I've got a mission for ya. After all the summer fun is gone I'm tearing down my 67 for a resto. I gave it alot of thought. I won't be all original and here's why.
1. cost and availabilty of parts.
2. nitpickers,I cant stand it. if it original it's gotta be perfect or you catch hell.
3. there are somethings i just gotta upgrade to feel safer, I drive this beast daily. Original might be great for a trailered car but not for a driver.
Anyways there's a hundred pro and cons.

I don't want to pimp it up or cali style it or whatever.
I'm thinking souped up the way it would have been in the late sixties or so.
I plan on upgrading the brakes and using braided lines and  fittings for the fuel system.I dont want any possible leaky parts or clamps that rattle lose.
I will seperate the body from pans and put in all new pans and such.Media blast and paint inside and out. Redo it all.

Here is where i need you, I want to build a motor that will pack some punch but not so much to tear the car apart. A reliable motor. That 1800 stroker keeps coming to mind. Maybe a holley carb? No duels thats not old school enough. Any how I need a shopping list for the beast so I can start collecting them. Throw some ideas my way if you will. This will be my 1st motor so I definetly need you on this.

I have the original wheels for the original look and some porshe widened rims for the weekend hot rod/mountain driving days. I want it to still look like a 67 but be fun to scoot along around the backroads. And I gotta finish it all for the next Bugapalooza.
I've got a million ideas,I just have to sit around the campfire and eliminate a few and decide.
Holler back.

Whew!!!  Been out gathering Dasher parts and some Musket Balls and I need to get out of my Camo from the penatration into the "Triangle"
  Scott, Go ahead and apply for your Federal Grant. You will need two engines, One to depend on and one to "Blow Up".  You build big engines for two reasons:
    1- To Stomp all "Ricers
    2- To see how far you can get the front end off the ground while stomping "Ricers" at the traffic light.
      We will talk about this after I finish my KdF.

Im thinking something like this but with the porshe rims instead of the brm's.

My wife wants one to make it look like a Munster mobile. :lol:

I think I've found the problem,i have about 60psi oil pressure! Im gonna go get a kit to adjust it down and a breather kit. Wish me luck.

And I hear you about more room.

I couldn't find it Bugtech :?: wheres it at

Bugnut,I know you call mine the cali look but really isn't.Yes on dunebuggies I just like chrome.It's just me.Theres not a whole lot you can do to a dunebuggy to make it alot different.But if you didn't try then you end up with just an old ordinary fiberglass shell.Just my opinion and everyone has one.What worries me is you are worried what other people think.You are trying to build a car for your peers and not you.It's going to be your car.You should care about what you want.Everyone is going to tease you no matter what you do.It's just a game people play.It really has to do with your personality not your car.If people like you they will tease you.If you have a bad personality Where you don't get along with anyone then you will be left alone.I would rather be teased.Just food for thought.I think bugtech said it pretty well about engines.I would also get a reliable engine then add just a thing or to to it to make it a little faster.I really wish my engine had more of a standard engine in it because I don't race but my 1835 had what it had when I got it.My car is so light you can push it around very easy when you need to move it without cranking it.Plus I wouldn't drive it wound up or as fast as I could because if feels as if it doesn't have alot of control at a high speed.It's not like the bigger engines but for mine not weighing anything a big truck going by and both traveling at a higher speed feels like you are fixing to go in the ditch due to the draft.But remember that mine is a "cali buggy" lol and yours will have a little more weight.

Jason, Click on Tech Tips on the left side,  Page 1 on the Spark Plug thread about the Buggy trip.