Cole’s 65 Beetle

[John Jones]

#54146

What a whirlwind build..  All I worked on for awhile..

There were a few things at the end IMO we missed, and I think lead to this car sitting and sitting and not getting used yet..

It’s tough to nail em in such short time when your going outside the box at all…  and there was some learning curve in there for some of the builders.. 😎

This will be sooo cool to see getting the daily treatment…. and I hope one Cole holds onto… since we got to build it side by side… 😎

All work and no play makes JJ a dull boy🤣
Keeping a lid on it😎
Attitude is everything 🤔

[ColeB]

#54150

Ya, I love this car. WHEN the trans gets sorted it’ll get driven for miles and miles. and miles. I was in a SST whirlwind when I was down in Utah last time… next time I’ll pull this thing. It’s on my mind all the time. The build and the car. So good!

[ColeB]

#54886

🤔

[ColeB]

#54888

Still need to bring the ass down a hair. But then it’ll be 👌🏻👌🏻 I have a plan to bring it up to Spokane as well to fix the trans. It’s all coming together 👍🏼

[Pat K]

#54892

^^^👌👌👌👍👍👍

We will build it if it comes.

[ColeB]

#57642

Look what made it to WA! Going to pull trans this week and see what I messed up. Adjust the ride height a bit while I’m at it too

[Franz]

#57654

Take it out for some proper diving soon. I want to see it sideways!

[ColeB]

#57660

The dirt roads by my house will be perfect to test

[mtnbus]

#57685

Love it

[ColeB]

#57721

Forgot how clean this car is🤩🤩🤩

trans about to go on the stand. About to pull torsions and readjust ass end too.

[Pat K]

#57724

ColeB wrote:

Forgot how clean this car is🤩🤩🤩 trans about to go on the stand. About to pull torsions and readjust ass end too.

Ohhhh Yeeeeeah!!!!!

Best part of working on a restored car, so damn clean!

We will build it if it comes.

[ColeB]

#57751

Took about 5 degrees out of the spring plate adjustment. Went from 27-22 ish degrees. Should be about an inch lower now. Hopefully less camber in the rear

[ColeB]

#57771

back apart. Going to check everything over tomorrow and then Reassemble. Everything still looks nice

[John Jones]

#57774

so fresh and so clean!

All work and no play makes JJ a dull boy🤣
Keeping a lid on it😎
Attitude is everything 🤔

[ColeB]

#57822

New seal kit arrived today. Looks like my adjustment was off on the 1/2 slider… my bad. These tunnel trans are the hardest trans to build;) split case, 741 and 901 gearboxes are much easier! Decided to order a new syncro for 2nd since I was grinding it a bit on the way home. Rather safe than sorry. Don’t want to pull this out again anytime soon. Should be here from Weddle on Monday!

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