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Old 12-16-2021, 03:33 PM   #1181 (permalink)
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BME that thing has five-lug wheels. Wasserboxer Vanagon?

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This was on Just A Car Guy today:
Just A Car Guy: Jimmy Doherty's Dream Builds on Wheels, a new tv show about turning everyday vehicles into extraordinary campervans; converting cars, vans, buses and trucks into awesome getaway homes, streaming on Discovery +





Maybe I should do this to my Superbeetle. With a fiberglass big rig aerocap cut down and curved front quarter windows.
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Old 12-17-2021, 09:52 AM   #1184 (permalink)
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Pretty sure they require a beam front end. Looked at this 30 years ago when there was a kit for it and found my super lacking. Pointless since the CFO said "NO".

Looking carefully at the orange one, it may have the super grille underneath the bumper.
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There exist two type of Superbeetle. The '71-72 'flat-screen Super is iidentical to the earlier models except the [in this case] orange part.
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Old 12-18-2021, 09:06 PM   #1186 (permalink)
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That's a Marcopolo Invel, one of those odd Brazilian vehicles from the '80s when imports were severely restricted. Basically it's a coachbuilt Kombi, often with its air-cooled engine replaced by an EA827 in order to cope better with the increased weight and aerodynamic burden. Most of them have been converted into a motorhome, such as that one.
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Pretty sure they require a beam front end. Looked at this 30 years ago when there was a kit for it and found my super lacking. Pointless since the CFO said "NO".
The kids these days call that 'gaslighting'.
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The Super Bugger was featured as the cover story in a 1977 issue of Mechanix Illustrated magazine. Plans were available for do-it-yourself owners to convert their Volkswagen to a mini camper ...

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It's not rocket surgery. Instead of that propane box, I'd want the tank behind the front bumper like a 1960s gasser.

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The interior. Not too bad?


https://dornob.com/super-bugger-volk...o-bug-campers/

With portal axles and big shocks, this could have 8-10" added, with some taper in plan.
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With portal axles and big shocks, this could have 8-10" added, with some taper in plan.
Layout of the table is odd and restricting to sink and stove use.

IIRC, squarebacks were rated 1/2 ton?
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IIRC, squarebacks were rated 1/2 ton?
Not sure if they were actually rated as such, but they could be easily upgraded.
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Layout of the table is odd and restricting to sink and stove use.

IIRC, squarebacks were rated 1/2 ton?
Consider that that table is replacing a Beetle back seat. The Superbugger/Minihome looks like a bob-tail to me. It could have an outdoor kitchen like the teardrop trailers. Except I'd go with a double gate boat tail, like the C-119

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That thing could fly with the doors off, Similarly the Minihome could leave it on retractable jack-stands to do a grocery run.
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IIRC my Type II was uprated from a 1/2-ton to 3/4-ton rear axle, so it's believable the Type III would be rated at 1/2-ton.

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