1957 vw beetle

1957 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic Description

This tricked out 1957 Oval Window Bug is looking for a new owner to take this project I built and make it his own. Over the period of 7+ years I built this bug from the ground up. It’s a pan-off restoration so all rust repair is done. This is a not a show car I still drive it weekly.

Below is a description of what I added and modified along the 7+ years of building this very custom ’57 VW Bug:

Body/Pan

All Rust repair is done (pan haves, firewall, quarter panels…ect)

Shaved Rain gutters

Shaved Door Handles

Porsche Style Headlights

Widened front fenders (fiberglass) 2”

Widened rear fenders (steel) 1”

The inside of the headlight Bowls have been shaved & sealed to fit the big tires

Custom Air Port to fan shroud (help with cooling)

Removable Rear Panels (drag race style)

Custom Wing (holding 2- 96 plate oil coolers)

Interior

Autometer Ultra Light Gauges:

-Oil temp, Oil pressure, Volts, Air/Fuel ratio, fuel level, Tachometer,Speedometer

Diamond plate door, floor & firewall panels

Sparco Speed racing seats

Racing Seat Belts

8-Point Roll Cage

Removable Steering wheel

Front Line Lock

Hydraulic E-Brake

Jamar Shifter

Suspension

4-Wheel Disk Brakes (4-100 bolt pattern)

Stainless Steel Brake lines

Ball Join Front Suspension (all urethane bushings)

IRS Rear Suspension (all urethane bushings)

Swing arms have been switched from left to right so that the camber is right

Front and Rear Whiteline sway bars

Front Caster Shims

18x7.5 Konig Prophet wheels (4x100 bolt pattern)

Rear Air Suspension (Front can be converted back to air suspension)

Motor 2332cc

84x94

5.5 Super Race H-Beam Rods (CB Performance)

84mm Balanced Crank (CB Performance)

White Rhino Aluminum Super Case

Scat 1.4 Rockers

Chromoly pushrods (CB Performance)

Engle FK7 cam

Straight Cut Gears (CB Performance)

48 EMPI carbs w/custom velocity stacks & air filters

044 Ultra Mag Plus Heads w/42mm x 37mm s/s valves

Holly Red fuel pump (3/8 fuel lines)

Fram high volume fuel filter

MSD 6AL Ignition w/rev limiter

MSD Distributor & Coil

Power Pulley

90 amp Alternator

1 5/8 Exhaust w/magnaflow muffler

Custom Aluminum Oil Breather Box

Flat-4 Valve Covers

AN Oil & Fuel Fittings

Melling 8mm oil pump

Low profile oil sump (2QT)

External oil coolers:

-(2)- 96 plate oil coolers (Mounted on Wing)

Custom Skid Plate under oil sump

Trans: (Reverse gear doesn"t stay engaged. All forward gears are good)

Freeway Flyer 3.88 RP

High Performance Gear Drive Starter

Welded Super Diff

Super Duty Side Cover

Stage 1 Kennedy Clutch

Type 2 Axels