Vehicle Description
1956 Volkswagen Custom Beetle Supercharged� Featured in the
December 2001 issue of Dunebuggies and Hot VWs magazine! Complete
engine rebuild with many performance parts Second owner invested
more than $50,000 invested in this rebuilt bug! Chopped Oval Window
Bug with multiple customizations and modifications Car has earned
more than five Best of Show awards and multiple first place honors
Previous owner drove car for 10 years! Guards Red exterior with a
custom red-and-black crushed velvet interior Supercharged 2110cc
flat four-cylinder engine originally built by Steve Bowers in
Concord, NC then recently rebuilt� 7.56:1 compression Very sought
after and hard to find Dick Landy blower Holley four-barrel
carburetor Four-speed manual transmission built by Rancho
Performance Transaxles in Anaheim, CA Brand new heavy duty clutch
200mm rigid clutch disc� Gene Berg locking shift lever Super-Diff
930 CV joints Sway-A-Way axles Documentation includes framed copy
of magazine article detailing work done to the car�and recent
photos of engine rebuild� � MotoeXotica Classic Cars is excited to
offer this very special Volkswagen Beetle custom, a 1956
supercharged Oval Window that is like no other and with over
$50,000 invested! It has won several Best of Show and first place
awards since its refresh was completed in the early 2000s and
previous owner drove it for 10 years. This Bug is an absolute
monster on the street with tons of power pushing it from the rear
with a fully rebuilt 2110cc engine with a Dick Landy blower!!! You
must watch our video to see this ripping Bug in auction! Twenty
years ago, this Beetle, a former show car, had been demoted to a
driver and needed some TLC. Its second owner, a man out of North
Carolina, had been looking for a VW project car that already had a
good foundation. The NC Beetle was a good candidate because its
original owner had already made modifications - chopped top done
during the 1980s, frenched taillights from a '39 Ford, license
plate box, filled horn grilles and exhaust pipe cut-outs and a
frenched rear antenna. The car won awards as a show car earlier in
its life. Once he towed it home the new owner began making his VW
plans a reality. The car's first visit was to Fender Benders in
Charlotte, North Carolina, where owner Fred Propst and his crew
took the car apart until it was merely a shell, which was sanded to
perfection before Propst painted the shell DuPont Guards Red
followed by four layers of clearcoat. Scott Andrews added flames to
the solid and very tidy floorpan and clear-coated them, despite
that most people will never see them. The results of that first
stop still resonates today as the paint and trim are in excellent
condition. The tinted windows are in similar condition and the
vehicle's lights are all in great order, the Sylvania XtraVision
headlights, Rossi park/turn signals and the aforementioned '39 Ford
blue dot taillights. Other exterior details include Neal billet
aluminum disc brakes all around, with Wilwood front and rear
calipers and Neal emergency brake, KYB shocks, Sway A-Way front and
rear sway bars and polished aluminum Centerline wheels within 135
tires in front and 205 tires in back with silver skull tire caps.
The next stop was George's Trim Shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina,
where the car received a red-and-black crushed velvet interior made
especially for it. The car has two sumptuous Scat Procar bolstered
bucket seats with center console in front, Juliano Royal Deluxe
door handles, a fantastic-looking Gene Berg locking shifter,
Formuling France three-spoke steering wheel with the Wolfsburg
crest in the center and, in a touch of whimsy, a rearview mirror
lifted from a Pontiac Sunbird. The crew at George's fitted an
aluminum panel inside and filled it with VDO gauges and a JVC AM/FM
stereo with cassette deck and detachable faceplate. Within the
console are spots for a vintage VDO clock and resting place for a
smartphone. Other interior features include a polished billet fire
extinguisher from Prowlers in Canyon Country, California, then-new
tinted glass, window seals, door regulators, matching crushed
velvet door panels and billet aluminum windshield wipers. Wood
panels covered in more matching red and black crushed velvet, a
stereo amplifier and two JVC 6x9-inch speakers replaced the rear
seat. A friend of the previous owner, Steve Bowers, took care of
the car's new heart, a 2110cc flat four-cylinder engine with
extensive modifications. He machined the crankcase and fitted a
82mm Bugpack wedgemated crank, Bugpack 5.352-inch race rods, Mahle
90.5mm pistons and an Engle FK-7 camshaft, using Bugpack's 1.4:1
rocker arms. A set of CB Performance ported and polished Eliminator
2000 heads, a stainless steel 42mm intake and 37.5mm exhaust valves
comprise the in and out for the fuel and air. A Dick Landy
supercharger topped by a Holley four-barrel carburetor replace the
earlier, dual Weber 44 IDF carburetor setup. Other engine details
include a Bugpack 1 3/4-inch merged header system, Bugpack dual
exhaust system, a lightened and wedgemated flywheel, Kennedy
1700-pound pressure plate, full-flow oil system and a Gene Berg
3.5-pound equalizer pulley. The engine recently was pulled and
rebuilt with a couple of changes as of lowering the compression for
the blower�to�7.56:1. A set of 4 new barrels, cast hypereutectic
pistons (90.5 x 82mm), rings, wrist pins, clips and a brand new
Scat 82mm forged crank. See the photos in our description for more
details. To handle all of the power the engine emits, the previous
owner asked Sam Shackelford at Rancho Performance Transaxles in
Anaheim, California, to build a staunch IRS transmission using
stock cogs plus a Super-Diff, Sway A-Way axles, heavy-duty aluminum
side covers and Porsche 930 constant-velocity joints. This is truly
a unique VW Bug into which its previous owner infused a lot of
money and effort to make it stand apart. You need to visit our
showroom in person to truly appreciate the work that has gone into
making this car the jewel that it is! GET OUT AND DRIVE!!! This car
is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
Current mileage on the odometer shows 52,478 miles. It is sold as
is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. VIN:
1137283 Note: Please see full terms and conditions listed below
that pertain to the purchase of any said vehicle, thank you.
