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Cleaner VW K70 on Porsche Fuchs rims & with Airride!

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Recently updated on January 25, 2021 at 10:43 am

Cleaner VW K70 on Porsche Fuchs rims & with Airride!

We just got from the Russian tuner PARADIG /// M den X6 (G06) presented and already comes the next rebuilt example of Russian tuning origin. And here too is the basis German! But a good 50 years older and from Volkswagen. It is a VW K70 (internal designation: type 48) which came onto the market in the summer of 1970. It was the first VW with a front-row engine and water cooling and at the same time the first Volkswagen with front-wheel drive in series production. At that time, the development was still undertaken by NSU and it marked the beginning of new vehicle technology at Volkswagen, which built the K70 over 200.000 times in the specially built plant in Salzgitter. 50 years later, it is particularly difficult to find a reasonably good specimen, which the owner @ekomsk (name: Evgeniy) found out about this K70. The Wolfsburg classic was in a miserable condition and eaten away by rust.

now with 100 hp engine from the K70LS

Cleaner VW K70 on Porsche Fuchs rims & with Airride!

With the help of other donor vehicles and countless hours of work, the K70 was completely restored and rebuilt. The factory-made 75-hp 1,6-liter carburetor was immediately thrown out and was replaced by the larger 1,8-liter four-stroke in-line engine from the K 70 LS (08 / 1973–01 / 1975), which was still the stately 100 Brings horsepower and enables a top speed of over 160 km / h. He is also responsible for the nameplate on the rear. The vehicle is affectionately referred to as the "Golden Grandpa" which is of course due to the elegant paintwork, which no longer suggests that the K70 was originally born in boring gray. In addition, there was a classic set of three parts Fuchsfelgen from Porsche and of course a violent lowering.

Airride air suspension for lowering

Cleaner VW K70 on Porsche Fuchs rims & with Airride!

Evgeniy achieved the lowering by means of Airride air suspension, which at the push of a button lets the K70 submerge towards the road in a matter of seconds. Of course, all parts had to be specially made for the K70, but in the end it worked perfectly. In general, the video below shows impressively how extensive and complex it was to put the K70 in its current state. Countless body work was carried out and for example the wheel arches were created by hand in combination with the wheelset as well as the slammed Lowering to work. And the cabin is also set back in a remarkable condition. Here, too, everything has been reworked and the factory-made black leather has now disappeared and has been replaced by a red variant. This looks much better in combination with the golden paint.

even the original radio is still installed

Cleaner VW K70 on Porsche Fuchs rims & with Airride!

The rest is kept close to series production and continues to convince with the usual functionality, which even applies to the "original" car radio without cassette function. An impressive vehicle that has rightly been on the road to countless vehicle shows and exhibitions in the past few months and has already won several prizes. Although the K70 hardly had a chance against its competitors at the time as the BMW 2002 or Audi 100, it definitely looks different in its current state. If we receive more information in a timely manner, there will of course be an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply use ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!

(Photos: ekomsk)

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Cleaner VW K70 on Porsche Fuchs rims & with Airride!

VW K70 on Porsche Fuchs rims & with Airride!

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Thomas Wachsmuth - He has been an integral part of tuningblog.eu since 2013. His passion for cars is so intense that he invests every available penny in them. While he dreams of a BMW E31 850CSI and a Hennessey 6x6 Ford F-150, he currently drives a rather inconspicuous BMW 540i (G31/LCI). His collection of books, magazines and brochures on the subject of car tuning has now reached such proportions that he himself has become a walking reference work for the tuning scene.  More about Thomas

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