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![]() JASON MC CREERY '67 First car on the Old School Register is coming from South London in... England. But I let the owner of this awesome car comment his work and the history behind this work of art. So here it is. My car has been in Volksworld in '97 and also in SuperVW at around the same
time. It was won best Old school at the No Worries Beetle bash '96 (up
against a couple of U.S cars that were bought over for the show). I purchased the car back in 1992 from a school head master living
near the south coast of England. Before that it was owned and showed by Rod
Hendon during the late 80's. The car was painted white with blue striped on
the rear, 1776cc engine and original EMPI 5 spoke split rims.
After I purchased the car I changed the colour to mat pale blue and
the front wings to upright (us spec) versions. I drove the car for a couple of years like this then started the total restoration. The body was split from to pan and bare metal'd before being shipped off to "the paintbox" for the "jaguar Regency red" paint. The floor pan was restored in my lockup garage. All parts are either
New or restored on the floor. Then the task of fitting the body back to the floor. At this stage
the car was still running the original 1776cc motor that I bought it with and the Empi 5 spokes.
The interior has been retrimed by "Bernard Newbury" with the black
and gray dog tooth check. other interior parts include : Speedwell steering
wheel, Empi gauges, door pulls, glove box pull, wooden door lock pulls, a
set of TOTAL harnesses, Flat 4 eliminator shifter, Period radio, and rear
pop outs.
Exterior is dechromed, lowered at the front with sway-a-ways, stock
high on the rear, heavy duty anti roll bar on the front and a camber
compensator on the rear. Burg engine mounts, Burg engine brace. The rear
valance is removable. The headlight are hella sealed units with lucas flat
lens indicators mounted were the horn grills were. The uprights on the "T"
bars are hexagonal.
The engine was rebuilt a couple of years ago. It is still a 1776cc
but with 044 mag heads, ported/polished, 3 angle value job (I can't remember
the valve size at the moment, but I will let your know), Rimco rods, Burg
full flow oil system, Straight cut cam, Chevy valve springs, 042 Berg
special cards, 1 1/2 Bugpack merged header, Stinger electric ignition
system.(EST 150BHP). Gearbox has close 3rd and 4th, a super diff and heavy duty side plates.
I changed the wheels to NWS BRM's because I didn't want to break the
Empi's running my new engine. Tires are 195/70/15 on the rear and 135/15 on
the front.
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