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Uncleg084 Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2015 Posts: 2 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:25 am Post subject: Shalico |
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Which shalaco has the doors that come all the way.
And has a wider post between the door and the engine cover.
I may have access to one. |
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Letterman7 Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 3198 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Wider post might be the "long body" which was meant to cover a Corvair engine. Not sure by what you mean with the doors that 'come all the way'. |
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Uncleg084 Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2015 Posts: 2 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:37 am Post subject: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=159075& |
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I mean the one that the doors go all the way down to the tanks. And has a wide space on the roof between the doors.
Also the rollbar is in the center. Coming down into the center of the dash. |
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Letterman7 Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 3198 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:41 am Post subject: |
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http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/4867643235.html
Could be a Dean original build based on items not seen in other Shalako's. Great deal, if you don't mind a little funkiness. And, sounds like what Uncleg084 also may have... |
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Yessong Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2006 Posts: 242
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Yes - those are two tell-tale signs of a Dean build Shalako. The standard kit sold by his shop and the shop on Long Island, NY had flimsy doors that almost met in the middle of the roof and stopped just below the window. All the Dean-build cars I have seen have doors that come down to the belt line, their roof sections are wide and have that odd roll bar down the center of the windshield - got any pics? |
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Letterman7 Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 3198 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Letterman7 Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 3198 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Manxdude Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2002 Posts: 258 Location: The peach state
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Nice buggy but it 's not a Shala vette |
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Letterman7 Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 3198 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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It's just like the yellow one on page 1 of this thread - same round integrated headlights in pods. Hard to say if it's a true ShalaVette - either one - or a splash of one. |
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manxvw Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2014 Posts: 8 Location: Mullica Hill, NJ
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:16 pm Post subject: Project Shala Vet |
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Starting a build of this Shala Vet. Any info on Shala Vets would be useful. I have conflicting info on how many originals were made and if copies were made. This looks very close to the silver one that is supposed to be an original except this one does not have the molded battery area. Will be posting progress periodically. |
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kitcarguy Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 431 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:53 am Post subject: |
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IMO it does not really matter how many were made as it really does not do much to add to the value. Just another fiberglass kit car/buggy at the end of the day.
I never got the appeal of the Shalavette personally. The Shalako on the other hand is one cool buggy. _________________ www.fiberclassics.org |
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McLela Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2005 Posts: 48 Location: Fernandina Beach, Florida
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HALS Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2008 Posts: 120 Location: Valley Srings cal
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hillmotorsports Samba Member
Joined: December 27, 2014 Posts: 432 Location: Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:36 am Post subject: |
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And with a Corvair motor no less! _________________ Rosemarie and Paul Hill
Morrisburg, Ontario
(With way more projects than spare time!) |
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BIGMIKEY Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2007 Posts: 1102 Location: North East Pennsylvania
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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hillmotorsports wrote: |
And with a Corvair motor no less! |
Not Corvair. That is a Type IV VW or 914 engine with a center mounted 4bbl carb. Unusual.
Mike T _________________ BIGMIKEY
Deserter Series 1 project.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=787047&highlight=
1973 Beetle Driver, Marina Blue. |
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hillmotorsports Samba Member
Joined: December 27, 2014 Posts: 432 Location: Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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I stand corrected.
These old eyes need to focus better! _________________ Rosemarie and Paul Hill
Morrisburg, Ontario
(With way more projects than spare time!) |
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ChezShay Samba Member
Joined: July 05, 2015 Posts: 1 Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:53 am Post subject: Trying to find info about this car |
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My stepdad and I just purchased this car out of Las Vegas. It was listed as a VW kit car, but when we got there, the gentleman we purchased it from said it was part of a small production. From the little information we could find on the internet, it looks like the original DD cars were kits, and had the classic dunebuggy front end. As you can see, this has the long nose, gullwing doors and fiberglass body.
We just got it up on the lift last night, only to find most of the chassis is boxed in. (we were hoping for numbers or markings...)
Any info would be appreciated.
Also, so awesome to find this forum!
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biobug Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2009 Posts: 32 Location: Hood River, Oregon
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:49 pm Post subject: New owner of a Shalako |
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I am in the process of buying a Shalako to restore. I have done several fiberglass builds including a Fiberfab Jamaican on a Austin Healey 3000 chassis.That was 1968 ( I would not ruin a Healey now..) I have had a '73 Thing that I can't get into doing so I am selling it and putting the new 1915 VW and Rancho transaxle in the Shalako. I am pulling a trailer to Arizona for 2 months at the first of the year and my UTV and Thing won't fit plus the Think puts the weight over capacity. 1200 lbs. works well and I can't wait to get 'er done.
If anyone knows where a set of clam shell doors are at I would definitely be interested in them. Probably never find them but this would be the place.
If I can't find any , I will form some out of aluminum rather than cut the body up. |
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biobug Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2009 Posts: 32 Location: Hood River, Oregon
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Got her home and already pulled the drive train. I installed the Rancho IRS tranny and just about have my 10 year old new 1915 in. I found that mice had decided to take up residence in the fan shroud so I am pulling the shroud and demoing the nest. I have some parts coming for remote oil filter and cooler and bumpers.I hope to have the engine alive for the first time soon at least long enough to burnup the MMO in the cylinders. |
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HALS Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2008 Posts: 120 Location: Valley Srings cal
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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We ... eer I need pics ... love these cars. _________________ "Leave it to girls to take all the fun out of sex discrimination." |
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