Car details

Owner:

Karsten Feldsieper, Solingen

Type:

113, VW 1300 Export

Year:

1967

color:

Zenith Blue L 639

Body:

Hirschmann antenna, front fenders with upright headlights, shrouds welded in decklid, flat and white Lucas turn signals, T-Bars, converted to 12 Volt electrics

Interior:

stock seats upholstered in blue synthetic leather with chequered middle lanes, period two-point seatbelts, 14 inch Nardi leather steering wheel, Gene Berg shifter, Auto Meter tach with shiftlight, two 52 mm VDO gauges for oil pressure and temperature

Engine:

Type 1, 1776cc, tie-rods, lightened flywheel, eightfold doweled, 69 mm stock crankshaft, forged 90.5 mm Mahlepistons and barrels, modified early 041 heads, 40mm inlet valves, 35 mm outlet valves, HD valve springs, 316∞ Riechert camshaft, comrpession ratio 8.4:1, modified Riechert manifolds, two 40 IDF Weber carbs with K&N air cleaners, Gene Berg linkage, electric Pierburg fuel pump, blue Bosch coil, Bosch 009 distributor, 38 mm header, Dynomax Turbomuffler, both ceramic coated, external 460 mm oil cooler with Riechert thermostat, oil filter

Transmission:

Stock, code letter "AB", Gene Berg transmission support

Chassis:

adjustable front beam shortened 40 mm, stock anti-roll bar, rear end on stock height, Bilstein shocks, shortened on front end, torque bars

Brakes:

drilled discs front, rear drums, Line-Lock

Wheels/tires:

Remotec wheels polished and detailed in 6Jx15, Firestone tires in 145-15 front, rear in 205/70-15, spare Fuchs wheel in 4,5Jx15 with Firestone 145-15

History:

Karsten brought this third-hand car to life after a it's been sleeping for seven years in 1994. At the beginning of 1995, he started to restore it and the wheel pattern was changed to 4/130. Just in time for the 1996 season the car was finished. A year later, the car was involved in an accident, leading to a new front. Since 1999 the car is in traditional California Look, before that it was a Resto Cal Looker. In 2001 fenders with upright headlights and Lucas turn signals were added, the decklid became convertible shrouds.

Best 1/4 mile ET:

16.535 seconds

Feature(s):

VW Speed 11/02 (GER), Volksworld 6/05 (GB)

Last update:

07/06/2022