FS: 1966 Beetle - 1776cc Cal Looker

[fire3500]

I need to raise funds for a house deposit, so I'm offering for sale my 1966 Beetle.


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The car is very nice, and I invested a bit in the body this year to remove a few imperfections from the paint... it looks ACE now!


work in progress. by iancleary, on Flickr


Back and blue. by iancleary, on Flickr


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The car has the following spec:

1966 Volkswagen Beetle in Sea Blue
Lowered at the front on dropped spindles and adjusters
Lowered at the rear 1 spline
4 x BRM with fat and thin combo - Bridgestone rears, Yokohama front
Black t-bars
US plates at rear with DC skateboards frame
US plates at front with custom removable mount
Full chrome trim present
Vintagespeed decklid stand-off
Gene Berg shifter
Moto Lita steering wheel
Autometer oil temp / oil pressure / volts in custom gauge mount
Porsche 944 seats in linen leather
Cigarette lighter socket for GPS / phone

Engine spec:

1776 Craven & Fairbank engine built around new parts @ 6000 miles ago
Weber 4 IDF carbs
Full-flow oil system including breathers and catch tank
Braided hoses inc. fuel pressure gauge etc.
Jay-cee pushrod tubes and seals
Full OEM VW tinwear powdercoated in black
Berg gearbox mount
New starter
1600 GT Beetle gearbox, strengthened

Recent work:

New MOT
New Tax
New OSF brake drum and wheel bearing
New OSR brake drum
New A1 sidewinder exhaust
Rebuilt wiper and washer system

MOT & Tax

Car is MOT'd and taxed - and priced at £7,000.

Car is located in North Lincolnshire
Tel: 07429 298975
[email protected]

 

[fire3500]

Now all shiny and clean... unless I take it out for a drive again :lol:

 

[Mike F]

Easy now dude!

 

[fire3500]

Clean & snug in the garage and safely out of this nasty weather. GYVW meet on Sunday, so if the weather is nice he might get a run out for that... but let's not be hasty... :lol:

 

[fire3500]

Erik at dusk. by iancleary, on Flickr

 

[gninnam]

Erik at dusk. by iancleary, on Flickr

Top 8)

 

[fire3500]

Boshed this together this afternoon...

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Although on Facebook it is visible to all

 

[gninnam]

So wish I had a spare £7k - nice video 8)

 

[Myvanway]

Dito.. sweet bug dude. 8)

 

[fire3500]

Thank you fellas!

 

[fire3500]

Sale is on hold for a while as I found it was letting water in at the passenger side footwell, there's the beginning of some rust and deterioration in the pan / body sealing and I'm going to get that sorted before the car goes.

Cheers, shall post pictures of the work when done.

8)

 

[Shorty]

I wish, I wish, I wish I had the money :-(

GLWS Fella

 

[*Sam*]

Hi Ian, I note from the pictures that beetle is not running heat exchangers due to the larger boar exhaust system. Do you know if the rest of heater system is present on the car ?

Cheers
Sam

 

[fire3500]

Hi Ian, I note from the pictures that beetle is not running heat exchangers due to the larger boar exhaust system. Do you know if the rest of heater system is present on the car ?

Cheers
Sam

Hi Sam,

Depends what you mean... to give this car heaters you would need the following:

Fanhousing
Rear tin
Heat exchangers
Link pipes

Everything from the link pipes forward (including cables) remains in the car.

It's not a daily though, so if you're looking for that then you'd need to look elsewhere

 

[fire3500]

I'm finding that real life is standing in the way of me getting the welding sorted in the OSF inner arch. I've had a quote from my body guy of £450 for sorting this.

If anyone wants to try an offer and take the car as it is, feel welcome. I'm a bit bogged down by this and the 924 and want to get my 944 sorted and get a Westy roof on the Bay.

It's that time of year I guess

 

[Weeman]

I'd take the engine on a pallet wud go nice in m bus Lovely bug by the way just can't have one