First post!
Thought I'd sign up on here for 2 reasons: Went to the Gathering last year for the first time and though it was by far the most enjoyable show I've been to in ages and also as I am in the process of inheriting a beach buggy I could use another resource to help me, as I have absolutely no experience with air cooled VW's, carbs, or anything pre-90's really!
Decided best way to start was to start a thread with my 2 cars,
First of all my MX5:
Set up as a fast road car for having fun on mountain roads and B-roads. Did a weeks tour of Europe in 2013 with it and a week in Wales last year that really cemented it's purpose was for roadtrips to find the best roads possible. Off again into the Alps in June with a starting point of the Nurburgring, really can't wait. This is 95% complete now, would like to turbo/supercharge but then it's into silly money territory and I've spent enough already!
Megasquirt ECU with MAF delete, Mazdaspeed manifold into HKS catback system, Compomotive RLs, Meister-R Coilovers, Carbing Roll Bar, Sparco Sprint Seats.
The new addition coming later this summer is a 1965 VW Beach Buggy. Very exciting about this. Was built by my fiancée's dad in the 70's and has been on and off the road even since. Last used in 2008 and he's been encouraged to get rid of it due to it's lack of use, therefore I'm the very lucky recipient of it.
Got it running at the weekend for the first time in 7 years, hopefully just an MOT and set of tyre's from driving the 150 miles from their house to mine. Oh and the small matter of me building somewhere to actually store it.
Plans are to tidy it up, get some chunkier A/T tyres on it as I prefer the look of those and see how awful it drives! Only a standard 1.2 at the moment but everyone tells me they're very easy to upgrade to the 1.6 so may be a route to take? Long term goal is to drive it to Worthsee VW festival and back next year, I think it'd be a pretty fun challenge.
Thought I'd sign up on here for 2 reasons: Went to the Gathering last year for the first time and though it was by far the most enjoyable show I've been to in ages and also as I am in the process of inheriting a beach buggy I could use another resource to help me, as I have absolutely no experience with air cooled VW's, carbs, or anything pre-90's really!
Decided best way to start was to start a thread with my 2 cars,
First of all my MX5:
Set up as a fast road car for having fun on mountain roads and B-roads. Did a weeks tour of Europe in 2013 with it and a week in Wales last year that really cemented it's purpose was for roadtrips to find the best roads possible. Off again into the Alps in June with a starting point of the Nurburgring, really can't wait. This is 95% complete now, would like to turbo/supercharge but then it's into silly money territory and I've spent enough already!
Megasquirt ECU with MAF delete, Mazdaspeed manifold into HKS catback system, Compomotive RLs, Meister-R Coilovers, Carbing Roll Bar, Sparco Sprint Seats.
The new addition coming later this summer is a 1965 VW Beach Buggy. Very exciting about this. Was built by my fiancée's dad in the 70's and has been on and off the road even since. Last used in 2008 and he's been encouraged to get rid of it due to it's lack of use, therefore I'm the very lucky recipient of it.
Got it running at the weekend for the first time in 7 years, hopefully just an MOT and set of tyre's from driving the 150 miles from their house to mine. Oh and the small matter of me building somewhere to actually store it.
Plans are to tidy it up, get some chunkier A/T tyres on it as I prefer the look of those and see how awful it drives! Only a standard 1.2 at the moment but everyone tells me they're very easy to upgrade to the 1.6 so may be a route to take? Long term goal is to drive it to Worthsee VW festival and back next year, I think it'd be a pretty fun challenge.
