[ROZ]

Is that caribean blue? (Porsche color)
Car looks great.

[Focker]

no its actually a GM color. 65-67 vette color as i understand

[Throttle]

purdy :cool:

[BRSTQUEST]

That is very nice......A 2332 will be bitchen in that thing.....What is your guess on the finished weight of that thing???? Can't be much....Is the shop doing the work in Hawiian Gardens????

[Focker]

That is very nice......A 2332 will be bitchen in that thing.....What is your guess on the finished weight of that thing???? Can't be much....Is the shop doing the work in Hawiian Gardens????
no jps in north hollywood

[Focker]

engine

[Focker]

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[Chipster27]

That looks like it's going to be one fun ride!
I'll trade a ride in my M3 for a ride in that!

[Partycattin]

great color. That thing should be fun.
My wife just bought an older Cabriolet and it's been fun to cruise with the nice weather. Also gets like 35 mpg, much better than our excursion.
Keep sharing the pics!

[No Name]

Looking good. :)

[Focker]

almost done

[Focker]

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[OutCole'd]

Very cool ride! Should run hard with that engine.

[wsuwrhr]

Nice ride.
I built two speedsters in 91-92, it was pretty fun.
They run real good, even with low power those things are light. Looks like you won't have that problem though.
You strengthened the pan a little I hope. I have seen them crack right through the parking brake area with fiberglass bodies.(Myers Manx and speedster)
I dig the old school no chrome doghouse. Fits the car perfectly.
The 2332 is going to be hard pressed to breathe well though the stock heater boxes.
Just trying to help out a fellow VW enthusiast.
Brian

[wsuwrhr]

Let me know when you want to change out the aircleaner assemblies.
Brian

[SOCALDETAIL1]

no jps in north hollywood
Is JPS on Lankershim Bl.???????????????

[ROZ]

First time I have ever seen anything over a 1915 with heaterboxes :D

[Focker]

Nice ride.
I built two speedsters in 91-92, it was pretty fun.
They run real good, even with low power those things are light. Looks like you won't have that problem though.
You strengthened the pan a little I hope. I have seen them crack right through the parking brake area with fiberglass bodies.(Myers Manx and speedster)
I dig the old school no chrome doghouse. Fits the car perfectly.
The 2332 is going to be hard pressed to breathe well though the stock heater boxes.
Just trying to help out a fellow VW enthusiast.
Brian
no pan
welded frame

[Focker]

Is JPS on Lankershim Bl.???????????????
yep

[Focker]

whats a heater box?

[AZJD]

356 Super?

[Focker]

356 Super?
say what?

[Focker]

Looking really good.
thanks bob

[wsuwrhr]

no pan
welded frame
Sweet, just what I wanted to see.
Brian

[wsuwrhr]

whats a heater box?
I'll bite,
The heater box is the grey part of the exhaust bolted to the header.
Air from the engine's cooling fan is routed through the heater box to provide heated air to warm the interior of the car for those chilly California days.
Which now I am confused, the ducts in the fan shroud were blocked off.
:confused: :confused: :confused:
So are you planning on using a heater or what? If you are not, do your 2332 a favor and pick yourself up some J tubes.
Brian

[wsuwrhr]

Now I am sucked into this project.
What size carbs are you running?
Brian

[Focker]

I'll bite,
The heater box is the grey part of the exhaust bolted to the header.
Air from the engine's cooling fan is routed through the heater box to provide heated air to warm the interior of the car for those chilly California days.
Which now I am confused, the ducts in the fan shroud were blocked off.
:confused: :confused: :confused:
So are you planning on using a heater or what? If you are not, do your 2332 a favor and pick yourself up some J tubes.
Brian
Brain as Shadow (Darryl) will tell u im just a dumb CPA
have no mechanial sense whats so ever
ill ask Jps about the heater. If you are asking if the car has a heater the answer is yes

[Focker]

oh I remember him saying that because they do not use the original pan they create a heater setup for it. I was asking where the heater knobs were as in the 63 vw my father owned it had a white turn knob by the stick shift and the 68 he owned had levers by the hand brake

[wsuwrhr]

Brain as Shadow (Darryl) will tell u im just a dumb CPA
have no mechanial sense whats so ever
ill ask Jps about the heater. If you are asking if the car has a heater the answer is yes
Ok then. If you have a heater, then you need the heater boxes.
I still gotta ask why would you need a heater in So Cal?
Brian

[wsuwrhr]

I was asking where the heater knobs were as in the 63 vw my father owned it had a white turn knob by the stick shift and the 68 he owned had levers by the hand brake
I remember the ones I had seen to be by the hand brake as well.
Brian

[wsuwrhr]

Brain as Shadow (Darryl) will tell u im just a dumb CPA
have no mechanial sense whats so ever
No problems.
A dumb CPA? I doubt it.
I was just trying to help out.
Brian

[Focker]

Now I am sucked into this project.
What size carbs are you running?
Brian
i wanna say 44 webers does that make sense?

[Focker]

Ok then. If you have a heater, then you need the heater boxes.
I still gotta ask why would you need a heater in So Cal?
Brian
thats easy,
you usually never have the top up on these cars as it is very difficult to see out the book or the sides. So you use the top in rain only. If you want to drive the car on a cold day you can crank the heater up. also on a hot day you keep the top down but the ac on

[Focker]

meant out the back

[wsuwrhr]

i wanna say 44 webers does that make sense?
Yes.
I had 45mm Dellortos on my 2 liter, I reused them from my 1914-2275. I had those carbs for 6 or 7 years, they had always worked well, and honestly I didn't really want to spend the coin on new carbs. $800 for two carbs?
Sheesh
When I finally got talked into 48 IDF's(not IDAs), I couldn't believe the difference.
Best thing I ever did to that motor.
Well worth the money spent.
Brian

[wsuwrhr]

thats easy,
you usually never have the top up on these cars as it is very difficult to see out the book or the sides. So you use the top in rain only. If you want to drive the car on a cold day you can crank the heater up. also on a hot day you keep the top down but the ac on
Ok then.
Seems like a weekend play car that will never get driven in inclement weather anyway.
AC,AC?
Whachutalkin about Willis?
Brian

[OutCole'd]

Yes.
I had 45mm Dellortos on my 2 liter, I reused them from my 1914-2275. I had those carbs for 6 or 7 years, they had always worked well, and honestly I didn't really want to spend the coin on new carbs. $800 for two carbs?
Sheesh
When I finally got talked into 48 IDF's(not IDAs), I couldn't believe the difference.
Best thing I ever did to that motor.
Well worth the money spent.
Brian
I went from a Zenith 32NDIX to 48IDA's on my 2.2 liter. I could not believe the difference, was like a completely different motor.

[Focker]

Ok then.
Seems like a weekend play car that will never get driven in inclement weather anyway.
AC,AC?
Whachutalkin about Willis?
Brian
yep ac

[wsuwrhr]

I went from a Zenith 32NDIX to 48IDA's on my 2.2 liter. I could not believe the difference, was like a completely different motor.
A single on a 2 liter?
IDA's are HUGE.
Now THAT would be a completely different motor.
Brian

[wsuwrhr]

yep ac
Where is the AC setup on your motor?
Brian

[OutCole'd]

A single on a 2 liter?
IDA's are HUGE.
Now THAT would be a completely different motor.
Brian
It was jetted fat. Lots of the off road peeps run that carb, very dependable, not temperemental like duals.

[wsuwrhr]

It was jetted fat. Lots of the off road peeps run that carb, very dependable, not temperemental like duals.
A single is the way to go, but not many carbs to choose from.
What a switch though, IDA's are a whole 'nother animal.
I love the sound of properly set up duals.
I ever had any problems with my duals. The linkage has to be spot on though.
I made some cool bearing ends for the hex rod. Worked bitchen.
Brian

[Focker]

This Morning

[Focker]

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[Focker]

sat 09/02/06

[Focker]

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[Daytona19]

I saw this very same car driving on a back road in Michigan a few days ago and tried to get a picture or two so you could see but I was too late. I mean same or similar color it was really strange, I thought to myself wonder if the hot boat.com guy lives in Michigan and has the car done?? Well wish I could have got the shot for you. Nice ride!!

[CBadDad]

Sweet!

[riverracerx]

Nice VW Focker! :p
You bringing it out to Havi for the 23rd?

[OutCole'd]

The car is really coming out sweet. Congrats!

[Focker]

Thanks Guys
Should Be Done On Monday Or Tuesday. There Are Several Thousand Through Out The Usa So Im Sure There Are Several In Michigan

[Focker]

Nice VW Focker! :p
You bringing it out to Havi for the 23rd?
IM WORKING ON THAT
ITS REGISTERED AS A 74 VW :)