Tattooed_Pariah
01-21-2007, 08:34 PM
I'm just your average guy, I dig old school Beetles mostly, but also like old muscle cars and hot rods. Basically, if I open the hood and see more electronics than my alarm clock has, I don't wanna see anymore of it.
I'm 2 years in to a 5 year Navy enlistment, and currently I'm aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) on our way to the Persian Gulf for sun, fun, rest and relaxatio....er.... I mean.... supporting the War on Terror..
This is a car forum, so I'll babble some about my car.. It's a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle with a fiberglass 1937 Ford front end. has a 1776cc flat four motor with dual Weber 44's, and more problems than I can shake a stick at :P
When I get back from this deployment, I should have plenty of money saved up, so I'm going to replace the 4 speed transaxle I just blew, with a 5 Speed. Also, I want to rip out the VW front end, replace it with hairpin springs, a shortened Ford I-Beam and disc brakes all the way around. 15x5's in the front, 15x10's in the back with a 3 inch wider-than-stock rear fender and old Ford taillights. Front fenders are coming off, and of course, I can't leave out the Shifter which goes to about the middle of the windshield, topped by (what I want..) a Pin-Up figurine wrapped around the top of the shift rod, or (what I'll accept) a bust of Cthulhu as a shift knob. yea, i'm a bit of a weirdo :P
There's a lot more I want to do, but I'm going to aim with just making those changes for now..
I'm 2 years in to a 5 year Navy enlistment, and currently I'm aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) on our way to the Persian Gulf for sun, fun, rest and relaxatio....er.... I mean.... supporting the War on Terror..
This is a car forum, so I'll babble some about my car.. It's a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle with a fiberglass 1937 Ford front end. has a 1776cc flat four motor with dual Weber 44's, and more problems than I can shake a stick at :P
When I get back from this deployment, I should have plenty of money saved up, so I'm going to replace the 4 speed transaxle I just blew, with a 5 Speed. Also, I want to rip out the VW front end, replace it with hairpin springs, a shortened Ford I-Beam and disc brakes all the way around. 15x5's in the front, 15x10's in the back with a 3 inch wider-than-stock rear fender and old Ford taillights. Front fenders are coming off, and of course, I can't leave out the Shifter which goes to about the middle of the windshield, topped by (what I want..) a Pin-Up figurine wrapped around the top of the shift rod, or (what I'll accept) a bust of Cthulhu as a shift knob. yea, i'm a bit of a weirdo :P
There's a lot more I want to do, but I'm going to aim with just making those changes for now..