Franz, the thunder pumpkin! - SOLD

namelesswonder · Post by **namelesswonder** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:15 pm

GO HERE http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic ... 8&t=132563

Originally an orange standard 1974 Beetle.

Hi, my friend fusername got me into this project. Someday I'd kill him for it, I owe him too much. Wait a sec...

Intial pics before I bought my car.

Attempted some ducttape repair that went rather well (forgot to clean the seat before hand) on the driver's seat. Will use Gorilla tape next time.

Mmmmm....rust. Under back seat, driver's side

Sorta what it'll look like in the end...

Hi, I'm going to start posting a lot more, fusername and I did a bit of bug planning. Yes, this is MY car. He's just done...most of the work...Gods I am in debt to this kid. LOVE HIM.

And me. Cause Franz is awesome and is going to be awesome and I will make him that way!

namelesswonder · Post by **namelesswonder** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:22 pm

Pics of us actually at work...sorta...

Oh my sad sad pedal cluster. Got one at the junkyard, glass beaded it, painted it, just needs reassembly now!

Hmm...so one of these is fusername's. He has that 77 Westy. The top tire is his. The bottom is one of my back tires. Sadly, my car will not be able to handle them. Seriously, sad. I LOVE MY GIANT TIRES!

Meet me. I am taking a time out.

The sad engine I bought off some guy. Bad idea. Waste of $150. Hopefully getting a fuel injected off a guy on the samba, can use parts from that and have my own working engine...eventually. Like the mouse nests?

After we cleaned it...a lot. Yay for paint thinner!

Busted, nasty nasty head!

That's all for now. We are aiming for Christmas to get this baby on the road. I'll have pics of fusernames lovely repair work

in a week or two when I'm home (doing this project on weekends, when I'm home from school).

Mr Bs Bug N Buggy · Post by **Mr Bs Bug N Buggy** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:44 pm

Holy crap Batman........I remember when I was young and ambitious...

vw505 · Post by **vw505** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:01 pm

Thats so sad i feel like suck starting my M4

fusername · Post by **fusername** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:05 pm

I'm not to sure I want anyone to see my 'repairs'. In my defence it looked worse when we started... well, kinda...

in my defence, the welder was stuck on high

Post by **Leatherneck** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:17 pm

Crap ! what a mess, you guys paid 150 for it, did you hear it run first, surely it wouldn't.

fusername · Post by **fusername** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:27 pm

east coast, sadly thats the price of a core around here....

good thing was, it was a 1500, had a good carb on it, but thats about it. 1500 has the old style crank, and that earned us a free reground crank. If you take a look at the shot of the cylinder head, i think you can guess whether it was running or not. We have a lead on a possible set of FI heads, might use those with a dp intake, we shall see.

unless somone wants to donate a set of workable heads of course

Post by **Leatherneck** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:02 pm

namelesswonder, you know you are hooked now, no getting out in one piece. enjoy your Baja, looks like your going to have a blast.

namelesswonder · Post by **namelesswonder** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:09 pm

Leatherneck wrote:namelesswonder, you know you are hooked now, no getting out in one piece. enjoy your Baja, looks like your going to have a blast.

Oh man I know! I get so stressed out by it, but like my dad, who is trying to fix up his '91 diesel jetta, it's sorta therapeutic. Maybe will make me more patient someday. Hahahah...yeah....right. I am somehow enjoying running myself broke every two weeks in between paychecks.

fusername...those repairs are totally going up...eventually. Thanks for the comments.

TCoville · Post by **TCoville** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:45 pm

working on my bug is totally therapeutic until i can't figure out how something works or something won't come off (like a snap ring on my tranny today) and i end up throwing something at the wall

i have some type 1 dp heads if u are interested.

scott the viking · Post by **scott the viking** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:43 am

Mr Bs Bug N Buggy wrote:Holy crap Batman........I remember when I was young and ambitious...

And thin,
with hair.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:51 am

Is that experience talking there Scott?

scott the viking · Post by **scott the viking** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:06 am

Leatherneck wrote:Is that experience talking there Scott?

I was talking about me. I think Darren has hair still...commie.

Mr Bs Bug N Buggy · Post by **Mr Bs Bug N Buggy** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:19 am

scott the viking wrote:
Leatherneck wrote:Is that experience talking there Scott?
I was talking about me. I think Darren has hair still...commie.

Yea, I have lots of hair, but I can roll down hill without a push.....

Edited for old, fat, bald guys Hijacking a youngsters thread.....now STOP it.

RyanB · Post by **RyanB** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:25 am

Looks like a great start! Welcome to the madness!