Anybody Seen a 60 VW With a 440?

[Big Joe]

At Mopar Alley yesterday. Check out the sign on the trunk

 

[Budnicks]

I can't make out the sign...

Can't say I ever have seen a VW with a 440 upfront or anywhere...

seen a few with FE SBCs & full chassis

seen a few 65 67 69-ish Corvairs the same way,
with BBC or SBC looked like mini Chevelles

 

[Big Joe]

Apologies for bad pic. The sign read “Attention VW purists not original 36hp engine, upgraded to 12 volt system and then on the bottom it said, wanna race

 

[Rat Rod Al]

I've seen this one.

 

[Cranky]

Nope....had a 71 Super Beetle Autostick and having it for about a year, I grew to hate them.....body style et al! Always said I'd never own one but couldn't pass up this one because it was so cheap. My mistake and haven't owned one since! lol

 

[joe smith]

Nope....had a 71 Super Beetle Autostick and having it for about a year, I grew to hate them.....body style et al! Always said I'd never own one but couldn't pass up this one because it was so cheap. My mistake and haven't owned one since! lol

I was going to buy an autostick once, but I could not figure out how to work it...... LOl... Take my man card

 

[Cranky]

I was going to buy an autostick once, but I could not figure out how to work it...... LOl... Take my man card

Yeah, they are different. Gotta let go of the shifter once you grab a gear. Mine was faster than a regular 4 speed VW until about 75 then the true stick car past me up. Just got to 'slam' the shifter (power shift) and not keep your hand on it because any time you rest your hand on it waiting for the next time to shift, you will move it just enough to disengage the clutch. I learnt that pretty quickly.....also learnt how to push start that POS car lol. I had my fun times with it but nothing like I did in the old Mopar cars. Kinda like riding a ferris wheel a couple of times. The fun wore off pretty fast.....

 

[WileE]

 

[DeltaV]

Air-cooled 440

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[Outsider]

Back in the day, there was a weird sort of guy that had a 454 Chevy powered VW in north Seattle that we used encounter off and on.