My new rail !!

[rckid91]

Well after seeing insaneatv's rail i decided to look around and i found a deal i couldn't turn down ..

It has a 1600 cc VW motor with custom cams.. He says it has the 5 rib bus trans and such it needs a little electrical work but it will make a sweet dune rig when we get her fixed...

Pics up soon...

sorry the garage is dark

 

[ajames942]

Looks cool.

 

[h8z2luze]

Sweet man! How much did it run you?

 

[insaneatvs]

Man thats a nice lookin rail...take a picture of the top of the transmission and i will tell if its a rare 5 rib....I wish mine had sides...if you need help with anything, i will be more then happy to help

...Oh yeah this is how it all starts

 

[rckid91]

Yeah we dropped 2400 and it came with 4 brand new sand tires on aluminum rims.. runs like a champ.. The wiring is shotty at best but thats not to hard to fix

 

[Fast_Eddie_86]

sweet man sounds like a great deal. i hate when electrical systems are cannibalized it always make for a nightmare chasing down a gremlin. i think you gotta do something about that steering wheel!

 

[insaneatvs]

I said something to my wife about the wheel, the wiring on these cars are easy, i just redid all of my wiring, ripped it all out and started from scratch....I have a diagram for the electrical system if you want it

 

[rckid91]

 

[insaneatvs]

the is a Sedan transmission, not a bus

 

[rckid91]

still pretty tough and such?

 

[insaneatvs]

well just dont get it on the street and drop the clutch or it will blow up

 

[rckid91]

yeah? we can't drive them on the street here.. but it should do pretty good in the sand i would imagine..

Today we are shortening the distance from the seat to the throttle pedal/brake and clutch levers because i swear the guy had to be 8 feet tall to reach them

and I'm only 5 10 and my dads about 6 2 lol

so any good sites just for info?

 

[abadk9420]

Looks cool, should be a lot of fun over the spring and summer, and any other time the weather is good enough to go out and play with it....

 

[rckid91]

some better pictures of it in the daylight

The exhaust is temporary we are trying to ficure out how to mount it

 

[insaneatvs]

so any good sites just for info?

THE SAMBA

 

[rckid91]

ok sweet ill look there

 

[Z400]

You bought something that was supposed ot have the bus trans and its got the sedan trans?

Ouch, sounds like quite a loss.


Interested in seeing some progress on it though.

 

[rckid91]

Yeah but we still got a decent deal i think... the buggy basicly cost 1000 bucks because it came with 1300 dollars worth of Brand NEW never run sand tires/rims