SOLD: 1955 Oval Window VW Beetle. Pan off restoration featuring a great deal of NOS parts.
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The shell has been 100%
The shell has been 100% bead blasted inside and out. It has been 100% painted inside and out with every visible surface cut and polished, wheel wells, inside the fenders, everywhere. Paint is PPG base/clear. Color is Iceland Green L213
Interior beige items, steering wheel, column, seat frames, ebrake, shifter are in L75 Glassurit 22 Line.
Hood is original, 5 bolt, triangular emblem support. Original decklid. Front fenders are Gerson but a lot of rework went into them. Rear fenders are original.
It has new Gerson pan halves and the pan has been painted in PPG Base/House of Kolor clear.
Running boards are original. They have been powder coated gloss black, have the Oval correct mats from BBT and stainless steel trim from Wolfsburg West.
Wheels are original. Deep six Fuchs in the rear, 4.5’s in the front. The spare is also an original 4.5” Fuchs. Polished, not chrome, detail painted and painted backs in PPG. Original detailed emblem and polished center caps. Polished aluminum lug nuts.
OG 4 brick hood crest, NOS hood emblem, NOS license lite lens, NOS outer door handles. Original taillights. Housings and bulb holders are super nice originals/used, glass lenses/bezels are NOS, Heart lenses are NOS. Restored Semaphores with orange lenses. Original hood handle, re chromed, original decklid handle, re chromed. Wolfsburg West bumper blades. NOS bumper guards. Insides of the bumpers have been stripped and repainted in PPG base/clear silver. Bumper brackets have been welded solid and smoothed, painted in PPG/HOK base clear.
Headlights. Rings are NOS 53-55 with the Bosch stamp at 12 0 clock. Buckets, insides blasted, primed and base coated in PPG silver with HOK flat clear. Outsides have the original black paint but polished carefully preserving the paint markings. Lenses are original Bosch. Reflectors have been re silvered by SAR...Steve did them himself, he has won the Ridler award.
Hardware for the entire car is a mix of original hardware in black oxide, original hardware in clear zinc. The modified suspension has a mix of ARP 12pt stainless and APR 12pt black oxide.
INTERIOR:
Correct euro interior. Seat and door panel wool is from a limited run Marcus ran for Iceland Green cars. He sent the wool from Germany; I forwarded it to Lenny and his shop stitched the seat covers and door panels. I shipped him my painted seat frames and powder coated springs and his shop upholstered them and shipped them back to me.
German wool carpet from Lenny. Rubber firewall mat from Marcus
German wool headliner from Lenny. I also had Lenny make up a set of rear seat pillows from matching material. NOS dome light.
Window cranks, interior door handles are original and re plated with new knobs installed. Door latches and hardware is plated in clear zinc.
Original dash clock with original grill I had replated. OG speedo bezel I had replated, ashtray housing has been fully chrome plated. All the chrome door parts, vent window frames, divider bar, correct 53-55 vent window latches, all re plated. Doors have original matching big logo Sekurit glass. New windshield with the large Sekurit logo etched in. NOS SWF wiper arms and blades.
Ruben did the recast on the steering wheel and sent it back to me in primer so it could be painted the same color/paint as the rest of the interior items.
Original restored batwing horn ring.
NOS cog gas cap.
NOS fuel reserve valve
New correct wire harness. All the dash switches are NOS, including the ignition switch. NOS semaphore switch with correct thin wire cover.
ENGINE:
Walnut shell blasted case.
Align bored .20 and decked by Rimco. All oil galley plugs pulled and tapped.
10/10 crank by DPR
Rebuilt rods by DPR
Rebuilt flywheel, full weight, by DPR
Stage 1 performance cam by Matt (Mr Mortorhead)
NOS lifter/Pushrods
NOS 53-55 oil filler/breather
Berg straight cut gears
Real NOS push rod tubes
Rebuilt heads by Matt (Mr Mothorhead) Stock valves, HD springs, mild rework to chambers, mild porting to exhaust ports.
Stock rockers
Early bus carb with no vacuum port with custom venturi by Matt rebuilt by Ed Fall
54-55 fuel pump rebuilt by Ed Fall
BR8 Distributor rebuilt by Ed Fall
Tin is all paint. PPG DP / K36 primer, PPG base/HOC Clear. Extremely detailed, All spot weld divots welded and smoothed.
TRANSAXLE:
Rebuilt by rancho. Walnut shell blasted case. All hardware black zinc coated. NOS main shaft / 1st gear supplied by me. Powder coated axles, gloss black. 1 piece axle boots. All hardware and throw out lever plated in black oxide.
BRAKES:
Porsche pattern discs front and rear, kit from Airkewled. Dual piston Willwood in the front, ebrake calipers in the rear. 55 style ebrake is working, which is a trick even with the kits. Master cylinder has been smoothed, polished then bead blasted and painted in PPG base/clear. Full custom-made stainless brake lines, not from a kit. Stainless braded flex lines front and rear.
SOLD
Thanks for looking
Interior beige items, steering wheel, column, seat frames, ebrake, shifter are in L75 Glassurit 22 Line.
Hood is original, 5 bolt, triangular emblem support. Original decklid. Front fenders are Gerson but a lot of rework went into them. Rear fenders are original.
It has new Gerson pan halves and the pan has been painted in PPG Base/House of Kolor clear.
Running boards are original. They have been powder coated gloss black, have the Oval correct mats from BBT and stainless steel trim from Wolfsburg West.
Wheels are original. Deep six Fuchs in the rear, 4.5’s in the front. The spare is also an original 4.5” Fuchs. Polished, not chrome, detail painted and painted backs in PPG. Original detailed emblem and polished center caps. Polished aluminum lug nuts.
OG 4 brick hood crest, NOS hood emblem, NOS license lite lens, NOS outer door handles. Original taillights. Housings and bulb holders are super nice originals/used, glass lenses/bezels are NOS, Heart lenses are NOS. Restored Semaphores with orange lenses. Original hood handle, re chromed, original decklid handle, re chromed. Wolfsburg West bumper blades. NOS bumper guards. Insides of the bumpers have been stripped and repainted in PPG base/clear silver. Bumper brackets have been welded solid and smoothed, painted in PPG/HOK base clear.
Headlights. Rings are NOS 53-55 with the Bosch stamp at 12 0 clock. Buckets, insides blasted, primed and base coated in PPG silver with HOK flat clear. Outsides have the original black paint but polished carefully preserving the paint markings. Lenses are original Bosch. Reflectors have been re silvered by SAR...Steve did them himself, he has won the Ridler award.
Hardware for the entire car is a mix of original hardware in black oxide, original hardware in clear zinc. The modified suspension has a mix of ARP 12pt stainless and APR 12pt black oxide.
INTERIOR:
Correct euro interior. Seat and door panel wool is from a limited run Marcus ran for Iceland Green cars. He sent the wool from Germany; I forwarded it to Lenny and his shop stitched the seat covers and door panels. I shipped him my painted seat frames and powder coated springs and his shop upholstered them and shipped them back to me.
German wool carpet from Lenny. Rubber firewall mat from Marcus
German wool headliner from Lenny. I also had Lenny make up a set of rear seat pillows from matching material. NOS dome light.
Window cranks, interior door handles are original and re plated with new knobs installed. Door latches and hardware is plated in clear zinc.
Original dash clock with original grill I had replated. OG speedo bezel I had replated, ashtray housing has been fully chrome plated. All the chrome door parts, vent window frames, divider bar, correct 53-55 vent window latches, all re plated. Doors have original matching big logo Sekurit glass. New windshield with the large Sekurit logo etched in. NOS SWF wiper arms and blades.
Ruben did the recast on the steering wheel and sent it back to me in primer so it could be painted the same color/paint as the rest of the interior items.
Original restored batwing horn ring.
NOS cog gas cap.
NOS fuel reserve valve
New correct wire harness. All the dash switches are NOS, including the ignition switch. NOS semaphore switch with correct thin wire cover.
ENGINE:
Walnut shell blasted case.
Align bored .20 and decked by Rimco. All oil galley plugs pulled and tapped.
10/10 crank by DPR
Rebuilt rods by DPR
Rebuilt flywheel, full weight, by DPR
Stage 1 performance cam by Matt (Mr Mortorhead)
NOS lifter/Pushrods
NOS 53-55 oil filler/breather
Berg straight cut gears
Real NOS push rod tubes
Rebuilt heads by Matt (Mr Mothorhead) Stock valves, HD springs, mild rework to chambers, mild porting to exhaust ports.
Stock rockers
Early bus carb with no vacuum port with custom venturi by Matt rebuilt by Ed Fall
54-55 fuel pump rebuilt by Ed Fall
BR8 Distributor rebuilt by Ed Fall
Tin is all paint. PPG DP / K36 primer, PPG base/HOC Clear. Extremely detailed, All spot weld divots welded and smoothed.
TRANSAXLE:
Rebuilt by rancho. Walnut shell blasted case. All hardware black zinc coated. NOS main shaft / 1st gear supplied by me. Powder coated axles, gloss black. 1 piece axle boots. All hardware and throw out lever plated in black oxide.
BRAKES:
Porsche pattern discs front and rear, kit from Airkewled. Dual piston Willwood in the front, ebrake calipers in the rear. 55 style ebrake is working, which is a trick even with the kits. Master cylinder has been smoothed, polished then bead blasted and painted in PPG base/clear. Full custom-made stainless brake lines, not from a kit. Stainless braded flex lines front and rear.
SOLD
Thanks for looking
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