CMC on BaT

I saw that and noticed the intake right away, Mitch (as well as the cut out rain tray and CDI ignition). He's got 16" wide-5s, which were available for about 10 minutes in TheSamba classifieds, and enough other little tricks and whatnot (narrowed trailing arms, etc.) to make me think that somebody really thought about this build -- it's nice in a way I'm wasn't sure a lot of people would appreciate. The interior lets it down a bit, but it's not long money to correct.

I'm glad the opening bid was $25k. It would take a lot of money to replicate.

It's a very nice car.

The car looks very nice and well executed. The guy lists that it has rack & pinion steering, but no pictures.  I'm curious what rack he used.  

@LI-Rick posted:

The car looks very nice and well executed. The guy lists that it has rack & pinion steering, but no pictures.  I'm curious what rack he used.  

I would say that's a typo, but he does have narrowed trailing arms and that didn't come out except in the comments.

What's with the dash brow?  Looks like styrofoam was used and glue melted the styrofoam!

@Stan Galat posted:

I would say that's a typo, but he does have narrowed trailing arms and that didn't come out except in the comments.

I'm not a BaT member.  Stan, ask the man, see what he says.

@LI-Rick posted:

I'm not a BaT member.  Stan, ask the man, see what he says.

Will do.

Done.

@Stan Galat posted:

Will do.

Thanks!

Response:

“I don’t have any decent pictures of the rack and pinion in my car, however, the guy that makes them has a video of the system on youtube. here is the link

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0bpS19iRKc”

He’s also got coilover front suspension on his beam, instead of torsion bars. This thing is trick.

@Stan Galat posted:

Response:

“I don’t have any decent pictures of the rack and pinion in my car, however, the guy that makes them has a video of the system on youtube. here is the link

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0bpS19iRKc”

He’s also got coilover front suspension on his beam, instead of torsion bars. This thing is trick.

Thanks Stan, that is the Polo rack.  Whomever built the car was aiming for the eagle.

Absolutely. Compared to the usual auction fare, the running gear is off the chain.

It's a current/recent buyer/seller though not the builder.

The listing says it is registered as a '66 VW.  If it is a '66, it wouldn't have trailing arms, narrowed or not.

I would put no stock in the pan actually being a ‘66. There’s not much “standard” here.

I'm a 1949, but I claim to be a 1960.

At this stage everything is trailing, arms and all.

Pan "VIN" is 1160xxxxx so maps to 1965-1966 production ---- as it is registered.

@Michael McKelvey posted:

The listing says it is registered as a '66 VW.  If it is a '66, it wouldn't have trailing arms, narrowed or not.

It is not hard to convert an early pan to take IRS.  I have done this twice, and narrowed the arms on one of them.  This is a 1958 Ghia pan I did a conversion on.

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@LI-Rick posted:

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...It is not hard to convert an early pan to take IRS...

And given the other fabrication that's been done, it's not much of a stretch to think the builder might have done this.

He probably made up some magnesium trailing arms one afternoon with delrin bushings.

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The day of reckoning, and the big fish have entered the pool.

With a half hour left, it's at $43K.

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$44,250 at the reset. Axer911 wants it, but not enough to put in a knock-out bid.

$53,500. That may be a record for a CMC. It's certainly a record for a CMC with a pretty bad interior.

Maybe the BaT guys are learning what to look for.

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@Stan Galat posted:

$53,500. That may be a record for a CMC...

My first thought, too.

Irony of ironies — I'm just getting back to checking the final bids here. I wanted to watch the end but had to leave to make a restaurant reservation we had at one of our haunts down in the wine country.

So, I couldn't watch the final bidding because I had to jump in the Speedy for an hour's cruise through some leafy back roads.

Isn't that always the way?

I wonder what the folks at CMC would have thought if you'd told them one of their little kits would be fetching $50K some day?

And a lesson to those who look at sale prices and think buying one of these will be a great investment, as I'm also wondering how much the builder sank into this project, in money and time, over the years.