Look what followed me home on Friday night... Baja Bug content

[speeder]

Funny timing, I just sold this '66 Baja Bug on Thursday. It's been sitting on my trailer for a few months since it was basically given to me by a friend who needed to get it out of his yard. "Ran when parked" and it actually did run well once I put a battery in it, good 1600 DP and transaxle. Cool Empi shifter I should have kept.

It went to some movie car guys near by who are building the cars for the next Fast and Furious franchise flick, a couple of doors away from Jay Leno's garage. I thought about putting it back on the road myself but too many other wheeled projects and not enough time or interest.

[wdfifteen]

There is an incredible thread on The Samba.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=691234

These two women did everything possible wrong in up fixing their VW. Somewhere around page 15 or so they had serious problems with CPI. I have an order in with them now. We’ll see.

Do you have some kind of rain cap on the stinger?
That cat looks like a ton of fun. Congrats!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Met the lady at a car show that owned this, she has been all over the world in it



I've always wanted a Baja Bug so congratulations on your new toy

Very cool! I've always wanted a bug. Maybe after I get done with my current project.

[kach22i]

Looks like a fun car, enjoy.

Add another $600 bug to the list, I bought an orange 1976 Super Beetle in 1985, only had it for around six months but loved it.

[unclebilly]

Guys - thanks for all of the positive comments.

I spent a good chunk of yesterday fiddling with it. It seems to be very strong.

I still need to synch my carbs and dial in the timing. I have no idea what cam is in there so I’m guessing on the timing. It seems to be happy at about 35 degrees all in at 3500 rpm.

I need to set my front brakes up - it pulls left.

It was cheaper than a side by side for the farm.

[Bill Douglas]

You crazy bastard.

Haha, jealous here. AND nice that all the work has fairly much been done.

If I can offer advice; put really good oil in it and don't be afraid to give it some gas and keep the rev's up

[porsche tech]

A little jealous here. Looks like a nice one! If I had garage space and wasn't an old man I would love to have another one. In younger years my first one was a '58 with fabric sunroof, also had 2 '56s (one I put a 912 motor in), '63, '65, '63 notchback (while in Germany) and a '68 Ghia. I had SO much fun with those cars! Like I said, I'm jealous... you're going to have fun!

[T77911S]

Just curious what something like that is going for these days

Was at the cat show this past weekend.
There were more people around the raggedy old VW that had a V8 in the front. You can see part of the top loop that was added and it looked like it had a square frame front clip. Not sure if it was factory. I could not get close enough

[unclebilly]

The ‘German Side By Side’ works awesome for herding cows. I’ve got it running really well and it’s a hoot to drive. I have to sort out the firewall mount rear bumper and out in rear seat belts.

I also got some gauges for it.