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Author My VW Splitty is going on its holidays!!
Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
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6th Apr 05 at 16:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
To have the engine/fuel tank fitted, made orderly and serviced, and to assess what else i can afford to have done to get it on the road. Im hoping that it'll be MOT'd by the summer and ill be driving it round

It goes on Monday, im packing its bags at the minute

£220 + parts (of which it needs very few of)

Ben.
Icy
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6th Apr 05 at 16:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


imagine a 1.8T in that
Tiger
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6th Apr 05 at 16:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably need a rediculous amount of work to make it fit - 911 turbo engine was fitted to one though by a Porsche engineer - needless to say, it made the front page of Volksworld last year
Marc
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Jamie Olivers has a Porsche engine does it not?
Tiger
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Yeah it does, not sure it's tuned to the same scale though...
Greg_M
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that nothing my beetle has just gone for full reso at a cost for £4k
PaulW
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only vid I have of a camper with a porker engine...

http://www.corsa-b.co.uk/videos/PaulW%20vs%20Camper%20Van.wmv

either it wasn't running right, or they aint that quick!
Matt H
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6th Apr 05 at 17:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cool cars

Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg_M
that nothing my beetle has just gone for full reso at a cost for £4k


'Kin 'Ell!

What Bug is it?
Greg_M
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'72 1300
Tiger
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You could get an Oval in top condition for that price
jr
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put a Scooby engine in it, a company even do a coversion kit for it
Greg_M
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
You could get an Oval in top condition for that price


i dont want an oval in top condition tho. i want my beetle restored
Rob H
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6th Apr 05 at 20:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
only vid I have of a camper with a porker engine...

http://www.corsa-b.co.uk/videos/PaulW%20vs%20Camper%20Van.wmv

either it wasn't running right, or they aint that quick!


Some of the Older Porsche Aircooled (I know many people like to keep to the aircooled theme) engines arent all that, proberbly only 160 brake from a 3.0, or something like that, then youve got the weight of the campervan (guessing around 1.5 tonne+). There no race car, but i bet in the scheme of things they fly .
Greg_M
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob H
Some of the Older Porsche Aircooled (I know many people like to keep to the aircooled theme) engines arent all that, proberbly only 160 brake from a 3.0, or something like that, then youve got the weight of the campervan (guessing around 1.5 tonne+). There no race car, but i bet in the scheme of things they fly .


i wouldnt have thought they were very heavy. they float for god sake. but yeah the engine arnt that powerfull
Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg_M
quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
You could get an Oval in top condition for that price


i dont want an oval in top condition tho. i want my beetle restored


I was just thinking of the long term value thats all, I take it yours is a 1302? I mean an Oval for example would always sell for more than you buy it at whereas 1302's are fetching less each time they sell... I paid £6k for my splitty, even with no work done its still worth more than that already!

Fair play though mate, theres an awesome 1302 round the corner from me, real Cal looker, just sat there on the drive though for 3 years now, they still clean it every week though

Ben.
chr15barn3s
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my mates restoring his beetle himself in his garage, hes replaced every single panel himself and made a new floor pan etc... it will be basically brand new when its finished

 
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