Project Volksrod

This is the new volksrod project that I bought off of a friend of mine. He bought it a couple of years ago and wanted to do a roof chop, so I gave him a hand to get it started. With the chop half way done he then couldn't find time for it and lost interest in it. So when he mentioned that he was gonna put it up for sale I knew I had to have it. And this is how it looks





First thing on the list is to finish the roof chop! So this weekend has consisted of mostly welding the passenger side pillars and chopping the passenger side door
You can see just how big the chop is with a factory size door!


So I did some cutting and welding

Nice to see you saving this project from the rusty pile Dave.

I hope you don't lose interest in it before it's finished, would love to see the progress you make and share the updates. Do you have a timescale and budget in mind?

A man with a PLAN (hopefully)

Good work DD

I have so much enthusiasm and lots of ideas for this project. I want the car finished for CTTP, maybe sooner if possible. Fortunately, despite how it looks, it doesn't need much in the way of rust repairs. Just lots of customising and lots of bespoke parts.  I'll be keeping this thread updated with the progress.

Sweet Dave, I love a roof chop.

On a different matter, do you have pics of the motorbike you built??

Gungemyster wrote:

Sweet Dave, I love a roof chop.

On a different matter, do you have pics of the motorbike you built??

I've built a few over the past few years. These are some of my favourites. The trials bike and bobber (I still have these, the others have gone) are entirely built from scratch. Frame, seat, tank, exhaust etc. I even made the spokes and spoke nipples by hand for the trials bike.

At last... Some Bike porn on this site...  

Cracking work, love the trials bike.

And the dub ain't arf bad either.  

Mate that is awesome work. I love the red one. That's the one I wanted to see but the others are equally amazing.
I so want to do a chopper project but not the time, equipment or skills to do it.
I am however keeping an eye out for a 1970's air cooled 250cc engine and gear box for my vintage go kart (should you hear of one).

You Sir, are a legend!

Thanks guys!

Gunge, I'd recommend a Chinese engine. I know Chinese bikes have a bad rep for being poorly made and corroding into dust in a matter of months, but the engines are absolutely bullet proof and all they wanna do is run. And they are so cheep to buy and maintain.

True enough, but if i want to enter the vintage kart in vintage events, i need a vintage aircooled engine

And gearbox lol

Yeah, if that's your plan, you really do!

Managed to find a couple of hours free this afternoon, so I got the drivers door chopped and welded.

Today I thought it was about time to take the front end off and try the beam extender.
Obviously it still needs a good slamming, longer bonnet and a few other modifications, but I'm pleased with the progress so far.

Sweet dude

Did a little more to the front end this weekend and its starting to look a little closer to what I want. I made some adjusters for the beam and lowered it as far as the ball joints will allow. To get it lower I shall need dropped spindles. I'll be coming back to this as I'll need to modify the spindles anyway.
The 10" stretch from the beam extender just wasn't enough, so I've flipped the trailing arms to give me an extra 12" of stretch! Still need to clean off the shock mounts etc and make the steering work

Nice mate.  What's going on with the other pics?


No worries, they're working now

In awe, as always....

WOW Someone knows what there doing. Makes me a happy man

Hi Dave

Those beam adjusters, can they be adapted to fit behind the beam not in front, so they aren't visible from the front? Just a thought. Depends how much you want to show?

Unless of course you've welded them in?

I was originally going to fit them behind the beam. However I want to be able to adjust the ride height hydraulically, from inside the car. So I'm planning to connect the adjusters to a very small hydraulic ram, hence they'll work best in front. I also plan on having a longer bonnet to cover it too. Its way too short at the moment

Love a man with a plan