Thanks man, I just got the springs today so I can reassemble the front end. Once thats done it's just mater cylinders and brake lines and it's a go!

 

Sound nice.If you still need help let me know.I Pm you last year and told you if you need help let me know I live in Ct.

 

Carlos, once I get the disc conversion and brake system done I will be ready for the road and some fine tuning. I would really like to have someone around to help me dial it in! If it's cool I'll PM you in a few weeks and maybe you can come up and give me a hand. Thanks for the offer.

 

I finally got those spring in, hope to never do that again!

 

Damn. That looks good!

 

Thanks Barban! Here the front end conversion completed today, I added the sway bar to help this thing stick to the road. Now I just have to plumb up the brake lines and install master cylinders and it should be road worthy!

 

Another update, finish exhaust and install a few gauges since it was to hot to do anything else!

 

Looks good, don't forget the parking brake!

 

Yeah I'll probably be needing that! Here a vid of the new exhaust note.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJZ6j1udnXA

 

I found an exotics dealer selling a Bugeye Sprite with a 12a... man, i am tempted! The price scares me though!!

 

Really? What were they asking?

 

The car was totally done, great paint, very professional looking.... $17k. But this place is very upmarket in their pricing.

 

Looks awesome, bud. Be sure to snap a lot of undercar pictures while its still sparkly new!

 

Those brakes are supposed to stop you? ive seen golf carts with bigger brakes

 

LOL, the car only weighs 1300lbs, and I've seen golf cart that weigh more!

 

The brakes on my beelte look about the same, maybe slightly larger. And they work great. Car weighs 1600lbs. And thats upgraded from the shitty drums it used to have all the way around.

 

should the brake rotors be that bumpy and uneven surface? it must eat up pads

 

I have new brand new rotors, I just used these as a mock-up. I don't want to get brake fluid all of them when I do my bleeding!!!!

 

This car is going to be a blast for you. It's going to sound all wrong for any purists you encounter but it will be easy to show them the tail lights and let them whiff the premix as you leave them at will.

Just because of your project, I decided to finally pull the trigger on all the upgrades to my '59. Ordering the Rivergate adapter plate to fit the Datsun 5sp (that has been on my shelf for about a year) to the 1275. She is also getting a whole new interior and I'm powder coating the wire wheels. $2500 I shouldn't be spending on a little British car right now. All this when I have the RX2 torn apart.

Probably sell it when I'm done and make room in the shop for my 323GTX.... hope your happy with yourself.

 

Yeah those darn vw purists... :p The purists will not like anything from the norm, but if it wasn't for the ppl who enjoy the less common things then newcomers to vw may stray away and say its boring you know? just my 2 cents

 

Might be posted in the wrong thread? VW purists don't care about this "Bug"-eye.

Oh yea, welcome to the forum!

 

I was never a big fan of the purists and I already had some chumps tell me I should have stayed stock, Blah blah, whine, whine. I love that two stroke smell, reminds me of my racing days. "Nothing like the smell of CAM II and two stroke in the morning"

I'm glad I could help get that 59 going, I hate to see them sit around and I'm sure someone will snap that thing up when you done. What are you going to ask for it.

I've sold all my project cars shortly after they were done. Someone always offers me enough money and I get bored quickly. I hope to keep this a few years, but you never know.

 

It will probably be in the 16-18K range. All the mods I've done are the most popular with the A-H enthusiasts. The only 2 things that are iffy are the color and the wiring. I feel the same as you, at this point its my car and I don't like the stock colors the car came with. As for the wiring... I don't know what kind of moron would go through all the trouble to put the same crap back in the car.

Totally correct restorations are asking 18-20K but you end up with a car that is, in my opinion, undrivable, unreliable and a maintenance nightmare. Once the 5sp is in mine I would drive it across the country with no worries.

 

Yeah the 948cc was a pig at best. And the original colors were just as bad, and the wiring looked like a 5th grader install it. I'm a big fan reliability so you can't go wrong with modern technology upgrades!

 

Sounds cool... .did you make any chassis or suspension changes?