Thread: Volkswagen Single Cab Street Rod with 400 Hp Chevy crate motor

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Congrats! On the trophy as well as the build.

Keep on truckin'

Well deserved

Originally Posted by 34_40

Congrats! On the trophy as well as the build.

Originally Posted by t-top havoc

Keep on truckin'

Originally Posted by stovens

Well deserved

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Thanks for the info.

Hit a few self serve salvage yards this morning looking for cheap parts and ran across this......

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Rear disc on a BMW, paper thin!

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Yeah, sure it was. You ever price parts for a beemer?

That's only part of the reason that car was in the bone yard!

I'd say he got his moneys worth out of that part!

I have never been completely happy with the headlights on the truck and decided to try out a different set. They are Model A reproductions and will be mounted near the wheels and will turn with the steering. They will also be positioned near the trucks original location when pointed straight ahead. Made the mounting brackets today.

Started with a paper template.

[IMG]20161122_111058 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

Then cut the brackets out of a piece of scrap

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Painted the brackets and will install with the headlights tomorrow.

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I mounted the headlights today but am not happy with the way they look. Too far apart and too conservative.

[IMG]20161123_084012 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

Decided to play around with the original headlights again

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Also experimented with some motorcycle lights

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Possibly recessed into the nose at an angle following the body line

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Any suggestions?

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from position on first photo move towards center 6-8 " on each side to where they don't quite get in the v patern of the hood I think they would look about right somewhere in that area. Just my thoughts, king of wher the shocks are now only in front of them.

Originally Posted by stovens

from position on first photo move towards center 6-8 " on each side to where they don't quite get in the v patern of the hood I think they would look about right somewhere in that area. Just my thoughts, king of wher the shocks are now only in front of them.

I will give it a try. Thanks!

Very nice on getting your truck done and taking it on such a cool trip! There were a lot of sweet rides there. Thanks for sharing the vid. Congrats on your win at the show too! How'd you fair after the hurricane?

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Very nice on getting your truck done and taking it on such a cool trip! There were a lot of sweet rides there. Thanks for sharing the vid. Congrats on your win at the show too! How'd you fair after the hurricane?

Thanks! Got back in time to sand bags some things and then evacuate. We were not allowed back in for a week due to all the trees and power lines that were down. Fortunately, we only lost what was in the freezer. A few homes were badly damaged but most got lucky when it came to trees falling. Also, landfall timing changed a bit and it came in at low tide instead of high tide as predicted. Thanks for asking.

Well, i tried the Model A lights in every position imaginable but did not like any of them or there were interference issues. This is what I went with along with a single motorcycle light on each spindle (not in photos). I installed an amber led in the lower sockets of the vw buckets also. These lights along with the lights in the bull horns will serve as running lights as well as blinkers. As an added benefit, the headlights actually meet the minimum height requirement in my state.

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[IMG]20161125_165058 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]20161125_164946 by Ben Modified, on Flickr[/IMG]

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