Dale W. Verts

Thanks all. David, I wanted the nerfs to have that little bit of angle to them. Again, I fabricated them from left-over tree-pieces... Next time I'll do better. The carbs are from the Parts Box in Australia. They're okay, but look at empinuts' threads in the Resin forum under "VW Induction". I think his are better. As far as lowering, I just cut and dropped the spindles for a slight lowering. I'll get back on this thing in a day or two. I've been doing some builds for friends and the 'Bug got put on the backburner. I need to get a Dremel tool (mine is loaned out) to do some grinding on the interior for clearance due to the lowering. A broken-ankle makes just runnin' to the store to pick up tools and supplies difficult and besides- we live in the middle of the woods (the way I like it) and it's forty-five minutes to town anyway. Dale

Absolutely perfect. Keep it up. Dale

Good luck friend. Same boat here- 37 years between builds. I'm havin' a blast- hope you do too. And there's TONS of help available here. Dale

Okrasa (or someone) made a BLOWER for the diminutive 36 hp bug motor too. ALL this would be cool for buildin' models. A guy can dream. Dale

If that thang was any lower it'd be underground. Neat. Dale

I thought about it Simon- not for profit or as a business, but it would be an interesting avenue to take. I don't know a thing about it. At all... Dale

Betcha he surprises a few folks. Dale

Well Dante, it seems to be what this forum is all about. And I know little, but I do know bugs. And you take the nicest, un-restored beetle in the world, and the battery storage will be rusted. That just sounds weird. Dale

I always liked the movie, and of course the car speaks for itself. Neat idea! Dale

Well, I was kiddin' about the over-sized jugs. Kind off. Thanks again for the info. Wildy awaiting new parts. I've owned four 1835's- sweet streetable engines. I also built one 2180 stroker. THAT was a handful... Dale

Looks ugly. Neatly done, but ugly. As an owner of many a beetle, and more than a few BEAT-les, you need to almost completely remove the floor pan underneath the rear passenger seat, where the battery is. Trust me- that's the first place to go. I'll re-iterate. Poor beetle... Dale

Neat. I wondered where your venturis were comin' from. Thanks. Dale

Looks great. Dale

Okay- who's got the best alternator? Best shroud? How about a deep sump? 92mm jugs? Okay, I'm gettin' carried away. Dale

SWEEET! Man, you may have just became my hero. Any time frame on this? Not that I'm anxious or anything. Did I mention SWEET? Dale

Thank you sir... I am ready to spend some bucks to get good parts. Seriously. Dale

VERY neat. I too dig the dirt trackers. I think the window netting is a little out-of-scale (too large) but you are definitely on the right track. Keep up the good work. Dale

Neat car- looks great. Question- did you mask & paint the stripes? Dale

Thanks for the info, Bill. Dale

Yep- us NUTS know. Great builds! Dale

Love these things... did you build the dual-port manifolds, or does this kit maybe come with them? Dale

Thanks for the tip Tom! Dale

Man I love bein' right. For a change. Dale

Big 'ole slobberin' motors, hittin' you in the chest with a deep basso beat. And they're still IDLING... Rock and roll! Dale

I'd like to find one (or three) of these. Nice. Dale