mmmmmm bit worried about too many factory folk there...may give em a heart attack. I will see how things plan thanks.

Heya, yea well as long as it's tyre smoke and not exaust smoke would be great. I will be driving next week so will try video in car?? dont have one will try and scrounge one! Thanks.

Yes came out well, things just seem to procastinate as other things take a while. I sort of wanted to keep to myself but would be good to get a return on few fabricated things too..Thanks for your coment sir Brent.

Hi

Looking good. Do you have any closer pictures of the dash?

Steve

Hi there, I think there is a close picture all ready listed but might not be in car? i will take another couple next time I get a chance eh..thanks.

Thanks, that would be great, the picture you posted was a bit shady.

Your car looks amazing. The guards look excellent. It looks so fast I bet you could get a speeding ticket with it just sitting in the driveway like that. Well done.

It might even be worth crossing the pond just to see it on the track.

CYA CT

Sure, hang in there mate.

Yes I think it would certainly attract the police. I have to get the thing certified next so they can only give me a ticket and not take the car. My mate here has 2.9 lt type 4 in his and 6 yrs developing the car so dam fast.
Pop over one day for sure. Brent.

Your project looks wonderful! It's definantly now an inspiration.

Thank you this makes it all worth the effort. Brent.

Stunning car...period!!

Where did you get those trailing arms though??
Kev :agree:

Hi Brent,

Looks like the rear hubs worked;-)

Great car

Hi, well I asume you mean the rear irs arms? They are factory arms and I swapped sides, removed the old shock mount and fabricated a new one to take QA1 alloy shocks and Eibach springs. Was alot of work actualy, but seems to be working well. I drove yes [ Monday] at a track and is good but still alot of sorting to get handling perfect. Will try post more pictures of car on track and maybe some video soon...Brent.

Yep pretty happy, just need more milage and fine tuning to get right, but considering mods, cant complain. Thanks Brent.

My mistake..what I meant were the trailing arms that were in place of the standard spring plates.
Thanks,
Kev :agree:

O yes, the uniball set up. Yea this certainly removes all the play in this area and makes toe settings simple. I was planning on making a compression strut up the front too and running the sway bar independantly but where does it stop? Anyway, i have located the point for this so maybe one day I will tackle this bit. Thanks Brent.

Amazing car..... I was wondering what size heim joints you are using on the steering rack. Is that setup stock bolt in? or is the rack reworked or non-stock?

ted

Who does those uniball arms?? :agree:

Hi there, the rod ends are crome molly 1/2" and ive made the steering arms out of molly too. The rack is a v-early Mk 1 passat to which i had to have the spline rewoked. I also had to make the rack mounts. The steering shaft has been modified also. To locate the rack properly, i had cut the inner guard away a little and insered weld nuts so all looks factory and was very secure. The other two areas which needed attn is where the steering universal runs under the tank. I had to cut and fabricate a pannel here to clear the shaft. The second area is the pan... the top of the pad head needed cutting away to clear the rack. You can see on the 75 model the differance here. once again was carried out as factory. I have drilled out the steering arms on the stub axles to run a 1/2 " cap screw, also you can see i have run the rod end under the arm with a molly spacer to get the bump steer right. The inner rod ends on the rack are also 1/2" and made special molly spacers here to. To tell you the truth it was alot of work but i do think it's worth it in the end, especialy on a race car. Brent.

MBT ENGINEERING...they are a German co which also sells the rear coil overs too. Plus all the big brakes and calipers. I looked at making myself but hey everything just costs and takes time. Brent.

NOS Kamei front spoiler/air damp for sale
 

Hi Brent,

Here is a NOS Kamei front spoiler/air damp for sale on trademe. You may interested.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=46874865

I can't believe how good Your car is. Especially when when I look at suspension and brakes. AND attention for detail which is FIRST CLASS!

Well, You're on the top of mine inspiration list. And thank's for that! :righton:

Hi, it's all about timing eh, I have recently purchased a full racing front glass one from Australia, saw it in a mag on a race car and they made two 1 for me and my mate.. I will keep an eye on it though so thanks very much for spotting it. Regards Brent.

Thank you for your kind coments, im sure your car has a little kick *** too.
It's quite amasing how subtle differances can make your car unique. Yes suspension was expensive and a hell of a lot of work. I have the intentions one day to purchase some 17-18" wheels too which would give the car another completely different look. Brent.

Just keep on doing such a good things to Your Bug :agree:

Even if I'm not a 18 inch lover :confused:

I look forward to seeing that one though. Brent.

Oh WOW!!!! That has to be the most beautiful and well built VW I have ever seen! Pardon me for being crude, but I had to keep a towel handy whilst looking at the pics! I'm lucky I didn't get electricuted! :laugh:

Seriously....Wonderful Job!!! :agree: :agree: :agree:
Cheers!

Hey from OZ
 

Hey Mate nice bug,Im doing a 75 1303 at the moment ,I dig your dash if you can give me a one off price that would be greate, drop me an email at jdemeur@bigpond.net.au Ill send you some picks of my progect,2.4 turbo porch brakes etc cheers JS

Thank you, yours looks very clean and tasty too. Nice car. I look forward the the day my car makes the German look cover page.......god loves a tryer eh!

Thanks, I will have a look into it Brent.

Amazing car! Beautiful engineering and unbelievably clean too :clap: :clap::clap::clap:
A real work of art!

Absolutely fantastic and inspiring work Brent - the attention to detail is superb and level of engineering is really impressive! I hope the fine tuning goes without too many dramas, look forward to seeing more pics (esp interior).

I love the deep dish rims on the rear! :agree:

Cheers
Alan

Thanks, these kind coments seem to make all the effort worth while. Brent.

Hi Alan, yes i like the deep dish look too, brings back the shell sport days here in the 70's. The tuning will take a while, just need to put some milage on. I will try and take some interior shots soon, what there is of it. Brent.

Brent. I was wondering, what is left to do on your project? Seems like majority of things are finished. Also, what is the size of those rear tires? 10" rims right?

Yes basicaly finished, I will put in another seat and belts. I also intend to have the car certified by an enginner so i can drive the thing o the road, obviously. The fronts are 8" x 15" and the rear are 10" x 15" . I will also play with larger 17" wheels one day. There amy be some small things too but thats it. Brent.

HELL YEAH MAN!

No words good enough to describe it and your work!

Ive looked up to this car for a long time man! Well done!

Alexx

Thank you sir, good to hear from someone just over the ditch. How is your car running? is it a serious thing? Brent.

alex's car is awesome like yours brent, the green super they own i think its his dads or brothers is gr8 aswell, but hey i love supers, keep the updates coming, love your car, inspirational