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Details
- Registration Mark
- 590 ZT
- (a) Type:
- Type 1
- (b) Year:
- 1977
- (c) Colour:
- Metallic Grey
- (d) Paint code:
- ?
- (e) Engine CCs:
- 1600
History
- (a) Country of origin:
- Ireland
- (b) County first reg'd:
- Cork
- (c) Current or last known location:
- Dublin
Model information
No information provided
Info
This 1977 Cork registered beetle is very special indeed. Restored and modified in Cork back the early 1990’s, it featured lowered suspension, Porsche brakes all round, a tough Type 4 motor with upright Porsche cooling, elcetric window, Porsche seats, clocks and steering wheel as well as Porsche wheels on each corner. The crowning glory was a Porsche 5 speed gearbox mated to a locking Gene Berg Shifter. Check out the spec below to get a feel for what this German Look Beetle was like!
The transformation from a late 70’s car to a 60’s looking German Look was made possible by adding fibreglass 6 volt wings, long bonnet and an EMPI fibreglass vented engine lid and blade bumpers.
It was painted Porsche Blue and sold on as an unfinished project. It went through a number of owners before finding a home with Graham Cullen in Tipp who added a metallic grey wrap, Ireland’s first one piece wrap on a Beetle. Graham recommissioned the Beetle which now runs a 1600cc engine and covered many (fast) miles behind the wheel. Moving on to camper ownership and having a Trekker to play with the Porsche Beetle was sold on too a new owner in Dublin.
Spec as it was with the Type 4 motor in place:
IRS chassis with torsion front suspension
• Type 4 2.4L JMR Engine
o Built by John Maher Racing
o Internally, everything new except crank and case
o Porsche 914 3-stud cylinder heads
o Webcam camshaft
o JE barrels and pistons
o New heavy-duty valve springs
o 45*39 valves
o New heavy-duty valve followers
o Porsche 11-blade cooling fan and alternator
o New clutch
o Dellorto 45s
o Melling oil pump
o BAS exhaust with heat exchangers
o Lots of new BAS parts
o Porsche 914 case machined for upright cooling
o Dyno-ed at 149bhp
o Estimated 0-60mph in the low sixes
o Estimated ET time in the 14s
• Porsche 944 Turbo brakes front and rear, with vented discs.
• Porsche 901 five speed gearbox
• Porsche trailing arms and CV joints
• Additional external oil cooler
• Porsche Cup1 17″ Alloys
• Adjustable front suspension
Bodywork
• Pop-out rear side windows
• Day Mouldings’ ‘glass wings (weight saving)
• Fully restored body and oven baked respray
• EMPI ‘eyebrow’ deck-lid
• Stainless-steel bumpers (not cheap repro chrome version)
• Porsche fluted front lenses
• Genuine aero-style fuel filler
• Roll cage available to be fitted
Interior
• Gene Berg locking gear-shifter
• Porsches gauges
• Porsche seats front and rear – drivers side seat has electric
operation
• Electric windows
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