Top Gone...

This is a 'goodbye' video, since this car has been sold to another guy. I created this video for me, to keep the taste of all the satisfactions and emotions this car gave to me. I hope you enjoy as well.


Here's the last pic of the car before it went to the new owner... :-(

Snow...

Yesterday, 23 November 2008...

today, 24 November 2008!

Did the snow transform the GoldFather in a stupid modern car?!?

THE GOLDFATHER

TECH SPECS/DATI TECNICI:

VEHICLE/MODELLO:
Type 11 (Beetle) 1.2 1983 (Mexico) Aubergine

ENGINE/MOTORE:
Type 4 Serie GB (Porsche 914)
Built by/Costruito da: Wilke Motorenbau Gmbh (Köln, Germany)
Stroke capacity/Cilindrata: 1971cc
Horsepower/Potenza: ca. 120 hp/cv (88kw) at 5800 rpm/giri
Crankshaft/Albero motore: 71 mm
Pistons/Pistoni: 94 mm
Camshaft/Albero a camme: 312°
In valve/valvole ingresso: 41 mm ø
Out valve/valvole uscita: 34 mm ø
Compression/rapporto di compressione: 1:9
Distributor/Spinterogeno: 050 Bosch
Ignition/Accensione: Pertronix electronic ignition/accensione elettronica
Coil/Bobina: Pertronix Flamethrower
Carburetors/Carburatori: double/doppi 40 Weber IDF + Klaus central filter/filtro centrale (or/o K&N sportfilter/filtri sportivi)
Oil cooler/radiatore olio: Mercedes mounted on the front beam/montato su avantreno
Oil pump/pompa olio: full flow/forzata
Fuel pump/pompa benzina: Pierburg
Exhaust system/scarico: BAS/Ahnendorp 4 in 1 with dual muffler/due silenziatori
Fan/Ventola: Porsche-style cooling/raffreddamento

SUSPENSION/ASSETTO:
Front axle/assale anteriore: CB Performance ball joint 2" narrowed and adjustable / ristretto 5 cm ca. e regolabile
Spindles/perni fusi: CB Performance 2,5" dropped / ribassati (6 cm ca.)
Rear axle/asse posteriore: swing axle, 1 spline turn / ruotato di una tacca
Shock absorbers/Ammortizzatori: Kyb GR-2 gas
Brakes/Freni: CSP front discs - back drums with Chevy pattern (5 x 4.75") / dischi ant. e tamburi post. CSP con attacco Chevrolet
Rims/Cerchi: Boyd Coddington 7 x 18" backspace 5.25 + 8.5 x 20" backspace 4.0
Tyres/Gomme: Toyo Proxes T1-R 205/35 ZR18 + 235/30 ZR20

BODYWORK/CARROZZERIA:
Colour/vernice: House Of Kolor, Glamour Metallic ‘Solar Gold’ by Amedei Bros (Firenze, Italy)
Roof/Tetto: Top Chop 10 cm / tetto ribassato by Udo Schol Käferwerkstatt (March-Buchheim, Germany)
Sunroof/Tetto apribile: after-market Hollandia
Fenders /Parafanghi: Dannert fiberglass +12,5 cm back, +4 cm front widened / allargati
Hoods/Cofani: pre '67 / del modello 6 volts
Chrome trims/Modanature: removed/rimosse
Sidestep/Pedana: polished aluminium / alluminio lucidato
External Mirrors/Specchietti: OMP Style for Harley Davidson chrome / cromati
Bumpers/Paraurti: removed / rimossi
Headlights/fari: US Style with ‘angel-eyes’ and chrome indicator bulbs
Rear lights/luci posteriori: pre '67 US Style red / rosse

INTERIOR/INTERNI:
Dashboard/Cruscotto: plastic removed - holes filled / plastica rimossa, fori chiusi
Instruments/strumentazione: Autometer Silver 'Ultra-Lite' Series (tacho, speedo in km/h, fuel level, voltmeter, oil pressure). VDO oil temperature gauge
Steering wheel/Volante: Budnik Split-Grip 'Crossfire' 15" ø polished aluminium and white leather grip, dedicated horn push /alluminio lucidato + pelle bianca + clacson dedicato
Gear shift lever/Leva del cambio: Scat 'Drag Fast' Shifter
Seats/Sedili: four Porsche 911 seats (back ones are shortened 8 cm to fit) / 4 Porsche, posteriori con seduta accorciata
Upholstery/Rivestimenti: sky ultra white by Tappezzeria Essebi (Pontedera – Italy)
Carpet/Moquette: black / nera
Headlining/Cielo: custom cutted (roof is longer and wider) in ultra white sky / su misura
Door handles/Maniglie portiera: Empi chromed / cromate

Cost of construction and rebuilding/modification/costo per la realizzazione: over 40.000 euros / oltre 40mila euro
Durations of construction/durata dei lavori: 3 years / 3 anni

European Bug In #2 - EBI 2 with the GoldFather

Click on the pic to see the Photo Gallery of the trip to Chimay for the EBI 2.
A total of 2600 kms was no problem at all for The GoldFather...

Girls...

Put them on if it's not low enough...

Some girls around my top chop Beetle (The Goldfather) this summer in Monza

for the perfect match of girls and buses visit

http://www.transportergarden.com/garden_girls.shtml

waiting for the documents...

After the birthday party at my place with some friends (I'm 33) on the 18th of November...

More pics here: OldClan

... we went to Germany on the following weekend (26-27 November) to pick up the doka and take it home. This is Udo's 'Werkstatt' in March (near Freiburg).

Udo showed us a Volvo to be chopped and other things...

We had a look also to the lastest issue of VW Speed (Jan 07) with a contest for the car of the year, and my Bug (The Goldfather) is in the list!

Udo not so clear in this pic...

Me and Udo putting the German plate because in Switzerland they can stop you long if you pass trough there and they don't see any license plate..

We had dinner in Emmendingen, in an almost-Christmas atmosphere.. wine... we still prefer Italian. Perhaps we did a bad choice. But we got 'happy' as well.. eheh

We slept in our nice usual Hotel in Emmendingen, the Markgraf Hotel. This was the view from our room in the morning of 27 November.

We left Germany for the 750km trip home

Little stop in a Swiss 'Autogrill'

On Italian highway at sunset... a look at the mirror...

At night, almost at home after hundreds kms, your sight becomes like this...

Adde sent gently two pieces of Der Steiner Rad for me just to have a look...

On Ebay I bought these two nice headlight grills from Germany.

I had to work on one of that to rebuild a clip. They feature slanted design and don't require any drilling or removing of glass.