Curts 62 Bug.
The engine compartment will soon contain a ARPM cased, 350HP, fuel injected, turbo engine from VW Paradise.

Curts 62 Bug.
The lowered narrowed beam w/CB Performance dropped spindles will be installed very soon.

Curts 62 Bug. It will soon be seeing a set ot polished aluminum "T" bars in place of the bumpers.

Curts 62 Bug.

Curts 62 Bug.

Narrowed beam installed, but not without problems. The hole centers on the CB Performance 2" narrowed beam were not drilled in the proper place and consequently the beam would not bolt up until the holes were filed out.

Cleaning the frame head in preperation for an application of POR-15.

Frame head almost ready for paint.

CB Performance zero offset wide 5 disc brakes. Curt waterjetted the slots in the rotors and milled the slots in the flanges for a total weight savings of 2 1/2 lbs. per rotor.

The frame head after a good coat of POR-15. It's waiting for a dual master cylinder and new brake lines.

The front apron needs a little attention.

Front rotor.

Close up of front rotor.

Fresh off the jack stands. It's beginning to get that Cal-Look, look.

Aluminum "T" Bars from Tim Tesnow are on their way.

On the ground with the new beam installed.

Strange fan shroud.
It came off the dual port 1600 that was in this car. It has a doghouse oil cooler, runs the wide fan and looks like a DP 1600 shroud, with the exception of the ring on the fan's air intake.
Does anyone know what this shroud originally came from?

The fan shroud has been ID'd it's actually an "OEM fan shroud" from a fuel injected Beetle.

THROTTLE LINKAGE FRONT

THROTTLE LINKAGE SIDE

I'm still trying to ID this fan shroud. It's 13" tall.

13" tall shroud.

The original single circuit master cylinder.

1968 VW Dual circuit master w/Volvo reservoir.

Side view of Volvo reservoir on the VW master cylinder.

Rebuilt and painted pedal assembly,installed.

Brake bleeding. You can also see the ridiculous boxes the previous owner welded into the inner wheel wells to provide clearence for the tires when the car was lowered way too much.

Brake bleeding.

Steering shaft and column installed.

Steering installed, cockpit view.

We couldn't find an original VW throttle pedal lever so my brother used the water jet at work to duplicate the lever. The VW lever is on the right.

Throttle lever, opposite side.

Crack in right rear wheel well after being welded up. These things happen to a car that has basically no functioning suspension. The car was at one time lowered the wrong way and it beat the body up.

The aftermarket rear fenders will be replaced with OE VW fenders.

The right wheel well "box" removed. It will be replaced with OE VW sheetmetal.

almost done

Another remnant from the idiot that previously owned this bug. For some reason he welded these "boxes" into the inner wheel wells.

The mystery box is now history.

Piece of OE VW sheetmetal from a donor Bug to be cut to fit the hole left by the removal of the "box".

OE VW sheetmetal trimmed and ready to be welded in place.

OE sheetmetal tacked in place. Ready for final welding and metalworking.

Rust that was found behind the left rear bumper mount, just below the engine compartment filler plate.

The spot welds holding the filler plate and the bumper mount were drilled out so the rust could be cut out. A patch cur from a donor Bug was welded in (maroon piece) and metal finished behind left rear bumper bracket.

Left rear bumper bracket, Waiting for a new one from a donor Bug to weld in place.

Rust in the inner wheel well that wasn't noticable until the sound deadener was removed. This rust is behind the doubler that you see from the outside of the car.

The original body mount, doubler and rusty inner wheel well being cut out.

Wheel well cut out.

This is the inside of the piece that was removed from the wheel well.

The recently removed chunk of wheel well and the replacement sheetmetal from a donor Bug.

Left rear bodymount/wheel well fully installed.