My 1966 Kabriolett

rareair · Post by **rareair** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:08 pm

Bought this 1966 Kabriolett in Aug 2009 for my wife. I plan on doing a complete rebuild of it with a Resto-Custom touch

Aircooledbenny · Post by **Aircooledbenny** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:47 pm

nice ride! love the red
Slap some whitewalls on that

id say lower it a little, get some cool chrome accesories etc.
that would look wicked

Post by **jmartini** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:56 pm

Very nice - congratulations!

rareair · Post by **rareair** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:22 pm

Thanks for the kind words. Getting ready to fit a narrowed beam & some new wheels....

Those s/s louvered runningboards & aftermarket bumpers will be put in the trash bin at the same time.

rareair · Post by **rareair** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:08 am

Installed a set of Wolfsburg West runningboards & some German bumpers (front & rear) along wit a set of Flat-4 BRMs. Rolling gear is finished off with a 3 3/4-inch narrowed beam fitted with 15x5 wrapped in 145x15s, rears are 15x6 wrapped in 205/65x15s

Rückspiegel · Post by **Rückspiegel** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:27 am

nice!

empiracer1966 · Post by **empiracer1966** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:07 pm

rareair...I would give my step-son up for a '66 vert like that!!

"Lord, I apologize"

Brian

rokemester · Post by **rokemester** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:24 pm

So what do you have hiding under the gray tarp in garage? Love your find by the way! Very cool.

rareair · Post by **rareair** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:15 pm

rokemester wrote:So what do you have hiding under the gray tarp in garage?

Just two more junky old VWs. One's a 1947 sedan that has been restored. The other a 1956 Kabriolett I got from Sweden. The vert is still awaiting restoration

rareair · Post by **rareair** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:43 pm

Did some quick rust repair to the Kabriolett. Not really noticeable, but it bothered me. Thanks to Brian O'Kelly (losthillsguy) for the donor metal

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rareair · Post by **rareair** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:29 am

It's been nearly 14 months since I've worked on the old vert & the wife is starting to ask questions like "I thought you were going to rebuild that car for me?" With the '11 NFL season coming to a close & spring 2012 just around the corner, I think I'm ready to really start the cars restoration. Stay tuned.....

DC-Dubs · Post by **DC-Dubs** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:02 pm

Wow! Thanks for the pictures!! Did you have to do any modifications to fit your narrowed beam of 3-3/4"? It looks awesome on that very! I am putting a narrowed beam on one of my 66's, and want to go narrow as possible without major mods. Thanks!

DC-Dubs · Post by **DC-Dubs** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:00 pm

Sorry! I asked tech questions in the wrong topic section, I will post a few more for RAREAIR in the tech forum section. Thanks again for the pictures!

jsixtysix · Post by **jsixtysix** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:49 pm

You have done a great job on all of the cars photo'd. That Standard is.... Need I say more?

rcs_80 · Post by **rcs_80** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:22 am

Very nice ride. I'm looking forward to more updates.

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