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Hey Beretta.net, haven't been here in ages, glad to see the forums still going strong!
I've been doing a frame off resto on my V8 S-10 & working on my wife's 70's VW dune buggy.
My father in law gave us his VW dune buggy & I'm in the process of restoring it.
I recently got an email from Appletree Auto saying they're having a VW contest.
So, I entered...

Voting started July 9th & ends Aug 9th. You can vote a couple times daily (clear browser) until Aug 9th.
The prize is a gift card to their VW parts store which we could use to finish the restoration.
Check out the link below & vote if you can. Thanks for the support & wish us luck!

http://iframe.wizehive.com/voting/view/ ... 3/658418/0

your sooo lucky, id ditch that silly roof... im actually in the process of looking for one, i want a real manx though, not an immitation one or a knock off, i want the real deal, preferably a manx2. id then look for the sides for it(theyre hard to find from what i understand) i just want it to cruze around in, theres nothing like that around here so it would be totally different and stand out like a sore thumb... i like that. =)

I like the roof, give it character

Here's a few more pics...

The side curtains...




It's butt (those are Corvair taillights)




That face



The controls.

Looking good! I voted for you, best of luck!

Amateur wrote:Looking good! I voted for you, best of luck!

Thanks man! Every vote helps. We are now in 3rd place, it's a long way to first!

And moderators, I posted in the wrong forum, can you move this thread to off topic?

Thanks

We're about 50 votes away from 500 votes. There's still a long way to go, keep voting folks!

We're well on our way to 600 votes but still have a long way to go. I re-read the contest rules & realized what's happening. There are 2 classes, Vintage VW Street (I entered our buggy in this class) & VW Off Road. Currently we are in 1st place in the Vintage VW Street category! The 2 top guys are in the Off Road class. At any rate please keep the votes coming in we still need all the votes we can get!!!

Voted!

heavywoody wrote:Voted!

Thanks man!

We are in 1st in the Vintage VW class! But only by 152 vote margin!
Keep them votes coming in folks! And Thank You!!!

We're still in 1st place with 850 votes, but there's a new guy who's closing in fast.
I watched his vote count shoot up 15 votes in the last 5 minutes!
We need votes to stay in the lead, keep them votes coming in & thanks to those who have voted!!!

We made it to 1590 votes.
The contest ends this Thursday.
Thanks to those who have voted!
Only a few more days to go!!!

Voted for ya! Just curious, what powers this thing?

2.2H8TA wrote:Voted for ya! Just curious, what powers this thing?

As far as I know(what dad in law told me) the original motor is a built 1600 with a 3/4 cam.
That motor ran, but had .055 of endplay in the crank which means the crank is hammering the mains.
I built a 1641 motor with a stock cam for it to get it going again, I'm also rebuilding a trans for it too...

This is the original motor it came with..



You can see in this pic it has WAY to much endplay!




This is the 1641 I built for it using an AS41 case I found at work(I work in auto salvage)
I still have to put the jugs on, fire it up & break it in..





Here's the trans, 68 swingaxle trans out of a Karmann Ghia..



It didn't take me long to rip it apart either lol! Just waiting for parts for it now..