Finally a VW Topic!

[freebeard]

BME that thing has five-lug wheels. Wasserboxer Vanagon?

I thought you needed to smog it.

Portlandia doesn't extend past it's Metro area. If Greater Idaho reaches the Coast, I'm moving to Coos Bay.

[Varn]

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[freebeard]

This was on Just A Car Guy today:
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Maybe I should do this to my Superbeetle. With a fiberglass big rig aerocap cut down and curved front quarter windows.

[Piotrsko]

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.

[freebeard]

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.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

cRiPpLe_rOoStEr -- Was ist das?

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.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

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'.

Collector Classics: The Super Bugger RV | Driving
https://driving.ca › column › collector-classics › collector-classics-the-super-bugger-rv
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 ...

https://totalsurvival.net/wp-content...ur-640x390.jpg

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

edit:

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.

[Piotrsko]

Originally Posted by freebeard

edit:

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.

Layout of the table is odd and restricting to sink and stove use.

IIRC, squarebacks were rated 1/2 ton?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

IIRC, squarebacks were rated 1/2 ton?

Not sure if they were actually rated as such, but they could be easily upgraded.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

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

https://militarymashup.com/mmu_get_j...4832a04321d486

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.