Hello everyone.
I thought I would jump in and share some pics and inforamtion about my car.
It is rather unique and some will love, while other...not so much. But I guess that's typical of any custom build.
I started this car over 2 years agao and it's finally made it to the paint and body shop recently. The car is a 1967 Karmann Ghia with a Gen 3 viper V10 and speed in it. My intention was to build a car that looked like a "Hot Wheels", something over the top and crazy. I am a driver, and this car was designed to be fun. Here are some general over all pics over the last couple years, hope you enjoy them.
This is how it all started. I picked this car up for $300, it was an incredable deal considering how solid the body was. It had never been hit or had any work done to it.
After we got the body back to the shop we took many hours cutting and removing metal. These cars were built extremely well. Not being a VW expert, I was impressed with the German engineering. After we removed enough material, we dropped the Viper engine in it's place and put the 20 and 22 inch wheels under it so we could get an idea of what the car would look like. Needless to say, It got our blood boiling.
One of the most time consuming parts of this build was R&D. On a build like this nearly every part needed to be fabricated. Including the suspension both fornt and rear. Hera are a few pics- Note: everything you see except for the Air bag and brakes was made in house.
The Rear end of this car is jst as impressive. The centersection waas made from a peice of forged Aluminum weighing 350LBS.
This IRS is designed to handle 850+ HP and over 900 flbs, making it the strongest IRS on the market. Here are a couple pics of the carriers and the center section being machined.
After the main chassis was complete we started on the interior tin. I was very happy how it turned out. The dash was hand fabricated as well.
Looking at the reat trunk now, it's hard to believe that there was ever a motor in it.
