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    THE PRIDE OF PUERTO RICO!

    Aug 13, 2019 5 minutes
    BY DEAN KIRSTEN

    On the tiny island of Puerto Rico, there lies a huge fan base for the older Volkswagens. And it is there we find a very unique, 1954 Beetle that has turned the VW racing industry on its head with performance that is unmatched anywhere else. During the past 12 months, Teddy Figueroa’s Volkron – a team of dedicated mechanics, tuners, driver and supporters – have taken this Bug from a rather unusual combination of mounting an air-cooled VW engine in the front, backed by non-VW transmission and Ford 9-inch rear end, to the record-breaking performance of 7.18-seconds at 188mph in the quarter-mile. At the time of writing this, no one has ever gone quicker than 7.28 in a full bodied VW… up to now. Their goal is to break the 6-second barrier, perhaps this year.

    TEAM VOLKRON TAKES A STOCK WHEELBASE, STEEL 1954 BUG BODY, AND GOES 7.18/188MPH!

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