’64 RazorEdge
The Bodywork Choosing a Colour Palette
Starting its life over in the States back in the Early 60’s as a LHD Push Button Dash Razor, the once-looked after Type34 was a must-have, when it came up for sale.
Back in 2021, we sent our 1964 Razor shell down to the guys at DC Customs, for a full coachwork restoration and paintjob. Completing amazing bodywork on some of our other projects throughout the past few years, we knew the LB RZR build had to follow suit.
Despite the undoubted backlash we knew we’d recieve from Type 34 ‘purists’, we opted to research Colour Codes from outside the Original 60’s Volkswagen Dealer Sheet. Considering the sharp lines of the Razor’s design, we knew it needed to be BOLD. After lots of consideration and debate, we selected a BMW Individual Metallic to coat the main body of the car, with a Black Roof to contrast.
The Chassis Full Floor Pan Resto
Those that have completed extensive builds in the past, will know the dread caused by the long days/nights of stress and heartache, forboded when starting a fresh project. We definitely experienced this with the Razor, still recovering from the 3500 Hour ’49 build a few years back. After sitting in the back of our unit underneath a cover from 2022 – Jan 2024, we finally decided it was time to finish what we started. With the deadline of Volkworld only 2.5 months later, we certainly had a big job on our hands.
The first major project we made a start on was the Floorpan. Despite being in pretty good condition (especially for a T34!), we still needed to complete a series of repairs across the pan. Utilising a range of small repair sections, we slowly worked at each detail: Cut-Weld-Sand-Cut-Weld-Sand. After one of the most repititive weeks at Limebug in a long time, we sent the Pan to be primered. This helped us to spot any further imperfections which needed to be fixed, before coating in a Satin Black Powdercoat.
Next on the huge list of jobs was building up the Rear Beam. Considering future aspects of the build, we chose to run a short torsion bars, allowing maximum camber/tuck in the rear. Paired with 2″ Swing Axle Air Plates and ‘The Revolution‘ Bolt-On Air Suspension, we knew that the rear of the car would sit as low as we needed it to.
Moving on to the Front, we treated our Type34 to the Full Limebug Overhaul. Starting from the Centre, we fitted a 4″ Narrowed Type 3 – Beetle Conversion Beam (allowing the axle to be compatible with dropped spindles). Aligning with our latest generation of Beams (Elite Series), it features Outer Bearings rather than Plastic Bushings (for improved Trailing Arm movement), aswell as caster adjustibility. To correct depleted Steering Angle caused by running a narrowed Beam, we added the Ultrarm along with fresh Track Rods/Rod Ends. Now we’d fixed the drive, it was time focus on the drop. We paired a set of 2.5″ Dropped Disc Spindles, with the MOA430 Air Shocks to achieve this. After using these shocks on pletny of our own/close friends builds over the past couple of years; it was a certainty that they would provide the ride & drop we wanted to achieve.