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| Mike Bellis |
 May 16 2016, 11:33 PM
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Resident Electrician  Group: Members Posts: 8,345 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None 
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This is the only picture I have and its not even a picture. Just an old slide.
It is a 1963 double door panel bus with a 4" chop. I installed a 13B rotary engine with a radiator located where the engine lid was. I used a Kennedy adapter and fabricated mounts. My first custom build. The tranny and reduction boxes were replaced with a Type 3 tranny and custom axles. A Bus Boys front end handled the lowering in the front. It ran with 195/50/15 tires on 5 lug chromies. It was so low I could see over the top of it while standing next to it. The door windows were tinted plexyglass and the back window was blacked out with spray paint. It was stupid fast but had stock drum brakes. Almost got me killed a couple of times. I blew the rotary one day and dropped a 1600 DP back it it then did something really stupid... I traded it for a Mazda RX7. I wish I know what happened to it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)  |
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| matthepcat |
May 16 2016, 11:45 PM
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Meat Popsicle Group: Members Posts: 1,462 Joined: 13-December 09 From: Saratoga CA Member No.: 11,125 Region Association: Northern California |
Sweet. Now that I have a rotary I believe it. These little motors are fire breathers. Not to rub it in, but that bus would be worth something today (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| Gunn1 |
May 16 2016, 11:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 14-February 16 From: Minnesota Member No.: 19,670 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Mike Bellis @ May 17 2016, 12:33 AM)  This is the only picture I have and its not even a picture. Just an old slide. It is a 1963 double door panel bus with a 4" chop. I installed a 13B rotary engine with a radiator located where the engine lid was. I used a Kennedy adapter and fabricated mounts. My first custom build. The tranny and reduction boxes were replaced with a Type 3 tranny and custom axles. A Bus Boys front end handled the lowering in the front. It ran with 195/50/15 tires on 5 lug chromies. It was so low I could see over the top of it while standing next to it. The door windows were tinted plexyglass and the back window was blacked out with spray paint. It was stupid fast but had stock drum brakes. Almost got me killed a couple of times. I blew the rotary one day and dropped a 1600 DP back it it then did something really stupid... I traded it for a Mazda RX7. I wish I know what happened to it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)   |
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| DBCooper |
May 17 2016, 05:09 AM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
Mike, did you buy that engine/adapter from a guy in Houston? Twenty-five years ago a friend there put a streetported 13B/48 IDA into a 914, later pulled it and sold it to someone in California who intended to put it into a VW. There aren't THAT many people doing that, so could it have been you?
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| Mike Bellis |
May 17 2016, 07:18 AM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,345 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(DBCooper @ May 17 2016, 04:09 AM) Mike, did you buy that engine/adapter from a guy in Houston? Twenty-five years ago a friend there put a streetported 13B/48 IDA into a 914, later pulled it and sold it to someone in California who intended to put it into a VW. There aren't THAT many people doing that, so could it have been you? I bought the adapter direct from Kennedy. I don't remember where the engine came from. This would have been 1987. |
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| EdwardBlume |
May 17 2016, 07:21 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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That would be a Hot VW!
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| DBCooper |
May 17 2016, 08:11 AM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Mike Bellis @ May 17 2016, 06:18 AM) QUOTE(DBCooper @ May 17 2016, 04:09 AM) Mike, did you buy that engine/adapter from a guy in Houston? Twenty-five years ago a friend there put a streetported 13B/48 IDA into a 914, later pulled it and sold it to someone in California who intended to put it into a VW. There aren't THAT many people doing that, so could it have been you? I bought the adapter direct from Kennedy. I don't remember where the engine came from. This would have been 1987. No then, this was late 90's. I just saw that and wondered, would have been cool if it turned out to be the same. |
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| r_towle |
May 17 2016, 08:41 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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Great look to it, hunt it down.
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| whitetwinturbo |
May 17 2016, 10:05 AM
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Honey, does this wing make my ass look fat? Group: Members Posts: 1,391 Joined: 22-October 11 From: Newport Beach/Kalefornya/USA Member No.: 13,704 Region Association: Southern California |
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