Finally a VW Topic!

[Xist]

Do you have a favorite moment from that clip?
Have you watched this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpb2Him9CUo

This guy finishes fixing up the Bug. I wish he fixed the paint!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg3R1QYliko

[freebeard]

Have you watched this one?

Yes. Apparently nine years ago.


https://justacarguy.blogspot.com: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/05/its-not-flyable-more-sculpture-but-its.html

Hopefully, better pix when it's complete.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by ChopStix

I saw this strange one online.

I have already seen a Kombi being used as a hearse in Bagé, but that was a Standard van. This one is clearly converted from a dual-cab truck, just notice the cooling vents under the coffin loading bay.

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cRiPpLe_rOoStEr -- a question for you. In the video at 13:23 there is a '1987' steering wheel. Were those available in production vehicles? Me want.

THE MOST AMAZING (AND UNLIKELY) BEETLES EVER MADE!

More generally, they cover two body-swapped mid-engine cars, one Porsrche Boxter and the other a 914. I'd have been more interested when I was younger. For an example of a well done front-engine body swap, Drift Ghia.

Buuut... The first example is the amphibious Beetle; IMHO the best amphibian conversion. No added flotation, just the rerouted exhaust, the propeller and a bilge pump.

I like the exhaust. It's a good spot for some shiny motorcycle mufflers, maybe some clamp-on fins for radiator/aero duct benefit?

And ditch the prop for an hydrojet or two in speed holes in the back of the rear fenders. I'd add an inner sill (like the Type 181 or EMPI Sportster) and put bilge pumps in the gap. More step-over height = less sinking.

edit:
And... I'm off chasing another wild goose. It occurs to me (having had river water come up over my headlights once in the Superbeetle) that a fiberglass 'Willys' hood with that beak would part the waters better.

Then 1939 Chevy teardrop headlights, like my rat rod '57.

They sit nose high in the water, A Baja'd rear end would balance out better. Unshroud the front wheels for better steering on the water and it looks like this:

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by #1681

Beige Beetles rule.

An awesome 1965 Volkswagen Beetle ready to hit the road! FOR SALE!

My 1302 looked this nice when I bought it. It was too shiny for my taste so I Plastdipped the bumpers black, took off the hubcaps and two-toned the Mangel wheels with white Plastidip.

He sprung for the Porsche headlights, but didn't paint the handbrake handle?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

cRiPpLe_rOoStEr -- a question for you. In the video at 13:23 there is a '1987' steering wheel. Were those available in production vehicles? Me want.

There was no such thing as '87 model-year for the Brazilian Beetle, only those 5 pre-production examples, but that steering wheel had been used in production vehicles. Sure there were some assembled in Uruguay from CKD kits, but the same thing happened with the Ford Model T in Ireland where surplus CKD kits were only assembled in 1928.

https://guedesemiranda.com.br/produt...ilia-original/

[freebeard]

Thanx; the wheel, instrument cluster and glove box door are all interesting.

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Summertime means ice cream.


justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/06/cool-ice-cream-vw-van


justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/06/just-slip-winch-baseplate-over-hitch

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by #1681

Beige Beetles rule.

I went through thesamba's color chart and counted beiges. Came up with eight; although some of them seem awfully dark, and Lotus White is close on the light side.

Shantung Gold/Yellow

Kansas Beige


Those are the colors on my Superbeetle. Not Beige:

Lotus White

Alabaster Gray


Beige? Seriously?

Prairie Beige

Nile Beige


edit; Silver Beige was a set frame color:

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Via Just A Car Guy:







Suicide doors and pop-outs, sure; but count the items with rope overlays, like the door cards. Only the left side of the front bumper?

Notice the rear view mirrors on the frunklid.