Christiaan

Type 117 VW1200

Togo White L90C

1969

 

Body

Stock steel 1200 ‘economy beetle’ body

Convertible engine decklid

Original German pop-out quarter windows

T-bars

 

Chassis

Stock swingaxle floorpan

2″ narrowed adjustable stock beam

CB Performance dropped front spindles with 2cm spacers

Koni red front shocks

KYB Gas-A-Just rear shocks

 

 

Wheels

Mahle 914 wheels plus matching spare wheel

Vredestein 155R15 front and 185r15 rear

 

 

Interior

Smiths gauges

Blaupunkt radio

Stock seats and panels

Speedwell steering wheel with custom boss

Gene Berg 40% reduced shifter

 

 

Transmission

Stock VW gearbox

Mid mount

 

 

Engine

Stock 1192cc with 1 1/2” merged header / Flat4 Single Quiet Pack exhaust

In construction:

1679cc / CB Performance 69mm counterweighted crankshaft / 88mm CPR thick wall pistons and barrels / Compression ratio 8.5:1 / Webcam 110/163 camshaft / standard gears / Bugpack Racing lifters / Manton chromoly pushrods / 1:1.1 rockers on solid shafts / Lightened 12lbs 200mm VW flywheel with stock clutch and diaphragm pressure plate / VW 040 heads, hand ported, 35mm inlet valves and 32,5mm outlet valves / Bugpack 4046 dual valve springs / Solex 40mm Kadron carbs on reworked original Empi manifolds / original Kadron linkage / Bosch 010, rebuild with Pertronix / Bosch red coil /  1 1/2” merged header / Flat4 Single Quiet Pack exhaust / Race Trim 1.5qt oil sump

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