Bumble Bee was built as a gift for a girlfriend – can you believe that? Smart guy – of course she married him! After all, who could resist a suitor like that? Over the course of Bumble Bee’s build, here are some of the improvements we made:
- 1914 cc dual port engine
- fully balanced twin carb- idf-40
- front disk brakes
- topline front suspension package with oversized sway bar
- rear is an AKK upgrade featuring stock-ish, over-sized sway bars
- stage 3 freeway flyer transmission
- 205/65 out back 185/60 front Empi 8 spoke with spinner caps and the AKK logo
The shop also created a cleaner bodyline by fixing the rusty crescent air vent holes, giving it a ’69 and below style by removing the crescent vents completely. Swapping out the taillights for 68’s also helped to clean up the lines. Tri-Bar headlights and a gremlin bell were also added, as with all Airkooled Kustoms vehicles.
This 1971 VW Super Beetle was featured in Aircooled Classics, Issue #14.