'65 BRAZILIAN SEDAN

In 2001 this 1965 Brazilian Beetle became mine. It was completely stock having been freshly imported from Brazil. Its a bit of an anomaly as its the wrong shape for the year, came with a factory fitted engine from the early oval era, and a general mis-match of parts that've made any subsequent repairs a bit hit and miss when sourcing bits! It also came with a few neat accessories, a non original but quite decieving period colour, and a set of "instant death" cross plies.

The cross plies were binned soon after a 180° spin on a wet round about, which saw me reverse out the exit lane looking into some very disapproving faces of the drivers who had been behind me / now infornt of me! A set of BRM replicas of off Ian at Wolfsburg Performance Services and new rubber was fitted. Early on I wanted to replicate the 70's feel of orange shades and found some film for the windows that said just the right thing. I narrowed the beam to get those wheels tucked in a little, and with Keiths help managed to find a Keith Seume 1776 engine which had never had a car bolted onto it. More recently the bumpers have gone to make way for those T bars. It doesn't break any moulds, but I love it.

Plans include a new gearbox after I exploded the diff in the long suffering stock 1200 'box, and hopefully some more horses courtesy of a new block I'd like to put together over the winter.