I had an off white old VW, my brother wrecked & I turned into a Baja Bug, might have had $1500 in that car, plus the $300 I paid my brother, VW 1600cc Dual Port, nothing special, stock floor-pan & suspension, custom intake with a Down draft Webber, exhaust extractor, good mechanical ignition, good wires, better rockers, pretty much stock internals, light aluminum crank pulley, a Judson Flapper type v-belt driven blower, good oil cooler & dual filter, good aftermarket shifter, good aftermarket clutch, stock type VW swing arm/transaxle, engine cage/protection, cheap Scat plastic racing seats & harnesses, stock fold down rear seat, one piece fiberglass lift off nose, wider fiberglass rear fenders, big off road lights, a scoop to redirect air to cool the engine, get air into a K&N fiter & molly push bar, good aftermarket gas shocks {Koni's IIRC}, in a 68 VW Baja Bug, the thing was a V8 killer on the street, run high 11's @ 90mph Fremont/Baylands & it would wheelie almost across intersections on radial T/A's P295/50's, if you dumped the clutch high enough, but slam down really hard, not enough power to keep it up... Fun little car, took it off road a bunch too, it was my D/D commuter car for a couple years, I went thru clutches about 4 times a year, cheap to build & drive... It weighed nothing, I could pick up the front or back by myself, I'm guessing 1000lbs total max... I had a buddy, friend of a friend, that owned S&S Imports in Antioch Ca., he helped me out a few times, he was a Porsche & VW expert, gave me a few tips, he had a fast VW drag car, mid-low 9's IIRC, there was another guy I knew in Sacramento Ca. that had a few fast Bugs too, Metric Mouse ran very well... Seen a few run in mid high 7's & 8's...
