Advertising:

This car is ready to use right now. Get your vert driving time in before the summer ends!

3 years ago the car was brought to my shop for a suspension drop, disk brakes, new interior and a buff / polish.

Highlights include:

6" beam, with dropped spindles and Porsche pattern disk brakes in the front. Rebuilt stock rear brakes with Porsche pattern adapters in the rear were eventually used as the rear disk kit we planned on using has clearance issues.

New interior includes, blasted and painted seat frames with new padding and covers, new German Square weave carpet the rubber mats which were in good original shape were saved and re-used. Door panels and headliner were also in good original shape and left alone.

The paint is an older respray that is darn close to the original color. When we had it at the shop a few years ago it was polished out and it looks awesome. There are some rock chips, scratches, dents, and dings, but nothing major, and the car car has never been hit / wrecked.

The top is decent, not perfect, but it keeps the sun off you when needed and will kept small amounts of water out as well. Definitely not "water proof" by any stretch.

All window frames are in good shape and operate as they should, door seals and other rubber pieces are in nice shape, scraper rubber could be replaced, but works just fine with the overall "original look" of the car.

Pans / battery tray and other usual vert "problem areas" are clean and solid.

When our customer decided he wanted to sell the car, we did not hesitate to buy it. Knowing the work we put into it on top of how nice and solid it was beforehand, it was a no-brainer.

When we got it to the shop the stock 40hp engine was out and the stock trans had been replaced with a 4.12 R&P Pro Street Rancho box with mid mount in preparation for a larger engine with more HP.

We decided the original 40hp engine was the best way to go for a summer driver, so we went through the top end, converted it to 12v, rebuilt the carb, added a new fuel pump, new fuel lines, and a full tune up. Now it is a driver. The fires up and idles every time. On the colder days, the choke even works as it should!. At some point a full rebuild or engine upgrade might be worthwhile, but for now it's great!

The Pro Street trans was left alone in case someone wanted to "go bigger" in the future, but it works just fine with the 40hp too. Cruising the freeway at +/- 60 MPH is no problem. Around town driving is even better.

Wipers and radio have been converted to 12v as well and work great.
Horn works as well!

The car will be sold with repro chrome Fuchs. 4.5's in the front with 125's and 5.5's in the rear with 195/60's.
Tire are Firestones all the way around.

Shipping anywhere in the US included with the "Buy It Now" price of $22,000

Auto Services in California

ZD Autobody ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Body Repairing & Painting

Address: 8115 Canoga Ave, Encino

Phone: (818) 313-8635

Z Benz Company Inc ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service

Address: 1660 W 25th St, Wilmington

Phone: (310) 521-0199

Www.Bumperking.Net ★★★★★

Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, Window Tinting, Glass-Auto, Plate, Window, Etc

Address: 877-858-6190, San-Ysidro

Phone: (877) 858-6190

Working Class Auto ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Brake Repair, Auto Oil & Lube

Address: 10010 Casa De Oro Blvd Suite B, San-Diego

Phone: (619) 670-7900

Whittier Collision Center #2 ★★★★★

Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Auto Body Parts

Address: 12445 Lambert Road, San-Gabriel

Phone: (562) 696-9600

West Tow & Roadside Servce ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Towing

Address: Wildomar

Phone: (951) 445-7172

Auto blog

VW recognizes second union at Chattanooga plant

Wed, Feb 18 2015

The ongoing story of organizing workers at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, TN, continues to get more complicated. Following an independent audit, the automaker has now recognized a second union at the plant called the American Council of Employees. The group was founded there last year to offer an alternative to the United Auto Workers. "I'm not anti-union. I understand that a properly run union can benefit people. We will be that union," Sean Moss, president of the ACE, said to Reuters, according to Automotive News. The group claims to represent at least 15 percent of the workers at the plant. Acceptance of the ACE has led to an interesting situation in Chattanooga because VW also recognized the UAW at the factory in December 2014, and the group has claimed to represent at least 45 percent of workers there. According to Automotive News, each union has access to management, but the UAW has more because of its larger contingent of supporters. However, neither organization has a collective bargaining agreement with the automaker. Moss may have a rough time increasing support among employees at the factory. According to Automotive News, many anti-UAW workers there are completely against unions in general. Getting these folks to join his group isn't an easy task. The UAW has been working to fully represent the VW factory for years. However, the group lost a vote to do so in 2014. It eventually created a union local there to try to build support. All of the effort comes ahead of a $900 million plant expansion to add about 2,000 jobs and build a new crossover in Tennessee. News Source: Automotive News - sub. req.Image Credit: Erik Schelzig / AP Photo Plants/Manufacturing UAW/Unions Volkswagen chattanooga vw chattanooga chattanooga tennessee ace

Volkswagen lays off 500 Chattanooga workers

Fri, 19 Apr 2013

The redesigned Volkswagen Passat has been a decent seller since its debut in 2011, but sales have apparently dropped off enough that the automaker is trimming some of the employees from its Chattanooga, TN assembly plant. According to Automotive News, Volkswagen will be cutting shifts and laying off 500 contracted workers in response to slowing sales.
Currently, the plant has three teams running 10-hour shifts Monday through Saturday, but starting May 13, this will be reduced down to two teams running 10-hour shifts Monday through Thursday. This will be done to reduce dealer inventory (the article says that VW dealers, on average, have a 97-day supply of Passats) and production capacity (currently running at an annual pace of 170,000 units, which is more than the 150,000 annual units the plant was planned to produce).
This, of course, isn't saying that the Passat has been a failure since VW added 200 full-time employees to the plant in February 2012 to keep up with increased demand. The AN article says that automakers frequently overstaff plants during the launch of a new product - or in this case, a new product and a new plant - but eventually reduce the workers as things run smoother and more efficiently.

Chrysler slows minivan production, hasn't built VW Routan this year

Wed, 13 Mar 2013

Chrysler has slowed production of its Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans this week, Automotive News reports. The Windsor, Ontario plant will cut its three shifts from eight hours each to four hours each in an effort "to align production with market demand," a Chrysler spokesperson told AN. Chrysler also builds the closely related Routan minivan for Volkswagen at its Ontario facility, but has not built a single example thus far in 2013.
Sales of Chrysler's minivans fell 15 percent for the first two months of 2013, and a large part of that has to do with the 26-percent drop of the Grand Caravan alone (the T&C was only down by one percent). According to Automotive News data, as of March 1, Chrysler had an unsold inventory of 24,713 Town and Country models and 18,547 Grand Caravans - a 69- and 43-day supply, respectively.
"No sense running full speed now, then have a lot of vehicles sitting around a few months down the line," Chrysler spokeswoman Jodi Tinson told AN. Full production is expected to resume again on March 18.

1964 Convertible Volkswagen Beetle / Bug on 2040-cars

Volkswagen Beetle - Classic for Sale