Car details

Owner:

Tobias Pleines, Wolfsburg

Type:

113, VW 1200 Export

Year:

Body: 1953
Chassis: 1968

color:

Burgundy Red L95

Body:

Convertible decklid, alloy T-Bars, US spec. Bubble Taillights, Lucas turn signals

Interior:

VDO gauges, wooden 15 inch Hubert Hahne steering wheel, 2 VW-Porsche 914 seats (w/o headrests) and door panels in Fat Biscuit Design (synthetic leather/cloth), Simpson/TCI seatbelts, Gene Berg shifter, roll cage

Engine:

Type 1, 2176cc, 78.4 mm OKRASA crankshaft with VW rod bearing measurements, 5.5 inch CB H-Beam rods, 94 mm Mahle barrels, 94x82 mm Mahle pistons with valve pockets and Total Seal 2nd ring, compression ratio 11.0:1, Engle W140 camshaft, Magnum straight cut gears, Wizemann lifters 59,5 g, Gene Berg chromoly push rods, 1:1.25 Bugpack rocker arms, forged and lightened 200mm VW flywheel, eightfold doweled and Berg chromoly banjo bolt, Kennedy Stage 1 clutch, Black Magic friction disc, VW 040 heads, modified by Wittkuhn Tuning Essen, welden inlet ports, extended and polished (oval ports), modified combustion chambers(43cc), 43.7 mm stainless steel inlet valves, 37.5 mm outlet valves, modified valves and seat rings, Gene Berg dual valve springs, modified HD valve splines, Wittkuhn alloy spring seats, 48 IDA Weber carbs with 42 mm venturis, Race Trim inlet manifolds, Bugpack linkage with decoupled idle arrangement, Mallory HyFire VI ignition with 2-Step, Mallory Promaster Coil, Mallory Pro Wire, Mallory Tach Adaptor, Treuhaft "010" distributor, Summit Racing shiftlight, Gene Berg 1 5/8 inch header, shortened, V-strip flange 2.5", lambda probe socket, E-Vac connection, self-made merged dual quiet muffler, V-strip flange 2.5", dry sump oil pump, 38 mm suction side, 26 mm pressure side by Thorsten Pieper, alloy dry sump tank, Scat dry sump pulley, Empi 96-plate oil cooler with electric fan, Racimex thermostat, oil filter 198.56 hp @ 6770 1/Min., 237.3 Nm max. torque @ 5130 U/Min.

Transmission:

Type 1, swing axle, Super Diff, HD side plates, steel shift forks, chromoly retainer,4.125 ring and pinion, 1st gear: 3.78, 2nd gear: 2.21, 3rd gear: 1.58, 4th gear: 1.14 (1.-4. gear by FTC), narrow HD SAW drive shafts, solid mounts, torque bars, solid transmission support bar

Chassis:

Former 1968 automatic transmission IRS pan, modified for narrow swing axle setzp, 30 mm SAW torsion bars, adjustable HD SAW spring plates, Spax shocks, VW front beam, shortened by 81 mm, with adjusters, CB lowered spindles, 2 pairs of Caster Shims, Summit Racing Drag Shocks (70/30, 80/20, 90/10)

Brakes:

CSP discs, 5x205mm, vented on front end, punched and slotted, rear discs punched, CSP brake caliper, Hurst Line Lock

Wheels/tires:

satin-gloss Centerlines, front end 3,5x15 with 135-15, rear end 5x15 with F70-15 Firestone Wide Ovals, for racing rear end 6x15 with 26-6-15 M&H DOT-Slicks

History:

The export oval has been re-imported in 1990 from Sweden by a friend, who meanwhile passed away. After the restoration was almost finished, he sold the oval, still featuring the IRS pan, shortly before his death to Tobias' brother. He finished the restoration and installed 5.5 and 7 inch steel wheels and a vented Kerscher disc brake on the front end and built a heavily modified 1600 Type 1 with 40 IDF Webers for the car. He had the side panels painted in Ascotgrez metallic and glued trims to the then dechromed body. In this condition,Tobias bought the car in August 1998. During the next two years, he lowered the front end a little more, installed self-made stainless steel bumper-bars and put a Kerscher disc brake to the rear end, as well as fully polished 16 inch Fuchs wheels (6" and 7"). In Winter 2000/2001 Tobias changed the appearance to the traditional California Look. Three days before the Bug Show 2001 in Spa/Belgium the oval was on the road again

Best 1/4 mile ET:

12.927 seconds @ 101.85 mph (163.91 km/h), September 2007 DAS Drag Day #5

Feature(s):

VW Speed 1/01 (GER), Käfer Revue 1/04 (GER), Dragracer #11 (GER), Volksworld 11/02 (GB), Super VW Magazin 11/02 (F)

Thanks to:

Basti Laskowski
Björn Schewe
Christian Göhner
Dirk Göhner
Helge Ohmes
Jens Sterra
Peter Köhmann
Stephan Bangert
Thorsten Pieper
Udo Becker
VW Speed
Wilfried Wittkuhn

Last update:

06/03/2008