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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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mylittletony
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That's cool!! Looks like the gearbox poking out the back, no idea what it's from though?? I'm glad someone else had to do that carb linkage  |
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Darkspeed
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Box looks to be from the same donor as the engines - Linkage complexity for the carbs and the gearbox is penance for not having a cooling system to deal with.
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A Beetle 👍 or two 👍👍. Nice.
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I just found myself making grunting noises of appreciation in my throat.
Like Medusa, this is brilliant and kudos to the builder for execution and delivery.
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I like that a lot.
I wonder if a Pinto engine to VW transmission adapter plate could be modified to mount a VW engine to a Ford gearbox?
But it looks like he may have used a torque tube ( maybe adapted from a 924? )
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Jul 21, 2022 11:26:20 GMT
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I thought I'd seen a video of this running way back in the distant past, but having tried to find it I've got a feeling it might have been this one:
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Last Edit: Jul 21, 2022 12:43:01 GMT by Jonny69
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Dez
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Jul 21, 2022 11:48:37 GMT
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It’s a beetle gearbox out back, you flip the ring gear so it runs the other way. Looks to be some sort of makeshift torque tube setup based on that.
Whilst this car has some glitz about it to wow people, a lot of the engineering it it is very bad, the front suspension and steering in particular.
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mrbig
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Jul 21, 2022 13:46:37 GMT
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I saw this too (Dragstalia at the pod a couple of weekends back). I like the engineering of it, but as a Beetle owner, I can't help but feel there are much better ways of getting 8 cylinders  |
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1969 German Look Beetle - in progress
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Jul 21, 2022 15:27:07 GMT
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Jul 21, 2022 15:28:47 GMT
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I thought I'd seen a video of this running way back in the distant past, but having tried to find it I've got a feeling it might have been this one: this one has twice the amount of trumpets |
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Jul 21, 2022 19:02:17 GMT
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As Metalshapes says, Porsche 924 transaxle and torque tube would make this just about bolt together.
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