1956 Volkswagen Beetle 215 V8 Air Ride Build Project

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1956 Volkswagen Beetle 215 V8 Air Ride Build Project

The Berlin Buick is the result of 2 years of top-chopping, metal-shaping, mid-engine V8 madness and has become one of the hottest, most well known and well traveled customs in the country. But it didn't start out to be this way, although you could say that was "the plan" all along; when Robert Freeman took his beloved bug to Brown's Metal Mods, little did he know that what he had been looking for found him. See, the bug was just in for a 3 inch "chop" to right some previously attempted custom wrongs but then talk of the mid-engine bug Robert always wanted gave way to Gary Brown's design sense, his team's metal skills and how "perfect" an all aluminum Buick 215 cubic inch V8 would be nestled and rumbling away just behind the two front passenger seats.

Build Highlights:

Body & Interior Mods:
4.5 inch chop top
Custom roll pans & rolled fenders
Rounded door corners
Smoothed & Peaked hood & deck
Rear hinged, electric actuated doors
Split bumpers
'53 Buick "Venti-port" portholes
'57 Buick side spear trim
PPG Tonic Brown & Ginger Beer paint
Rich Perez @ RP Interior did the awesome upholstery work

Chassis & Suspension:
Ball-joint front suspension beam narrowed 6in Dropped spindles and modified shock towers Ride Tech Shockwave shocks all around
Tube rail Reinforced stock VW pan
Brakes: 8-inch JBugs front, Wilwood 8-inch rear
ET Classic V aluminum 15×12-inch wheels (Rear) 15×4-inch ETs (Front)
345/50R15 Nitto Drag Radials (Rear)
Firestone 145SR15 tires (Front)

Engine & Drive Train:
Jack Dineen-built 215 Buick V8
Custom flat-top 12.5 to 1 pistons
Range Rover 4.0 heads
Schneider flat-tappet cam with .484-inch lift
Hilborn stack fuel injection
Holley stand-alone EFI system
MSD Pro Billet distributor and MSD coils
Brown-built Zoomies
Davies Craig water pumps
Twin Spal fans
Medeola 4-speed with a Kennedy Engineering bellhousing
Driveshaft Shop 8-inch 930 CV drive axles

Appearances:
2017 GoodGuys Nationals Columbus : Street Machine of the Year Finalist
2017 Syracuse Nationals : Designers Dozen Award
2017 Hot August Nights Cup, Reno, NV : 4th Place
2017 Deadman's Curve : DMC Pick
2017 ISCA Cincinnati : Squires Cup Contender
2017 ISCA Pittsburgh : Steel City 6 Finalist
2017/2018 ISCA Show Circuit : 1st Place Outstanding Radical Custom (Cincinnati/Pittsburgh/Detroit/Chicago/Cleveland)
2017 Darryl Starbird Show Tulsa : Next Generation Award
2018 ISCA Chicago FINALS : Select Six Legends Cup Finalist : 3rd Place Overall in Class
2018 Buffalo Motorama : Best In Show
2018 Syracuse Nationals : Winfield Award Select Six Finalist
2018 July HOT ROD Magazine 5 page spread feature
2018 SEMA Las Vegas : Battle of the Builders Top 10 Sport Compact
2019 "The Absorber" Car

Built By:
Browns Metal Mods
315-513-4053
3668 Davis Bridge Road
Port Leyden, NY 13433
[email protected]
https://www.brownsmetalmods.com/

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