Pennsylvania
Barn Find
The
VW is a barn find and It's most recent
find was in Pennsylvania within the
past 10 years. It changed hands and
ended up with my buddy Larry Wentzel
here in Maryland for a few years before
I made him an offer on it and took Possession
in 2017.
I
had a vision in my head on how I wanted
this '58 Bug to look so I took the idea
to another buddy Rick Baker, builder
and owner of Baker Fab and Restoration
in Spencerville, Md and that's where
the fun began. I did my research and
found some of the best Aircooled builders
in the world and started gathering up
everything I needed to make this my
dream Bug.
First
we started off with the rear 15x8 smoothies
built by John Arkham Williams out of
Natural Bridge Station, Va and pretty
much built the car around those wheels.
The rear air ride set up we went to
Chris Schneider owner of Dub on air
suspensions in Missouri where he offered
a sweet weld on bag set up.
I
also reached out to Levi Weir owner
of Pandraggers Products LLC out in Phoenix
Arizona for their trans raise kit, skid
plate as well as their 4" narrowed
beam with air shocks sold and bought
at Dubparts.com.
I
reached out to Chase Hill (Cage 66)
in Reno, Nevada for a set of his rear
extended notched plates as well as his
extended trailing arms. With all this
custom front end work, I reached out
across the pond to Lime Bug in the UK
and they sent me over a set of shock
relocaters to help with getting the
shocks perpendicular to raise the Bug
smoothly.
The
brains of the operation is Airlift Performance
3p 3/8" management, 2 ViaAir 444
compressors and slammed specialties
5 gallon air tank. I also had Matt Steedle
transmission in New Jersey build me
a freeway flyer and added front disc
conversion to help this 1600cc bad ass
Bug cruise.
Wheels
and engine were powder coated by Mount
Airy Coatings here in Mount Airy, Md
which set the car off just right. The
cars pan sits on the ground with a stance
that I could stare at for hours.
Paul
Wilson
Photo
credit to Shaicosky Martinez
