1974 Super Beetle

Ok, I have a general intro elsewhere, but this will be my in-depth progress thread.

May 2008. $500. Running and driving. All stock.





4 day's after buying this car, I took it out to Sacrmento Raceway on VW night, and took a Runner-Up trophy..



In July 2008, I took it to Greg's VW Service for a basic once-over that included installing a new clutch, 009 distributer, header and flowmaster muffler. I also got new tires shortly after.

First pass with the new clutch, I warped the disk, so it came out and a Kennedy solid disk and new pressure plate went in.

A couple days later, I was driving it, And the hook that holds the clutch cable to the pedal broke.

Bug-O-Rama 64, August 2008,

I won in the Trophy Drag Racing class.

September 2008, I entered into a car show, and placed 3rd in the Project class.

Sometime in there, I got a roof rack.







The motor with a DeluxeIron velocity stack.

April 2009 the odometer turned over.

June 2009.

I completely redid all the brakes and the entire front suspension.













It had a bent control arm, so I headed out to the parts car.

Right after all that work was done, I was going down the road. Bang. Broke the right front spindle.





Back out to the parts car.



And I also replaced all the bearings.

Did some racing.

Took runner-Up at Bug-O-Rama 63




By September 2009, I had won 3 of the 7 NASA VW races at Sacramento Raceway, and was poised to win the Championship.

Lots o' Bondo.



Some pics after bodywork.





Bumpers back on.





Champaigne Shower after winning the Champioship.

Primered it black.

Blacked out taillights and Bugpack Mondo muffler.

I don't think i mentioned this yet, but this is my daily driver. I drive it to work and back every day (unless I need a truck that day, etc.), I figure I get about 25 miles per gallon. Give or take.

David's74Super wrote:

I don't think i mentioned this yet, but this is my daily driver. I drive it to work and back every day (unless I need a truck that day, etc.), I figure I get about 25 miles per gallon. Give or take.

That really isn't bad gas mileage at all. How heavy is your foot?

zuhaelter_82 wrote:

David's74Super wrote:

I don't think i mentioned this yet, but this is my daily driver. I drive it to work and back every day (unless I need a truck that day, etc.), I figure I get about 25 miles per gallon. Give or take.

That really isn't bad gas mileage at all. How heavy is your foot?

I'm actually pretty light with it. I only typically do about 55-60 on the highways. But sometimes more.

August 2010

Just put the stickers on the Super. Due to space constraints, I had to do some modifying.

see here:

https://stateroutevdubs.forumotion.com/picture-gallery-f7/the-end-of-an-era-t220.htm#1345