PiL's VW- The building of a Beetle race car

This is the build of my replacement race car. I crashed in the original car after a blown rear tyre and just two (and a half!) runs in it. I hope to update weekly even if I've only made a small amount of progress. Drop back and see how it's going.

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

The work begins- Rear Suspension & The Framehead

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Starting with two Beetle chassis, one with a V5 but with a framehead and spine closing panel that were not in great condition, and another w...
Sunday, 18 December 2011

Hello to the new...

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That was around 3 years ago... After two rounds of redundancies at work, one house move and parts collecting in the interim, I was ready to...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Goodbye to the old...

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After taking stock of the damage I decided the tube chassis was too damaged to repair so, regretfully it was cut up...One of the hardest thi...
Wednesday, 7 December 2011

The aftermath

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A few pictures showing the damage to the car...
Saturday, 3 December 2011

The old car

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So this is the car I started with...Tube chassis pro stock with an engine that I ended up putting together myself (2442CC normally aspirated...
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