Excellent work, thanks for sharing.

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Very, very cool car.

That is so bloody cool! I like the whole project and especially the patina paint scheme.

Outstanding. I'm impressed. I was bummed when you went to the all black look. I really liked the vintage and racey paint scheme that it originally had. I like the new green scheme too.

Very, very cool project. Excellent fab work and very creative.

'Sup Roach. Good to hear from you again.

The car is awesome. You have a great command of the distressed look, and the car looks absolutely perfect, because it doesn't look perfect. It reminds me of what an ex-Kafer Cup barn find might look like.

love the paint ..

Rika

thanks for sharing your awesome project! man that's cool...and those rear tires look beefy!

Looks like what I'm doing with my '66..... cept I'm using an EJ20TT :)

love it!

Very cool bug! Love the paint! In fact, Im taking my daughters to a local VW show to watch the famed Cornpanzer (Post above) race his awesome black turbo bug today!
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Seriously cool car. The Subaru engine makes a lot of sense.

Enjoy.

Great project! Beautiful work!!

Thank you for all the positive comments! Here are a couple of pictures from a recent road trip to LA for the VW Classic car show:

http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/939699.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/939703.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/939707.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/939712.jpg

800 miles round trip, plus several 100mph+ blasts down the freeway to show off for buddies, and not even a hint of a problem. I checked the oil a couple of times, just out of habit, but that's about it. And did I mention 75mph up the Grapevine? What a contrast to what this car did in the past!

I'm taking it out to its first autocross with the Subaru engine this weekend, Sunday at Mather Field in Stockton with SCCA. I'll hopefully get some video, and maybe even a picture or two of it lifting the front wheel!

BugZillia.....

That Bug is way cool, we had a '68 for a couple decades.

Brian

Very nice craftsmanship. What did you use for the carpet? Is the scoop working to keep the temps in an acceptable range?

Thanks! It's awesome that you guys dig the build.


That's some indoor/outdoor carpet that I got at Home Depot. It worked well because it has a thin rubber backing, so it was easy to cut without creating frayed edges, and it doesn't require binding the edges afterwards.

Here are some pictures from an autocross this past weekend:

http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/941874.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/941875.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/941876.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/941873.jpg

And an in-car video:

Subaru VW AutoX - YouTube

Unfortunately, I starved it for oil on that run, and spun a rod bearing. I'm considering rebuilding it with a dry sump this time, because this is the second oil starvation engine failure I've had. I'll post engine rebuild progress pictures as soon as I get to it.