Volkswagen Kit Cars

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Flywheel going round and round.



And...it is nearly made. Still hafta counter sink the crank bolts.

 

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Flywheel finished

 

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Throw out sleeve and lever all made/modified up.

 

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First one of two intakes all welded up and cleaned.

All the pieces of second intake all made.

 

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Fuel rails roughed out and some of the finish machine work started.



And dug through the junk boxes. Found a few of the pieces parts.

 

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All mated up.

Mazda engine.

Whittled flywheel half VW type 1 half mazda

Mazda pressure plate

VW type 5 disc and throw out

Porsche fork.

Porsche 901 trans

VW Tdi diesel starter.

 

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Mock up teaser.

 

[Gorilla]

OH YEA that's going to be one NICE machine

 

[Zammy]

Wow Rex, lots of progress, definitely going to be cool.

 

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Finally back to it.

Had to bend the upper arms to get the camber to align. Then had to cut factory weld on the tubes to align them. Then get the two sub frames in line and get that first piece in there.



And it is a roller.

 

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Well ...... I lost a month sick with the covid.

I have not got to start back on the project yet. Just barely enough strength to work the job this first week back on my feet.

Some of the stuff I was working on before the sick time.

Machined down a chevy v6 distributor to fit into the cam drive.

 

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Made mounts for the throttle position sensor and the mass air pressure sensor.

Both of which are chrysler parts.

 

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Made the front beam clamps that the tubing frame will attach to.

 

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Cut all the pulley guard and misc tabs off the valve covers and painted them.

 

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Started on the body mount perimeter.

Still gotta make the rear Napoleon hat.

Now as I get to the bodies final position and settling in.....I might have an inch or two I can shorten up.

 

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Rebuilt and modified the pedal assembly.

Shortened them an inch. That did give me some more foot room to work the feet around the windshield wiper motor (yes it is this small).

Also spread them out wider.

 

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Most currently I have been working with pulleys and belt. With mix and matching misc parts from the original belt set up I came up with what I need...... minus one pulley. So making a pulley.

 

[trikeman]

:clapping::clapping::wave4:

 

[TomyJ]

Kit

Hi Rex, This is some really great work you are doing, I love it...

 

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Well.....I lost a month being sick with covid.

Then trying to get work caught up for the next few weeks.

Just now getting back to the project.

Got some poly race seats and determined the seating position.

Now I know the height for roll bar.....so time to get on some chassis building.

 

[Papa Zook]

Wow, sorry to hear about you having covid. Glad you're doing better Rex.

 

[wlivin2]

Hope your feeling better. Love the build cannot wait to see it completed

 

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Thanks for the well wishes. Still getting strength back. Some odd stuff....little things are different now.....for instance I don't like coffee anymore also my other favorite root beer.

Bending tubing.

 

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Not a lot done....but a little here a little there.

Have been collecting electronic bits and soldering on circuit boards.....a have most of the engine electrical now......just piecing it all together. No pics of that.....it is all out there in the back seat of the truck right now. Might pull it out and solder some more.....might remember to take a pic.

Cut a splitter for the front. The big tabs sticking out the sides will bend up and become a mounting point that ain't quite worked out yet. But it is easier to cut metal off than to put it on.

 

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The body mount perimeter and front/rear arches are made and tacked up.

I did shorten the car an inch last week before making everything else.

 

[trikeman]

:clapping::wave4:

 

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Worked all last weekend.

No other big work done on project.

Have bent on a piece of tube here and there, cut a few mount tabs, ect.

I have done some soldering a couple evenings.

 

[beachbumtroy]

project

hey snu a nice project will be nice when ur done few thousand hours and daz i alwaz loved those bradleys keep the progress posted thnx

 

[DeathBySnuSnu]

The funny little car is not a Bradley......it is a Vokaro. Fairly rare (500 made) and looks more like speed racer.

But it is a simple body in the same way a Bradley GT 1 is.

I did find a Bradley GT 2 body, it is much more of a car....doors, windows, ect. It is what got me interested in kit cars, but if were to build a GT 2 it would have to be much more modernized that what I am doing here. This Vokaro is supposed to look like a late 50's/early 60's Euro racer. I wanted to do the GT 2 but it would be much more involved....later drivetrain , full interior....ect. So...this Vokaro is much simpler than that vision.

I have done some tube bending and fitting. just tacked in right now, but the rear roll bar mount and the bar itself is made and tacked.

Now fitting the front roll bar.

It has been a fight to get a location of the parts settled on. Everything you measure to/from on the body is all un-even/not the same from side to side. Just previosly when settling on the body placement....I have to measure and draw a line down the center of the body to alighn to......so the wheels stick out the fenders the same.

Now with the cage it is going to be all whop sided to match the body. It will look right with the body on....but with the body off I suspect it will look oddly un-even.

Significant body drop going on.....currently 4-1/2" ride height as it sits. with full hard bottom out at 2" off the ground.