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freebeard · 05-30-2017, 07:52 PM

I drove one of those once. Aluminum body and a transverse rear seat. My mechanic at the time owned it and let me use it as a loaner. Then he sold it on without giving me a shot. It was copper with a red interior.

It had 30-odd thousand miles on it in the 1980s. It was the first time I'd driven a VW that didn't have sloppy shift linkage.

My weekly driver today, I drove as a loaner 10 years ago. It looks like I'm going to do a three-part process

purchase rotors and drums
get them cryogenically tempered
do a brake job

The most patriotic displacement is 90.5x69 (=1776). Stock bore for good cooling, stroker crank for low end torque and 10% more displacement. I've got one on the bench, it was built for a panel van I've sold on and currently reserved for the '58 Baja.

I think this is the only way to do a stretch limo Beetle:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rometsch

The rear doors are fronts turned around with an 11" stretch. There could be an additional stretch in the B-pillar, or it could be pillarless. Whoa, I've got a Beetle body for a donor! Maybe someday?

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,773 Thanks: 8,173 Thanked 8,949 Times in 7,391 Posts	I drove one of those once. Aluminum body and a transverse rear seat. My mechanic at the time owned it and let me use it as a loaner. Then he sold it on without giving me a shot. It was copper with a red interior. It had 30-odd thousand miles on it in the 1980s. It was the first time I'd driven a VW that didn't have sloppy shift linkage. My weekly driver today, I drove as a loaner 10 years ago. It looks like I'm going to do a three-part process purchase rotors and drums get them cryogenically tempered do a brake job The most patriotic displacement is 90.5x69 (=1776). Stock bore for good cooling, stroker crank for low end torque and 10% more displacement. I've got one on the bench, it was built for a panel van I've sold on and currently reserved for the '58 Baja. I think this is the only way to do a stretch limo Beetle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rometsch The rear doors are fronts turned around with an 11" stretch. There could be an additional stretch in the B-pillar, or it could be pillarless. Whoa, I've got a Beetle body for a donor! Maybe someday? Last edited by freebeard; 05-30-2017 at 08:09 PM..