DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

This seems to be the only picture I have of the fuel tank position. I think its a little forward of the beetle position, but very similar. it would be the same fuel tank. I would love to have used a fuel cell made for the job, but the budget does not stretch that far.

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I already had a fuel tank in the garage which is from an oval so plan to use it. The tank will need to be raised slightly to avoid the suspension and provide some room for the fuel line connection. I want to fit some sort of on/off valve to making removing the tank easy. I also have to add a return fuel line.

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Everything is being built to IVA specification. The fuel tank/ filler position is supposed to be in a closed compartment so its filled from the outside of the car. Not sure how to address this point, guess I will come up with something.

Thank you the details. I too read about the fuel filler for IVA.
Will take a bit of imagination as he tank sits so high.

I was considering a through the bonnet fuel filler as I did on my speedster which was IVA ok, but not sure what clearance under the bonnet or location it would feed to. It is still an option at this stage.

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Awkward now that the body is in the paint booth?

Don't think it will be in paint for a few months yet. Still quite a lot of metal work to do.

Hope to get the chassis back home next month ready to finish a multitude of tasks. Then chassis back to body shop to check fit and stance and then back home to strip ready for paint. Anyway you get the idea

Sorry, thought you were in paint already. Fill the tank via a flap as with the 911?

Managed five mins to catch up on progress today. The RHD is being modified with the original LHD dash and a LHD cut section. This should give a finished OEM look;

Dash grit blasted and epoxy primer, mostly to provide good rust protection on the inside
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The LHD dash removed at more or less the original seems;

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Cant believe the high price of KG parts, seems like everything is closer to Porsche than VW,

The door strikers are going to be refurbished with new internals rather than using whole new ones. I would also say the new parts are not the same qulaity. So just need to work out how to get the 2 halfs of the catch apart to fit the new plastic internals and the fiddly little spring;

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Hopefully another update on Friday

Another productive day by Pete,

Rolled the inner lip of the wheel arch to provide more tyre clearance.
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The rear cross support brace had to be reduced in height to fit under the lower KG back end.
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The front body mount to suspension did not line up correctly so had to be cut off and welded back in the correct location. The large bolts are all 10.9 tensile strength which is important when looking at IVA test compliance.
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KG is now officially a RHD
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Steering column into car through the fire wall. Weld collar into place and then use the rubber boot to waterproof seal
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We are not sure what happened to the bottom of the back section of the wing. Compared to the other side its 15 to 20mm closer to the tyre. This is actiually orginal metal which does not look like its been crashed at any point. Maybe it was build that way, by eye. Must have been a day when his/ her eyes were closed.
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The cross brace support between the original shock mounts wont fit. Pete fabricated simple steel bracket to add strength in mounting body to chassis. It will be a solid body/ chassis mount same as originally used by Volkswagen. It is IVA test compliant.

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Looking very cool indeed!

Thanks Keith

Steering column details. The original column mated to 2 x CV joints which should meet IVA requirements for crash purposes.

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Four bolt mounting locations, I will use high tensile bolts which are bolted to a thick plate in the original location. There is also a rubber seal around the cv joint.
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Moving the seat rails in towards the tunnel to better centralise the pedal to seat position. I may leave the passenger seat alone to prevent more shoulder to shoulder contact.
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The chassis should be on its way back soon for further work. I really dont like all the red coloured suspension components but cant justify the cost to change from the original colour.

Greg work on that dash

Many years ago I did something similar to a geniune RHD Ghia to make an all metal peak over the gauges.

I don't think VW ever produced a pressed metal dash panel for RHD format cars and on the very early SA '59 ghia we had it was factory bastardised from a LHD pressing and the top pad covered the "sins" committed to build exported cars

Keep em coming

Have you seen this video off YouTube?

https://youtu.be/cEYArnj2HI4