You know, if I did get that beetle I would’ve loved to use it as a street-legal dune buggy platform. Would be cool to take the Baja Bug designs and tone them down into a WRC Rally Bug.
I took too long to go check it out, though. Went to a different nephew, haha.
I don’t mind, as I’ve got too much stuff. OTOH, I seen a 1974 Fiat 124 Spyder dropping down to $2300 CAD. Very little rust and it runs. I’ve also seen some cheap VWs with the Meyers Manx kits. Hell, I think I seen one of those sport-coupe kit cars on that same chassis for cheap as well. Not the Amante, but a more rounded (kinda uglier) one with headlights like an old 300z. Seen some Triumph cars too.
But yeah, too much stuff! I want to get back into smaller vehicles, and have an efficient vehicle to haul them around. Much cheaper/easier to horde bicycles than cars. Would love to drive to B.C. with some bicycles in the back and hit the trails.
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But I digress. I wonder if a notchback design could work for transitioning air over the roof and to the tonneau cover.. In general, I’ve been avoiding large rear windshields because I want low weight/low drag as a combo. One idea comes from the 2nd Gen Camaro, and it’s shared with the GM Impact/Ev1. I wonder if this could work.
The Monte Carlo could be a good way to better explain what I’m thinking of.