Vehicle Owner

Member ID: bugdewde

Location: East Tennessee, TN

Vehicle Info

1976 Volkswagen Beetle

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Feb 17, 2008

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Dwight’s Volkswagen Beetle
“Margarette”

  • Currently 3.4222222222222 /5 Stars.
8 guestbook comments

SOLD!!! SOLD!!!! SOLD!!!

'76 Margarita Green Baja
bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle '76 Standard Bug(Wide Eye Baja kit)
4" of lift via twisted torsion bars.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle

N 78 Buckshots on the front

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle P 78 Buckshots on the rear. Unknown engine displacement with dual Dellorto 36 s DLRA carbs.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Nice clearance with the lift and 32" tires. I was afraid it wouldn't flex very well on the trail but it does. Street imperfections are felt. May need to lose the gas shocks and go with some nice normal oil-filled.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle

Welded, non-adjustable torsion tube... yuck

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen BeetleFront bumper has a provision for a winch.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle

Rear CVs and trailing arms(unknown type)

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Procar seats.... lots of support, but torn on driver's side from previous owner sliding in/out.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle

3-rib Bus tranny. Nice low gears to turn the huge 32" tires from 1st to 3rd. 4th is more suited to highway speeds. I easily keep up with traffic on the interstate.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Here's the battery tray. Completely solid. No rust holes or thin spots.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Rear Pan with carpet removed. The pics of the carpet removed are after an offroad excursion and show some dirt and surface rust from the water used to clean up the dirt. VERY SOLID.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle This is the ONLY rust hole in the whole car. Driver's side inner rear corner of pan. Quarter shows actual size.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Driver's side floor..... carpet removed. Solid no rust at all.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Passenger side floor.... carpet removed. Solid.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Driver's side heater channel.... no rust at all.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Passenger side heater channel.... no rust at all.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Front Pan. Lot's of ground clearance.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Rear Pan. Even more ground clearance!!!

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Driver's side nerf bar damage. Bent on a tree stump. No damage to the mounting points or body. Nerf bar was removed and straightened for future trail use.... will replace with newer, more beefy nerf bars, later.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Passenger side view of interior with carpet removed.

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Winch mount bumper.

Parts car.........
bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle front suspension cage tie in
bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Parts car front
bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Parts car passenger side
bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Parts car driver's siderear
bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Parts car driver side
bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Parts car rear passenger side

bugdewde's 1976 Volkswagen Beetle Bikes (Sold Softail a few months ago)

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dbms_mx  

Posted by: dbms_mx

04/22/2008 11:56AM

nice one. i can't find another bug to make it baja do you know where i can find one. check out mine.

zhalo  

Posted by: zhalo

02/19/2008 07:38AM

BAJA BUGS!!! THEY RULE!!! 5 *****

lowstlo  

Posted by: lowstlo

02/04/2008 06:26PM

one of my friends have a baja bug and he wants to lift it but we dont know how to lift it, can you tell us how to do it. can we us the original suspension to lift it or do we have to change it?

bad69baja  

Posted by: bad69baja

12/04/2007 06:30PM

Nice baja! Check mine out sometime.

Baja_1968  

Posted by: Baja_1968

10/19/2007 09:22AM

tight baja man check mine out rated you up

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: bugdewde

Location: East Tennessee, TN