Andy Jewell's 62 Beetle

The car

Andy's car is fairly standard mechanically, although when he restored the car, he fitted all new components. It has stock drum brakes all round, although shortly he wishes to upgrade to a wide 5-stud disc brake kit fitted on a 3.5" narrowed front beam, and replace the single circuit master cylinder with a dual circuit unit.

Andy has recently fitted an Autogauge 5" tacho and Autometer 2 1/16" Sport-Comp oil temperature and pressure gauges. A Gene-Berg shifter selects the gears.

Last year, he fitted a Rancho Pro-Street gearbox, with short Sway-away axles. We fitted the axles and axle tubes, brake back plates and axle oil seals for him. He installed the gearbox himself. A VW SpeedShop intermediate mount with rubber mounts is fitted to the gearbox, and a Gene Berg traction bar is used.

A the rear, Avo coil-over shock absorbers are used to help launching and the spring-plate stops have been modified to prevent positive camber under deceleration.

Front and rear BugPack uprated anti-roll bars are fitted. Andy has just removed the bumbers and has fitted black T-bars to the car.

I have been fortunate enough to have Andy let me drive his car on many occasions. I took it to the Brighton Breeze 2002 while he was on holiday. It is one of the nicest Beetles I have driven.

Engine specification (1914cc)

Case	CB Performance prepared AS41, bored 94mm, drilled and tapped for full-flow oiling.
Crank	CB Performance 69mm stroke Chromoly, counter-weight, 8 dowel.
Flywheel	Scat Chromoly 12lb.
Clutch	Kennedy stage-2 pressure plate, Daiken heavy duty friction disc.
Rods	BugPack rebuilt race rods.
Cylinders/Pistons	Mahle 94mm, Total Seal rings, Tru-Arc clips.
Heads	CB Performance 044, 42x37.5 valves, Scat dual springs, ported and polished.
Compression	9:1
Cam	Engle 125
Followers	Scat Lube-a-Lobe.
Pushrods	BugPack.
Rockers	VW 1.25:1, bolt-up rocker shafts, CB Performance swivel-foot adjusters.
Oil pump	Berg 30mm with Berg relief cover.
Oil system	Full flow with thermostat and remote cooler. Berg "wide" deep sump.
Carbs	Weber 48IDAs, 37mm venturis, tall Skat-Trak manifolds.
Fuel system	CB Performance rotary pump, 0.375" fuel line, enlarged fuel tank outlet.
Exhaust	Phoenix mild steel 1 5/8" merged header, 3" Magnaflow box.
Ignition	009 distributor, Petronix Ignitor, Bosch blue coil, Scat leads.
Other	None.

Gearbox specifications (Rancho Pro-Street)

Case	Stock.
Ring & pinion	4.125:1, Bugpack Super Diff.
1st	3.78:1
2nd	2.21:1
3rd	1.58:1
4th	0.84:1
Axles	Swayaway short race axles.
Other	Super-Beetle main shaft, steel shift forks.