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Ocelot RegistryThe Ocelots are long, curvy bodies that have large fenders and offer plenty of tire coverage.
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Ocelot RegistryThe Ocelot has a molded-in curved dash and aluminum framed windshield to match.
Unknown Year Ocelot buggy
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The body is very rough right now. There are very nasty cracks between the front wheel wells and the windshield posts. The buggy had been painted metallic green at one time but now is covered in badly cracked and peeling red. I will be doing all the resto work myself as money and time allows.
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| Frame |
I believe the frame is a shortened beetle one. The floor seems pretty solid but after removing the body I have found a lot more rust than I expected. I don't know how that will come out but I am going to try to save it.
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Here is a bright spot for my new project. I am not very VW savy, but intend to learn as much as possible. I know that the engine was in a VW bus and had been rebuilt with a performance cam, oversize jugs and dual carbs. I have come to the impression that it is an older engine because the flywheel was converted from 6 volt to 12.?. It currently has all of the heat ducting on the engine but the outlets are plugged with fence post caps......well it seemed to work for them. The exhaust is a 4 tip monza system that has rusted out under both heads. I got the engine running after a few hours of working on fuel lines and cleaning out the carbs. The little thing runs awesome which is much more than I can say for its looks.
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In pieces waiting for a clutch. The engine is in the shop where I work and the frame and body are sulking in a field next to the shop.
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| Owner |
Charles Swank
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| Transaxle |
Stock Beetle
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| Location |
Newport, Tennessee
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| Contact |
Cswank37821@yahoo.com
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| Story |
I have always wanted a buggy and found out that my boss had one sitting in his garage that he had owned for several years. I went and took a look at the car and found it to be in fixable shape and we agreed on a trade. I traded a gas powered air compressor for his buggy and hauled it away on a trailer. The car had custom diamond plate aluminum running boards, nice chrome wheels and nearly 15 year old brand new tires. LOL. My boss had rebuilt the entire brake system, tuned up the engine, bought new tires and wheels and promptly drove the buggy home and parked it in the garage and never moved it again for nearly 15 years. The interior had been removed and sold, the roll bar is gone and one headlight cover is missing. Other than that the car is complete. I had the car at my house for a couple of years until moving when somebody stole the running boards during the chaos, so before I finished moving I had it towed to the shop where I work. I guess I did them a real favor too as I had the body just sitting on the frame and the running boards thrown inside while I was moving everything. Oh well. That's pretty much where the car is right now. I've got the engine out to replace the clutch and then hopefully get some seats and at least be able to drive it around a bit. I want to tinker with it but mostly want to get it out and drive around the rod runs and stuff that happen around here. I'll do updates and post pics as I go through this.....should be fun.
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Nix Ocelot
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Ocelot - not certain if it is original
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| Frame |
1958 VW
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| Engine |
1967 1500cc
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| Status |
Under reconstruction
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| Owner |
Nick Ramirez
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
Stock
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| Rear Tires/Wheels |
Widened stock rims
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| Link |
1958
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| Transaxle |
1962 bus transaxle
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| Location |
Englewood, FL
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| Contact |
nick_ramirez@juno.com
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| Story |
I bought it from Dave Mattoon in Connecticut . It had been sitting up in a barn for about 20 years. I towed it back to Florida and started rebuilding it. I am only trying to get it functionally correct, not show quality at this time.
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| Previous Owner |
Dave Mattoon - Connecticut
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69 oscelot 2
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74 shortned bug
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| Engine |
1600 running great
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| Status |
under reconstruction
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| Owner |
keith lahey thatitrguy@yahoo.com
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| Transaxle |
4speed shifts nice
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| Location |
naples florida
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| Contact |
thatitrguy@yahoo.com
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i bought the car from a guy in new jersey and he had to weedwack around the engine it was sitting in the weeds so long the car had no floors whatsoever was totally rusted shot from sitting and missing every piece but the body frame engine and trans . . . . by the way i never rebuilt the motor it was sitting outside in the weeds open exhausts and open carb. it took a little while to get compression back but she ran like she did so many years ago. noe its in florida with me and im getting closer to finishing. the parts are cheap but when you are replacing absolutely everything its not so cheap it is a labor of love
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1967 Ocelot 1
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| Frame |
1960 VW Beetle
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| Engine |
1600
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| Status |
Almost ready
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| Owner |
Bobby Stroud
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| Location |
Zirconia, NC
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| Contact |
bobbystroud@bellsouth.net
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1967 Ocelot SS
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Ocelot Super Sport
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| Frame |
Shortened VW Beetle
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| Engine |
Type 1 1600cc Twin Port
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
Mighty Mites on Cragar S/S
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| Rear Tires/Wheels |
M&H Racemasters on Cragar S/S
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| Location |
Southern Connecticut
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1967 Ocelot SS
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Ocelot Super Sport
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| Frame |
Shortened VW Beetle
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| Engine |
Type 1 1600cc Twin Port
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
Mighty Mites on Cragar S/S
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| Rear Tires/Wheels |
M&H Racemasters on Cragar S/S
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| Location |
Southern Connecticut
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1967 Ocelot SS
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Ocelot Super Sport
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| Frame |
Shortened VW Beetle
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| Engine |
Type 1 1600cc Twin Port
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
Mighty Mites on Cragar S/S
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| Rear Tires/Wheels |
M&H Racemasters on Cragar S/S
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| Location |
Southern Connecticut
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Ocelot
| Body |
Ocelot
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| Frame |
64 bug pan shortened
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| Engine |
1641 with dual Kadron Carbs
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| Status |
Always improving
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| Owner |
Chris Phillips
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
165/45/15
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| Link |
Find me at Facebook one upem garage
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| Location |
Socal
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| Story |
Bought this about 5 years ago. Built it to be in the Clean and Elite vw show / build off in Las Vegas
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Ocelot
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Ocelot
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| Frame |
64 bug pan shortened
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| Engine |
1641 with dual Kadron Carbs
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| Status |
Always improving
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| Owner |
Chris Phillips
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
165/45/15
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| Link |
Find me at Facebook one upem garage
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| Location |
Socal
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| Story |
Bought this about 5 years ago. Built it to be in the Clean and Elite vw show / build off in Las Vegas
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Ocelot
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Ocelot
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| Frame |
64 bug pan shortened
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| Engine |
1641 with dual Kadron Carbs
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| Status |
Always improving
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| Owner |
Chris Phillips
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
165/45/15
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| Link |
Find me at Facebook one upem garage
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| Location |
Socal
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| Story |
Bought this about 5 years ago. Built it to be in the Clean and Elite vw show / build off in Las Vegas
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Ocelot
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Ocelot 2
I have 5 of them now
3 Ocelot 2s
1 Ocelot 1
1 Ocelot pickup "Brush Buggy"
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| Frame |
68 Beetle
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| Engine |
1600
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| Status |
in the build stage
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| Owner |
Randy LaDieu
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| Location |
Ithaca NY
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| Story |
My uncle has a Ocelot 1 when i was a kid and have been looking for one for a long time!
Finally found one then another then another! I may have a problem? LOL
I now have 3- Ocelot 2s 1 Ocelot 1s 1 Ocelot pickup "Brush Buggy"
but I only have one windshield frame so I'm looking them
and i have two sets of side pods cant wait to drive one! soon i hope
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1968 Ocelot type 1
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Ocelot type 1
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| Frame |
68 VW pan - shortened
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| Owner |
Seth Swanson
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| Contact |
sswanson@digitaliris.com
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| Clubs |
MAVWC - Milwaukee Area Volkswagen Club
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Ocelot II RegistryThe Ocelot II has a separate, flat dash and a standard aluminum framed flat bottomed windshield. The front end on the Ocelot II was also a little different from the Ocelot in the hood and fender length.
Ocelot
Ocelot II
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| Body |
Sand Chariots Ocelot II (NOS)
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| Frame |
Shortened 1962 Beetle
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| Status |
As of June '08 I have begun work on the Ocelot again. By the end of Summer I hope to have all of the chassis work done like the floors, undercoating, suspension, etc...I will try and wire it up during the Fall so I can just pick up an engine and install it Spring 2009. We'll see what happens.
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| Owner |
James Huddleston
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| Front Tires/Wheels |
15x5.5 Mangels chromies with 185/60-15 Federal Formoza FD-1 tires.
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| Rear Tires/Wheels |
15x8 widened KPZ (Kronprinz) wheels with 275/60-15 Uniroyal Tiger Paw GTS tires.
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| Link |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=Genom
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| Transaxle |
Appears to be the stock '62 transaxle which has had the bellhousing opened up for a 12v style flywheel. Passenger side leaks and the driver's side axle and drum have bad splines.
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| Location |
Long Island, N.Y.
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| Contact |
GenomInc@optonline.net
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| Story |
I bought the body from a friend who found it in Connecticut. According to the instruction booklet I got with the body, there was a Sand Chariots dealer there. This could be why I got an NOS body, sidepods, windshield and two dashboards.
On June 28th 2008 I sold the sidepods to a gentleman from New Jersey who owns an original purple metalflake Ocelot.
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