The pictures below were taken during the many modifications to the #2111 WGBR 1980 VW Land Speed Racing Pickup Truck. The pictures give some insights to the amount of changes required to change a street truck that is raced into a pure land speed race truck.
Mike & Keith discussing what they want to do to the truck (12/08)
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The shop bench full of engine parts with much potential (1/09) |
We think the 16 valve head is the "hot ticket" (1/09) |
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The rear air shocks are installed. (3/09) |
The Fire Bottles are in the installation process (3/09) |
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The start of the roll cage enhancements (3/09) |
Welding the bracket for the rear roll cage supports (4/09) |
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New moon disks for the larger rims (3/09) |
The lowered back axle, notice how much the tire is in the wheel well (4/09) |
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The Tonneau Cover is in the process of being redone (4/09) |
The rear window is now in! (4/09) |
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The Window is in, the roll bars are done, and the Tonneau cover is complete (4/09) |
The parachute release is in and the fire bottles are complete (4/09) |
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The windshield retainers are test fitted, next the paint shop (6/09) |
The parachute system is installed. We are racing a truck so we used a receiver hitch for the mount. (6/09) |
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The hood pins have been installed (6/09) |
Test fit of the new hood scoop (6/09) |
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Old coil Strut on the top, new air strut on the bottom (6/09) |
The installed air strut. Notice the new larger lug bolts. (6/09) |
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The modified shock tower, part of lowering the front end (7/09) |
The water tank and pump for the Inter-Cooler (7/09) |
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The Oil Slump is in and the Inter-Cooler Bracket is underway (7/09) |
The Turbo is in the process of being mounted (8/09) |
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The Oil Pump (before we found that the pump flow direction is backwards) (8/09) |
The turbo ducts are in and the Inter-Cooler is mounted (8/09) |
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The Oil Filter is to the left of the Inter-Cooler. (8/09) |
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