With the body off again, a number of other odd jobs need to be completed, including: During research we came across a really neat bracket for the fuel filter, by EVA Resto, which bolts neatly onto the transmission box – keeping it outside of the engine bay and any really…
With the body off again, it was time to finish off the parking break setup. All throughout this project, we have tried to make the engineering as close as possible to an original Speedster and to this end, we have also re-engineered the parking brake on the Beetle chassis to…
The pedal assembly are all original Porsche 356 components, but when coming to do the final fits, it was clear that some modifications would be required to get it to work effectively with the Beetle chassis. The main part to fix was the throttle cable, which I previously fabricated a…
After playing around with my new welder, which I got for Christmas, I managed to fabricate a heating tube and weld it into the chassis. This setup is the same as Porsche used on their 356A’s, with the collar and knob being from an early Beetle (shared this part with…
Looking at most of the Speedster replica builds, they all seem to opt for a plywood base on top of the floor pans. This creates a new clean and flat surface once the body has been mated with the chassis After some templating out of cardboard and a little bit…
With the chassis prepared, painted and cured, it is time to re-attached all of the components that we had previously built, plus a few new items as well. The following photos show the new IRS suspension installed, new shocks, hard-brake lines, transmission, drive-shafts, and engine. You can also now see,…
The chassis is looking in pretty good condition, but there is some surface rust on areas that have been worked on. First job is to remove the original beetle seat mounts which will not be used in the final car, then grinding and sanding down any surface rust, before paint….
The initial phase of our build is now complete, which included: All of this took around one month, from a standing start of really not knowing what needed to be done, plus ordering parts, and finding the spare time to do the work in a freezing cold garage. The photo…
The chassis that we bought came with swing axel, which we were ok with, but having thought it all through, we have decided to convert to Independent Rear Suspension (IRS). The main reason being, without knowing the final weight over the rear wheels (i.e. batteries, AC motor, DCDC unit, etc.)…
The donor chassis did not come with a gear link rod, so we have had to source one from somewhere else. There seemed to be a complete lack of available stock for a ’70 Beetle, but we thought that we tracked one down from Galway, Ireland. The item was relatively…