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1963 Volkswagen BEETLE

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GB_1966

History

A boilermaker / welder by trade. I gave up coaching rugby for more time at home with the family purchased a 63 beetle from Moama in Vic which upon disassembly had too much rust. I found another 63 rolling chassis on ebay in Gosford which I won the bid and went and picked up. Between the 2 cars this is what ended up. All the work was done by myself in my garage with the exception of the engine build ( much to the disgust of my neighbours no doubt with all of the panel beating and 2 pack paint fumes blowing all over their washing ) . The project took about 3 1/2 yrs on weekends and spare time. Plenty of mods and differentiating features from others of this era,

Modifications

Electric 1 piece windows with crank switches that retain original window winder handle
Central locking
Fully rewired
Grafted oval rear window & “W” Decklid
Pop out side rear windows
Pearl coated factory steering by “Pearlcraft” in car colours
Rag top
Tri bar headlights with led indicators in the light
4” narrowed front beam
Boyd Coddington Junkyard dog alloy rims – 17" x 7's / 5” backspace on front and 4” backspace on rear
4 wheel disc brakes – Ford stud pattern
Modified rear hubs and calliper brackets to suit 4” backspace rims on the rear
1915cc engine
Twin Kadrons
Petronics distributor with MSD CD ignition
Now - Vintage speed exhaust (needed as not enough clearance inside rear wheels for the 4 into 1 I had in the images)
Glasurit 2 pack metallic paint / 2 tone

Vehicle Specs

Engine: 1915

Transmission: 4 speed

Body Style: Coupe

Trim: Beige

Colour: Bue / Silver

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