Car details

Owner:

Olaf Ennen, Hamburg

Type:

117, VW 1200 Export

Year:

1965

color:

Pearl White L87

Body:

Sunroof, stainless steel trim, stainless steel runner boards, Hexbar T-Bars from Bernard Newbury, red rear taillight glasses, white turn signal glasses, rear pop-outs, Flat 4 mirror on driver's side, stock deck lid with punched convertible-style vents, converted to 12 Volt electrics

Interior:

Stock seats, upholstered with gridred cloth and synthetic leather, Simpson two-point seatbelts, Simpson shoulder belt on driver's seat, Grant 15 inch Signature Series wooden steering wheel, Smiths Tach with chrome cup, polished tach bracket by Bernard Newbury, external shiftlight, two 52 mm VDO guages for oil pressure and temperature, Gene Berg shifter, carpet on floor and tunnel

Engine:

Type 1, 1776cc, lightened flywheel, eightfold doweled, Kennedy Stage 1 clutch with Cushion Grip friction disc, 69 mm stock crankshaft, forged 90.5 mm Mahle pistons with valve pockets and barrels, stock rods, modified 040 heads, compression ratio 10.7:1, 40 mm inlet valves, 35.5 mm outlet valves, double valve springs, lightened stock rocker arms, boltet rocker arm shaft, Chromoly push-rods, 59g Wizemann lifters, Pauter camshaft, straight cut Magnum gears, modified Empi manifolds, two 48 IDA Weber carbs, Berg linkage, electric Pierburg fuel pump, MSD 6AL ignition box, coil, plug cables and 2-step controller, Mallory distributor, three-phase generator, 38 mm Bugpack header, merged, polished A1 Turbomuffler, Full Flow oil system, external Cagero oil cooler, GWD oil filler, 30 mm Schadeck oil pump, FRAM oil filter, Riechert thermostat, Oil pump cover with outlet and pressure-relief valve, polished breather box, 30 hp fan housing

Transmission:

Stock, code letter "AA", Alloy mountings by Aircooled-Parts

Chassis:

stock front beam, shortened 30 mm, with JKM lowering kit, 16 mm anti-roll bar, rear stock height, shortened shocks on front, Bilstein shocks on rear, torque bars, 28 mm Bugpack torsion bars

Brakes:

CSP discs on front, drums on rear end, converted to two-circuit brake system

Wheels/tires:

Empi 5-Spokes, polished and detailed in 5.375Jx15, Firestone tires in 145-15 front, rear in 205/70-15

History:

Olaf purchased the '65 in October 2002 in unwelded original condition with 124000 kilometers on the clock. While disassembling it got clear, that the car was indeed in a very good condition. Mainly NOS parts were used for the restoration and Olaf went for the Cal Look right from the start. Just in time for the DAS Drag Day 2004 Olaf finished his perfect pearlwhite bug.

Best 1/4 mile ET:

14.540 seconds

Thanks to:

Andreas Reinhold
CSP
Detlev Strötzel
Florian Kalff
Georg Otto
Karsten Feldsieper
Reinhard Kauer
Stephan Szantai
Steve Beecher
Tobias Pleines
VW Speed

Last update:

06/03/2008