Yerdusk's Bug - Update ENGINE REBUILD PICS Page 3 #45

[yerdusk]

Well, I decided to have a change. Wanted to go old skool kool so I bought this little beast.

1972 1300 VW Beetle. Tax exempt (get in), insurance at £250 a year, and its almost 100% standard apart from a new front adjustable beam which is at the lowest setting.

Comments welcome..

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[bakkipouch]

o my good god

orange and white theme ftw .... lol

[yerdusk]

o my good god

orange and white theme ftw .... lol

Haha, not sure if I should hit the chrome scene or not..

[Payney]

About time, pestered you enough for pics. :p

Looks great mate, keeping the orange or? Bit different that i was expecting but fair play to you!

Looks in mint shape tbh pal, good buy!

[craig180]

Prefer the matt black one ;)

Kidding. Love it mate. As I said before it needs Californifying!

[bakkipouch]

get a rite big daisy on the bonnet

[yerdusk]

Haha, yeah the matt black one is my bro's Cal look. Got some pics of that too, just uploading them.

Im not sure what the plans are yet, but first thing is to get the underneath sealed and the rust patches sorted. Then it can begin....

Oh and yeah ant, im keeping the orange, its my thing ;)

[yerdusk]

get a rite big daisy on the bonnet

Please don't come near me again.

Jokes, marry me?.

[Yates]

LAL

quite retro

looks very clean

[bakkipouch]

Please don't come near me again.

Jokes, marry me?.

er..... no

[yerdusk]

It took me quite a few hours to get it that clean! Paint was faded to hell when I picked her up.
There are a few patches of rust here and there and a wing is in desperate need of getting replaced. But other than that she is mint.

[fossie]

Love em.................

[Danr]

Cool car man. Reliability an issue?

[David]

Looks awesome.
You need a new mirror though.
And if it's tax exempt, how come there's a tax disc in the window...? :S

[barrett]

looks awsome!

[Mikey]

my dad used to have a mint one of these.

not my cup of tea,

[Amiee]

Sorry but I had to laugh, reminded me of my mate who had one throughout school.. her dad was doing it up for her so it would actually work..

then when it worked it was awfull!!

Good luck with it though :y:

[Curran]

Looks awesome.
You need a new mirror though.
And if it's tax exempt, how come there's a tax disc in the window...? :S

you still have a tax disc, its just free.


wouldnt mind one of these myself. would be rat look though.

lets see some pics of your bro's.

[Sneakydevil89]

right...slam it and drop a VTR lump in there, oh wait this isnt a saxo lol
that looks pretty nice mate, obviously apart from the missing mirror

[Dan]

Looks cool matey, not my thing though

[yerdusk]

Cool car man. Reliability an issue?

Nah, it been spot on since I had it. Changed oil, plugs, leads and had it tuned and it runs perfectly!

Looks awesome.
You need a new mirror though.
And if it's tax exempt, how come there's a tax disc in the window...? :S

It only came with one mirror standard, there isnt supposed to be one there! And you still have to go to post office and get tax, but its just freeeee!

right...slam it and drop a VTR lump in there, oh wait this isnt a saxo lol
that looks pretty nice mate, obviously apart from the missing mirror

Impreza engines fit straight in....

Cheers for all comments..

[Shellz]

Looks nice! :)

[yerdusk]

Update

Not much of an update really but thought I'd keep this thread up to date with whats happening on the bug.

Got me some pressed black and silver plates as this is the last year it was legally allowed, so thought it would be rude not too!

Before
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After
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I think they look awesome tbh, totally transformed the look of the car.

[Ben]

Lookin very well for its age!

[David]

Looks good man.
New badge next!

[yerdusk]

Lookin very well for its age!

Thanks dude, she is looking ok, still loads to do tho..

Looks good man.
New badge next!

Haha, yeah new badge. Need to get myself on ebay..

[laura_g]

wow car is really awesome plates totally set it off aswell, whats it like in respects of mpg?

[Cal]

Lovin the new plates mate :y:

[Elliott]

looks pretty sweet

[yerdusk]

wow car is really awesome plates totally set it off aswell, whats it like in respects of mpg?

Mpg? We dont talk about that around here :oops:

Get about 60 miles to £10 so not great, infact alot worse than the vtr.

Lovin the new plates mate :y:

Cheers dude, I'm well chuffed with them.

looks pretty sweet

:y:

[yerdusk]

Update-ish

Well its been a busy few weeks on the bug. Trying to get her running sweet, comfortable inside and ready on the outside for the dreaded grit which will hit the roads shortly.

All inner arches have now been cleaned down and hammerited, and I have 4 new wings which are in the process of being prepped ready for spraying.

I have fitted a carpet which I managed to get free from some guy on a vw forum! Although this carpet is just to see me through the winter and come spring I will be buying a brand new one.

Next on the list is sanding and hammeriting underneath to complete the winter grit protection, and sanding and painting the wheels. Maybe orange? Thoughts?

Anyways a few pics for you to feast your eyes upon...

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[CHIP]

Not really my thing tbh. Looks kinda kewl though.

[Ferg]

Looks brill ...

Uber Retro!

[Sutch]

You cant paint the wheels orange, just polish them up n then get some tyres with a white tyre wall, jobs a good'un

[yerdusk]

I'm just thinking of painting the steelies orange and keeping the chrome centre caps. Just thought it might freshen the rusty steel up!

[thadogg]

Not really my liking but its cool!

The new plates suit the car down to the ground, they've made it look alot better IMO.

Also I see what you mean about the wheels, the orange round the edge and chrome centre cap would look pretty sweet! :y:

[Luke]

Nice updates.

Plates finish it off perfectly.

How much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking? It maybe on front page, but I can't remember.

[yerdusk]

Paid £1050 for it with a full years mot and every previous mot certificate!

There is still loads more to do, and I have booked the first week in November off to spend finishing her off for the winter!

[Ryyy]

WTFFFFFF!
Nice

[5AMBO]

i can see it looking good after some work and gotta ageree with the orange and white theme. orange and black would look good also.
my mate had a really nice baby blue one that he did a lot of work on then it got crashed into

[NICK2506]

Needs lowering tbh

[Shellz]

Looks good! :D

[yerdusk]

Not sure if any of you lot will be interested in this, but Huuuuuuuge progress started yesterday. As the bug is off the road for the winter, I decided it was time to remove the engine and rebuild it with all new gaskets and clean everything up. Also I have decided to replace the 1300cc pistons with 1600cc pistons and barrels ;)

I have spent about £110 so far on a full engine gasket kit, brand new pistons, barrrels and piston rings, new distributor cap (see through red ;) ), New ignition leads (Red), a larger carb, a chrome pancake air filter, and some oil and other bits.
I also refurbished and painted a standard exhaust and a pair of heater exchangers.

Yesterday we removed all wiring from the engine, disconnected the fuel line, and removed some tinware ready for painting. This took all of 15 mins!

Today I was planning to remove the engine but due to the wet weather we decided to just remove the exhaust system and throttle cable. I have also begun painting the tin ware.

All thats left now is the 4 bolts which hold the engine in. Should take approx 30mins now to drop the engine out ;)

Will update in a little while with some pics of progress so far, and I will keep this updated everyday this week.
Expected finished date is now thursday :)

[David]

Got it running yet mate? :D

[yerdusk]

Update

I have now finished the engine rebuild! It took about 3-5 days to finish, but was out of the car for a while longer. The whole rebuild was done in my kitchen on a table i made from some bricks and a paving slab!

I have replaced/bought:
New 1600cc barrels and pistons
Full engine gasket set
Refurbished 1600cc heads
Refurbished Heat exchangers
Refurbished exhaust
New dizzy cap
New air filter
and a couple of other bits.

Enjoy....

Old crap removed
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Refurbished
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Engine out and in kitchen
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Pistons and barrels and heads removed
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New pistons etc on
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Engine cleaned and being rebuild
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Ready to go back in
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Back in the car!!!
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Thats it guys. From a 1200cc to a 1600cc in a kitchen!! Just need timing up properly and the carb tuning.

Should eb pushing out about 50-60bhp now...

[David]

Looks reallly good mate!
Awesome stuff.

[-Jason-]

Hopefully you can get more than 55 on the motorway now ;)

[-Ashley106-]

should see 65 now lol looks nice m8 dont look bad in real life either

[stevo67]

Love the Beetle mate much prefer these too the new shape 1`s they bought out,real retro look.

Steve.

[yerdusk]

cheers guys. Should easily hit 80 when she's been tuned and run in.

[-Jason-]

You racing me at FCS on the track next year then?

[Prickle]

looks really good :) i love threads when people dismatle the engine etc :D looks smart the engine too

[yerdusk]

You racing me at FCS on the track next year then?

Your damn right i am. It will be easy

looks really good :) i love threads when people dismatle the engine etc :D looks smart the engine too

Cheers dude!

Got her tuned up today and its running sooooo sweet!

[betty02]

Must admit that nlooks sweet you know you want to chrome that engine bay!

http://www.t2customs.co.uk/ChromeEngineBitsSalePage.htm

[Raz]

get a porche engine in the back ;) seen one before on a cover of a car mag...was awsome!

[BENSAX3]

How come you didnt paint the block before you put it in. Especially as you said it is off the road all winter

[Ben]

Looks good Adam. Got any videos of it running, exhaust sound etc?

[Predator_R32]

great cars for engine removal them :y:

[jaystar89]

good god that looks class :D loves it!