Those chassis were Mexican so a bit of a mash up as far as parts are concerned.

S/A and ball joint though so easy enough for parts.

I think most of them originated from Beetles UK (long defunct company) who used to import Mexi Bugs and swap them to rhd (sometimes quite shoddily) but a friend of mine did buy a complete body and a chassis just like that off them decades ago. Lucky they came with no chassis number stamped.

What is the round frame thing for on the framehead bottom plate?  Something to do with furl injection return system?? Of for putting your kettle on maybe 🤔😁

thats to hold the electric fuel pump

What is the round frame thing for on the framehead bottom plate?  Something to do with furl injection return system?? Of for putting your kettle on maybe 🤔😁

The fuel pump was huge on the fuel injection ones.

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That's bigger than the pump for my central heating system!!

I guess the pump also has a swirl pot in it to be that big but that bracket has gone and there are now holes for the master cylinder, never really looked but they also have no pedal holes on the right of the tunnel so more cutting done only then to find the fuel pipes need reshaping to get the pedals through. The bracket in the left rear I assume is for the FI control box but that can stay under the back seat.

The person the other side off the Atlantic on the pan  got carried away with seam sealer a wire wheel in the angle grinder removed 4 dustpans full off  the top surfaces it was even on the sheet metal far from a seam. But the first coat of U pol raptor 2 pack in on and looking good whilst the weather is slightly warmer. 

Looks like your having a similar day to me Keith, knotted wheel in the grinder keep up the good work 

I recognise that chassis....

Some years ago Heritage brought over the last of the VW original chassis units from Mexico. Heritage had a photo of the group of them on their website. They were offering them for sale at, I think, just over £2000. They eventually sold off and I hadn`t seen one again until just very recently on ebay where the photo showed one propped up against a wall. What makes me as sure as I can be that this one is as sold by Heritage is that the colour and mastic at  joints/welds etc is identical.

It is one of those that was purchased for a future buggy build possibly 20 years ago that never moved into build so ended up stored in a container then offered to myself, it has the Mexico stamp where the chassis number should be, it did me a favour saving a lot of rust removal and treatment above all the dressing and welding.
The repair to roadworthy job is changing now as the new floor has inspired the owner to splash the cash and do lots of other changes and upgrades.

So the newer Mexican pan has pre 72 gearbox mounts so I swapped the order to early mounts but forgot to add a nose cone to suit so now stuck for gearbox fit and the powder coaters to do the front beam.

With  other things on and awaiting parts the build is slow but the back end is all together  just needs a frint beam and the engine tinware.

Very impressive and without the body it looks quite a narrow or slim vehicle.

This buggy has had 30 years added to its life expectancy.

I thought slow builds were the law?   
Its coming along nicely

completing the rolling pan was down for last saturday as the owner delivered a new front beam and all the powder coated parts on friday but a slight hiccup when the trailing arms were removed from the boxes, they went away and had ball joints removed then powder coated before new ball joints fitted, unfortunately the top ones were fitted in the bottom arms and the bottom ones were upside down in the top arms so a visit to a friends garage this morning loaded with muffins and short breads as a payment I had use off the press to put things right.
The next stopper was the castor nuts are still 2 hours away in Wales so getting there but slowly.