V-dubs in the traditional hot rod style

[kustombuilder]

like em or not (and i don't really care if you don't so move on if all you have to do is bitch) they are gathering quite a folowing. i personaly have always liked Beetles as an orange 66 was my first car i got when i was 13. i spent nearly 3 years dreaming (and drawing) up all kinds of wild plans for that car. i had no skills, no tools and no money so they were all simple do it at home for CHEAP ideas. like making it a woody wagon or putting a model A style bed on the back of one and choppin the roof right off while i was cutting that back off anyway. i had all these ideas as a kid and the VWs appealed to me cause even to a teenager these cars and their parts were CHEAP.
i never did anything more than tear that car right down to it's most basic pieces (it's easy takin em apart) but even though i've been a hot rodder since damn near birth i've always liked those little Bugs.

at any rate. the point of this is to show a few trad hot rod styled V dubs that i've found and see what you may have found. we started touching on this in CherryBlossom's photoshop post but it was kinda getting off the subject so i thought i would bring it here so all those interested could get a chance to see some of the killer things you can do with a VW Beetle and still keep within the traditional hot rod "style". i do realize that "back in the day" there prolly were'nt too many Bugs (if any) done in this style but we all kinda have put our own little spin on the traditional hot rod theme so why not try the V0dub rod on for size. whats it gonna hurt?

BTW. check out the newest issue of VWTRENDS (May 2004, just out on newsstands this week) for a BUNCH of "Hot Rod VWs".

i'll start this off with a couple examples i found. the first couple are not my favorites but interesting none the less and might be a cause of insperation to someone.

[kustombuilder]

WTF? is all i can say but hey, why not, right?

[fab32]

Why isn't Cherryblossom doing this thread ? I think her turf has just been invaded. OH CHERRYBLOSSOM!!!!!!!

Frank

[kustombuilder]

not a Beetle, but this V-dub is one hardcore hammered Ghia!

[PrimerDust318]

There are at least a dozen Hot-Rod V-Dubs in Santa Rosa, and I love all of 'em!

[kustombuilder]

you ALWAYS got SOMETHING to say, don't ya Frank?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

lets see what else i have in the picture archives....

[kustombuilder]

MOONEYES built a stelar woody/Bug but here is another example of wood meets Beetle...

[kustombuilder]

this one is in the new VW Trends...

[Unkl Ian]

[ QUOTE ]
... but here is another example of wood meets Beetle...



[/ QUOTE ]

Why the Hell would someone put a curved bumper against a flat panel? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
"The car used to be round,so we'll just use the stock bumper and hope nobody notices".

[40oz.]

vw engines were bad assed in the sprint car world at one time.

[kustombuilder]

i just LOVE this Kahrman Ghia...

[kustombuilder]

da front...

[Fordman75]

I think a chopped, fenderless bug with a Ford I-beam axle/front suspension up front is a bitchin looking ride.

[kustombuilder]

this one has been shortened about 6" behind the doors...

[Levis Classic]

Mike,

I had a Ghia in high school - painted it metal flake gold with a white interior. It was a fun car - what does cherryblossom want to do to HER VW?

[Alfster]

This..

[Alfster]

or this..

[kustombuilder]

i have SOOO many pics of different variations on the pickup theme. i'll post one (maybe two) more then i'll call it a night. i can post more if ya'll wanna see em.

[Alfster]

and...

[Alfster]

Germanrod.. This is my favourite. Sorta has a 40 Ford Tudor look. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Unkl Ian]

The first from Alf is a photo manipulation that I did
for a guy,
on Volksrods.com,experimenting with wheelbase ideas.
He reversed the front trailing arms to move the wheels forward.
I moved them a little further.

[Alfster]

Another version of the Germanrod. All these I stole from earlier HAMB posts.

[kustombuilder]

[ QUOTE ]
Mike,

what does cherryblossom want to do to HER VW?

[/ QUOTE ]

it's OUR Bug pal and don't tell her any different. check out her photoshop post to see what ideas we're tossin around.

how about one more pic...

[kustombuilder]

[ QUOTE ]
Another version of the Germanrod.

[/ QUOTE ]

VERY cool. i like the hard top look on that sucker. nice!

[fab32]

I like the black one Alfster posted with the flat black panels in front and the black wire wheels. There was a similar one in the mags with California Kid style flames that also turned my crank.

Frank

[happy hoppy]

thanks alot kustombuilder, thats my black ghia.
I don't mention it here because its VW and most don't care for it.

[CherryBlossom]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Mike,

what does cherryblossom want to do to HER VW?

[/ QUOTE ]

it's OUR Bug pal and don't tell her any different. check out her photoshop post to see what ideas we're tossin around.

how about one more pic...



[/ QUOTE ]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[negativeMatt]

hey!!!! it's my car!!!! the first photo alf posted, is a photochop of the car i'm currently workin' on. unk. whipped it up for me. car will have radir's out back with sprint car tires, and either some 10 spoke americans or sumpthin else skinny out front. suicide tank between the wheels. rake chop, narrowed 49 ford dash,(unless i can find a rambler american dash,anybody wanna trade?) already has orange and black tuck n' roll interior. probably gonna get away from the flat black, mabye a patina'd factory grey. and of course, a whole lot of Robert Hamilton way kool art on it.
car has a 2332 cc vw motor. scat forged crank, carillo rods, ported/polished heads, and the ever popular 48IDA weber carbs. all msd ign. and a little bit o' nitrous, just for laughs.

the vw today, is like the 32 fords of back when. they are cheap to modify and fix up, very plentiful, they were designed in '38 so they share alot of the same styling cues as american cars of the same era. you can stick a v8 in one. or a rotary, how bout a pinto motor? or just build a bad ass vw motor.
if you're looking for a cheap car to have fun with, try a vw. take two home, they're small !!!

[negativeMatt]

oh, and check out socallook.com for some more inspiration. or visit us at volksrods.com
there are more of these cars out there than you think.

[MrExotica]

Kustom & Cherry, check out the new Rolls & Pleats!

[cheaterslick]

my street buggy w/ Weber 48IDAs...it's a handfull to keep straight.

[negativeMatt]

man, i love those pipes,bro. that buggy looks awesome. i just sold my buggy a few months back. i miss it!!
wonder how long this thread goes before the haters arrive?

[cheaterslick]

Yeah it's a different flavour for sure...but a well done car speaks for itself. Ugly cars is ugly cars, no matter what make. There are some really well thought out VWs around...

[hatch]

Screw the haters....narrow minded people need not post!!!...some of my favorite cars are foreign...Anglias, Beetles, and even some Volvo "mini mercs"

Some people don't get it and never will...that's their problem. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Rocknrod]

I'm not much for german stuff... but these things ROCK!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[hankcash]

Ok, I'll jump in....
I am a bug owner, not by choice, but by luck.
last year I was GIVEN a mint condition '73 vert Super Beetle, Karmann edition. It was a gift from a friend. It is about the cleanest Beetle I have ever seen. Aftermarket A/C, CD player, 140W amp, new interior, new engine, new paint, new top... hell, everything is new...
All I have done to it is add some Empi 5 spoke rims and some new tread. (yeah I put 5 spokes on my '73, I had to use wheel adaptors, but I hate the 8 spokes that are avaliable in the late model bolt pattern) and remove the bumpers. The only thing left I have planned to do to it is drop it as low as I can get it...
Here are some pic's of it when it was given to me...

[Byron Crump]

I can't say I would run out and get one or anything but some of that stuff is pretty cool and it don't bother me...anyone remember that bug roadster pick up thing in the DFW area that had the bed art that did not go over real well in Fair Park at Goodguys when that had it there?

[hankcash]

side

[hankcash]

clean shit

[hankcash]

and the new whips...

[hankcash]

bling

[hankcash]

Here are some cool VW pic's that I have come across...

HC

[hankcash]

ass

[hankcash]

?

[hankcash]

damn firebugs!

[hankcash]

my favorite VW ever!!

[Fat ASS Whitewalls]

How about this one? Dean

[Machinos]

I think Beetle bodies look best in stock form, but Karmann Ghias are just gorgeous cars, especially customized.

German or not, cheap, light, and easy to work on is the essence of a hot rod if you ask me

[TexasHardcore]

I love beetle & ghias.....These cars were hot rodded & customized from the beginning...

One day, I'll have a dropped 2-tone split window tucking wide whites & chrome steelies...ONE DAY, lol.

[SoCalCarCulture]

Here's a couple more...

<img src=http://images2.fotki.com/v10/photos/9/9586/172770/DSC08273-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images2.fotki.com/v11/photos/9/9586/172770/DSC08272-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v27/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09810-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v27/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09811-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v27/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09813-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v26/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09814-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v26/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09815-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v27/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09816-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v26/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09818-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v27/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09819-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v26/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09825-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v26/photos/9/9586/279281/Dsc09826-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v26/photos/9/9586/279281/DSC09828-vi.jpg>

<img src=http://images3.fotki.com/v27/photos/9/9586/279281/DSC09829-vi.jpg>

[67Imp.Wagon]

Hankcash, do you have any center caps to fit your wheels? If you don't I think I may have a set in the attic that I never used.

[av8]

Damn! I worked for better than an hour on pictures and a post but none of it showed up. I guess God doesn't like me messin' around with VeeDubs, but I love 'em. They are essential to the fully realzed automotive experience!

I'll try to recreate my VW thread tommorrow -- lots of good stuff.

[50Fraud]

The two chopped, black sedans with wire wheels knock me out. Although the shape is different, they wear the look of an early Ford hot rod most convincingly.

[burndup]

[ QUOTE ]
They are essential to the fully realzed automotive experience!


[/ QUOTE ]

ditto!

[Ant]

Love em. The VW scene was feeling a bit stal;e until people started doing these things right.

The black primered ones are just awesome.

[k-member]

Don't tell, but I've owned three of em.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif and with gas prices sky-rocketing, I might have to keep my eyes pealed for #4 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Fun Lil buggers..

[Lowlife]

Billy Gibbons 356 "bathtub" kitcar from the late 80s does it for me.Wonder if he still has 'em?

[hankcash]

[ QUOTE ]
Hankcash, do you have any center caps to fit your wheels? If you don't I think I may have a set in the attic that I never used.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah, I have center caps on now...
I shot that pic a while back...
I need to take some more recent pic's.
HC

[dixiedog]

Here is the Thing I had for what seemed like forever - long gone sold it to a guy that raised parrots and was going to turn it into a bird car http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

thing (http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/draglinkscc/vwp?.dir=/DOGG%27s+Collection&amp;.src=gr&amp;.dnm=The+Thing+-+long+gone.jpg&amp;.view=t&amp;.done=http%3a//photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/draglinkscc/lst%3f%26.dir=/DOGG%2527s%2bCollection%26.src=gr%26.view=t)

let's try this

[MBTex]

Some pretty cool bugs. Just curious, what kind of prices are those 40's style bugs going for

[John_Kelly]

My ghia roadster before paint...wish I had left it like this. steel flares, welded doors.hydraulic front suspension, no roof. And a link to more of my early efforts:

http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbums.cgi?action=openalbum&amp;albumid=99801 43738803

John www.ghiaspecialties.com (http://www.ghiaspecialties.com)

[asillymick]

I love Vdubs! If it hadn't have been for the cheap prices of them in the early 90's I might not have ever got into cars at all. Here was my first custom car ever, after this I got a 59 Chopped bug although it is in various parts right now. This is a really cool post- it is nice to see the examples that have been put on here.

[34Hupmobile]

When I was in my teens and twenties VW's were all I drove. I had as many as 7 at a time. I've owned every model made except the Thing. And wanted one of them. I modified those rascals with everything possible at the time including multiple carbs (Solex', Webers, Holleys), blowers, cams and even once a Porsche drivetrain. My all time favorite though was running a Corvair Monza engine in a beetle with the 2 stage, 4 carb setup. Scariest machine I ever drove. Even with the trunk full of tools and concrete blocks it would do a wheelie at any speed in any gear. Just punch it and see the sky.

[Dan]

The other day I grabbed a VW magazine just for something different to look at. Looks like a lot of the buggy parts could be used for a hot rod, i.e. fuel tanks, steering columns, seats, etc.?? The stuff is pretty cheap too.
Like someone else said earlier, a well done car is a well done car, no matter what it is.
that light blue posted earlier that looks like a '36 is way cool...

[negativeMatt]

it looks like us vw people have made an invasion!!! it's really great to see all these examples on here. awesome stuff guys. i'm gonna go and work on my wife's '56 ragtop now.
awesome...awesome...awesome...

[zman]

Had a few VWs in my time. Just bought my Mom one as a matter of fact. Good cars, and can be a ton of fun...

[six5monster]

VWs were how I got started on the whole car thing. I have posted pictures of my old flamed split windowed bug here before but I don't have those pictures on my new computer. I had a good time with that car and after it received it's turbo, it was quite a handful.
It is an easier jump from a german car designed in the '30s to a traditional Ford hot rod than most people think. I think old Mr. Porsche went to see Ford's set-up before starting the Stuttgart plant up.



David

[hankcash]

(boner)

[hankcash]

.

[hankcash]

sick shit

[hankcash]

truck

[hankcash]

you say vagina, I say patina....

[Lowdown Luce]

[ QUOTE ]
Don't tell, but I've owned three of em.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif and with gas prices sky-rocketing, I might have to keep my eyes pealed for #4 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Fun Lil buggers..

[/ QUOTE ]

Gas prices sky-rocketing???!?!?!? Are you having a laugh?!?!? US is one of the cheapest places to buy petrol (or gas as you lot call it!) We pay around $6 dollars for 1 US Gallon (roughly converted) so think yourselves lucky!

Hotrodding is an expensive hobby over here, especially when you think about fuel-guzzling engines that we all love!!! (V8, big-blocks, Hemi's etc)

[dp90rulz]

Hey That's my car(flatbed with wide whites &amp; sunvisor) i built it about 2 yrs ago &amp; drive it daily. I like '50s custom too,but this was alot more reasonable. More pics of mine &amp; others @ www.volksrods.com. (http://www.volksrods.com.) Pissing off purists since day one!
dp90rulz

[MBTex]

http://www.volksrods.com./0c5f4770.jpg

[JamesG]

Anyone have a picture of Billy Gibbons' VW bug he had built back in the 80's? That thing what hammered and bad ass.

[Jeem]

Hey HankCash,
I'm assuming that Hebmuller and Kubel on the other page is the real deal? I've never seen a well customized Heb before (don't get out much) Very cool. Someone needs to walk across the street and slam that Kubelwagen, maybe throw on some 4.5" polished alloys.

That satin black deal. Is that for real too? Sheesh

[JamesG]

Thats not a real Heb.

[JamesG]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/146941.jpg

[Nappy]

All these HAMBers with VWs? Who knew- it's the HAMB's dirty little secret.
Since we're doing True Confessions, I have one too. Vert like HankCash's. Bought it for a chick, ditched her, kept the car.
Not really my thing- was going to flip it, but agree that as long as gas prices are closing in on $2 a gallon it may hang around for a while.

[JamesG]

Dude we don't live in the UK so yea, these price's are high as hell you us!

[Lowdown Luce]

Hello? We pay like, three times that over here in England!!! Count yourselves lucky and stop complaining!!!!

Come over and live in Englad for a month and you'll realise just how good life is in the US!

Our Treasurer has put another 8 pence on cigarretes, which means they are close to £5 GBP, which I suppose is about $8 for a pack of cigarettes, i mean, COME ON!!!!

[JamesG]

Thats my whole point homie, WE DON'T LIVE THERE, WE HAVE'NT EXPERIENCED THE HIGH PRICES SO TO US THIS IS HIGH! Damn.....is it that hard to understand?

Now, back to the topic......This is a sweet little 60's style kustom bug out of Japan. Where I'm sure he too is pissed off about how much he has to pay for gas.....or petro as our UK friends like to call it.
http://kasoya.hp.infoseek.co.jp/suzuka03/picture/63.jpg

[Lowdown Luce]

Jeez, there's no need to be like that! I was just making a point!

Clearly not taken in the good humour it was meant. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

PS It's PETROL...... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Stay cool, and nice pictures by the way!!!!

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
Jeez, there's no need to be like that! I was just making a point!

Clearly not taken in the good humour it was meant. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

PS It's PETROL...... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Stay cool, and nice pictures by the way!!!!

[/ QUOTE ]

Ok, it's all good.......but you now have the new job of Grammer Nazi on here.......lol http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Lowdown Luce]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Jeez, there's no need to be like that! I was just making a point!

Clearly not taken in the good humour it was meant. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

PS It's PETROL...... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Stay cool, and nice pictures by the way!!!!

[/ QUOTE ]

Ok, it's all good.......but you now have the new job of Grammer Nazi on here.......lol http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

OOOH! Does that job come with boots and a flattering cap?!?!?!? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Sorry, I didn't mean to come across quite as bolshy as that (one of my MANY failings!)

Please forgive me!!! Heck I'm still a newbie, don't wanna blot my copybook THAT quickly......!

[Kevin Lee]

Ummm..... Hanpty Danpty? I think all our base are belong to them. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[JamesG]

As far as your outfit you must wear as Grammer Nazi, I think we'll hand that over to Germ and let him dress you........

[Lowdown Luce]

Is there something you ain't telling me?!?!?!?

What does Germ do then?

[D Picasso]

Jesus! somebody give the lady a sandwich.

[asillymick]

Hey it was the 80's that was cool. You know how that shit comes and goes... but I think a steak would be better and some potatoes, a little better of a meal.

[Kilroy]

Listen up all you Limeys!!!

We'll complain about our gas prices as much as we damn well want to! ...Got it!

And if you got a problem with it we ain't above bombing your miserable little, foggy, bland food (what the fuck is a baked potatoe with tuna fish on it anyway?!!!) island flat!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Alright, alright, it was a joke, OK? You know I love all you pale little gouty buggers! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[drLovely]

You guys might want to check out this

http://www.volksrods.com

[Suede57]

[ QUOTE ]
Listen up all you Limeys!!!

We'll complain about our gas prices as much as we damn well want to! ...Got it!

And if you got a problem with it we ain't above bombing your miserable little, foggy, bland food (what the fuck is a baked potatoe with tuna fish on it anyway?!!!) island flat!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Hey moaning about gas/petrol prices is a international pastime http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif as for baked potato with tuna there just wrong http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Alright, alright, it was a joke, OK? You know I love all you pale little gouty buggers! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

[DesmoDog]

Cool... a VW post with no slams...

http://www.teamyikes.com/resources/chopped.jpg

Ok, I admit it's photochopped pic of my Ghia... but once I get a couple other projects out of the way...

[drLovely]

my VW type 3 squareback
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/p65d6f58a3dca94de6b649bd55ad23439/f94daff6.jpg

some bus I have pics of
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/pbde075fdf30cad8f93265066e6cea354/f94dafed.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/p2d7e2905e128b9d500fdbfc56298ceae/f94dafec.jpg

[CherryBlossom]

[ QUOTE ]
Cool... a VW post with no slams...



[/ QUOTE ]

I know - amazing isn't it. There's actually TWO going on on the board right now....only 1 bitch overall. Whoda Thunkit?
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[asillymick]

You know what I do have one bitch about VW since no one else will bring it up... why are the parts for the the old flat 4's so much cheaper then for my Ford Sled. That is about the only bitch that I have. It is amazing that you can build a VW engine at about a dollar a CC. I had a buddy that had a split window here that we nicknamed Bitching Camero just for kicks and giggles. Half the mullet guys here in Oklahoma couldn't ever figure out how a VW could run with the Cameros. Pretty funny stuff I think.

[JamesG]

Bus's are badass too!
The patina on this one is spot-on. It was in so-cal and then a guy from the UK bought it for a very princely sum....
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/57581.jpg
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/57589.jpg

[SamIyam]

Kick ass post!
Keep it going!

I like the SOCAL LK bug... is it a differn't one that the gloss black one?

Sam.

[thrasherbill]

[ QUOTE ]
Kick ass post!
Keep it going!

I like the SOCAL LK bug... is it a differn't one that the gloss black one?

Sam.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yep, two different cars. The gloss black one is called the Stink Bug and won it's class at the Oakland Roadster Show (or whatever it is called now) last year or the year before.

Bill

[hatch]

Get the base coat on it (black of course)...bring it home and layout the flames....shoot em yourself....take it back for clearcoating.....done deal...you have your orders. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[kustombuilder]

lets see if i can manage to post a couple more pics without posting any duplicates. oh, and i'm to inform you all that "our" Bug is actualy just CherryBlossom's Bug and i have no rights to it (even though i traded MY beloved S10 for it). i know, i'm such a nice guy to keep my girl drivin cool cars year round. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

this is the front of the one with the spider web insert in the Tailgate...

[kustombuilder]

Pete and Jake style!!

[kustombuilder]

this is a neat little truck version. i think the same kid with the shortened one has this one. i THINK.

[kustombuilder]

Cragars and wide whites is an interesting look.

[kustombuilder]

did i show this one??

[kustombuilder]

this looks to be a 4-71 blower. now thats WILD!

[noboD]

If you want to see some more killer Vdubs check out Bugnaked.com. Keep the nitro close by, and I don't mean methane.

[negativeMatt]

here's a few from my archives.
the first is a 60 a buddy of mine built. the front end is one of those ols 40 ford vw conversions, modified a bit.
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustomscaraudio/2-1-1.jpg

the other two are some random shots i took at the vw classic in anaheim a few years back
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustomscaraudio/2-3-5.jpg

http://photo.starblvd.net/kustomscaraudio/2-3-4.jpg

lets keep it goin'

[kustombuilder]

custom dash...

[JamesG]

I like this 1947 split window. Yes, I said 47'. This is a very rare little bug. I bet the VW purist see this and get so mad they have to go home and beat their old lady's....lol http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/123138.jpg
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/123134.jpg
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/123132.jpg

[kustombuilder]

another view of this one...

[roadstar]

[ QUOTE ]
oh, and i'm to inform you all that "our" Bug is actualy just CherryBlossom's Bug and i have no rights to it i know, i'm such a nice guy to keep my girl drivin cool cars year round. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif:

[/ QUOTE ]

So we can assume she can do anyway SHE wants to do it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Trust me Mike, let her have her way. Move on to the Manly-Man hot rod projects you got going http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[kustombuilder]

this is the SHIT. talk about thinking "outside the box".

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/151138.jpg

[VolksRodder]

Thanks for posting all those pics from my site (VolksRods.com),
kustombuilder... saved me a bunch of time. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Most of the owners of those rides are members there (except
the SoCalook bug and a couple others). If anyone's
interested in actually building one of these up, come on
over, check us out and show us what you got cookin'.
Plus any questions you have on how any of these cars were
built (front suspension extensions, etc) can be answered
there.

Good to see a post with VWs in it go this far. Must be a
record. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Harrison]

[ QUOTE ]
Bus's are badass too!
The patina on this one is spot-on. It was in so-cal and then a guy from the UK bought it for a very princely sum....
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/57581.jpg
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/57589.jpg


[/ QUOTE ]

That bus brought the bank because it is a "Barndoor". Barndoors were pre-1955 if I remember correctly. Notice it has no turn signals over the headlights and no overhang above the windshield. Tiny taillights and the "barn door" engine lid. The Barndoor is the '32 Ford of busses. The 23 window Deluxe Barndoor would be the Deuce roadster (or coupe, depending on your taste) of busses.

Seriously, this So-Cal Look VW post needs to stop. Ya'll have me wanting to go find a good Bug to store for my son someday.

JH

[JamesG]

Not only was that a Barndoor but it was also a real Mercury logoed bus. I drive that bastard! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Harrison]

1Low,

So that Bus was yours? I'm in VW rehab but always went nuts over a bus.

JH

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
1Low,

So that Bus was yours? I'm in VW rehab but always went nuts over a bus.

JH

[/ QUOTE ]

No that was'nt mine, but I wish it was. It would still be mine too! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Mattimus]

Here is a pic of Billy's vert. http://thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/90742.jpg

There are more here. ZZ on da Samba (http://thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_keywords=ZZtop+vert+from+V Wtrends+Jan+88&amp;search_terms=all)

[Mojo]

I've always liked bugs, just back in the rust belt of WV, it was hard to find one. They seem to be a dime a dozen here in CA though! Nice ones too!

I've always wanted to get a Ghia, and stick a GM front drive (citation) unit under the rear. Maybe a 4.3, but probably a 350 V-8. That would be interesting. I've got some pics somewhere of a beetle with a 76 Eldo frame under the rear of it.. pretty stupid looking, a real death rod. On the other hand, what was that company that used to make tube VW chassis that used Eldo transaxles in the rear? They used to advertise in the back of HotRod in the 80's... anyone remember the name of that company? I always wanted one of those chassis...

[Hot Rod Ron]

I got on the HAMB late tonight and was going to post about the latest issue of VW trends. If you have not seen it look at it for a good laugh and some really cool cars. I myself still have a 64 notchback and some Empi stuff around. I had a notchback featured in vw trends in the mid 1990's. The vw is where I cut my teeth on how to work on cars and then moved up to hot rods. The shop I work at specializes in vw air and watercooled, but will work on anything. When I get my 32 5 window done I have thought about building my notchback pulling from the hot rod world and build one that looks stock from the outside but has V8 drive train in it, just another project waiting in the wings.

[67Imp.Wagon]

Might as well post my last one that I had.

[Rix2Six]

I've always been hardcore into the VW scene. I was pres of the club that won the most rep club trophy at Bug-In for the last 4 times it was held. I still have the trophy from the last Bug-In a 48IDA cut in half and mounted on a plaque.

I like my VWs old-skool cal-look... always built them that way. Still have 2 VWs in storage incuding the car I drove to the last Bug-In

[k-member]

Here's a couple of shots of one of my old buggers from 85

[k-member]

and notice my old chopped F-1 in the background, also from 85. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[yorgatron]

haven't any of you assholes heard of CORVAIR'S?

[hatch]

Corvairs???...yup..I've heard of em....what's your point?

[tinyelvis]

My mom used to have a Corvair..

[hatch]

My bug in primer....you couldn't pay me to do this job again....WAY too much work http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Barn-core]

Oh my God. The roadster pickup on page 5 is mine, or at least it was. i sold it around christmas to a guy in West Virginia. It was originaly red oxide like the one on page 2.

[Bugman]

I wasn't gonna jump in, but once I saw the other blown bug, I had to defend my honor. Here's my bug with the same blower setup that that other guy has, topped off by a 650 double pumper, flame throwers ablaze

-Jeff

[nicanor]

That dash is shown earlier was mine. I have a previous thread on that on this forum somewhere.

There's more custom VW picts on my site:
http://www.runtrod.com/files/gallery-misc.htm

[zman]

[ QUOTE ]
haven't any of you assholes heard of CORVAIR'S?

[/ QUOTE ]

Oh yeah, I remmeber those, your talking about that GM car that Nader didn't like. Oh yeah the one designed by Porsche. I like those. One of the local Corvair guys keeps trying to give me one...

[DrJ]

I hate VWs.
Probably why I've only owned three of them! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Here's a picture of the first one I owned and painted that new metalic brown they had just come out with on Buick Rivieras in 1967.
It's a '61 I bought in 67 for the insanely high price of $365 but I just had to have it anyway! (sold the POS 9 months later for $750 and bought a '57 TR-3 for $240)
The next two (in a row) were a '67 with a 914 Porsche engine I lost to the first Ex, and then a '62 that i sold to buy a '65 Sunbeam Alpine.

[Molloy]

Wow ,all these VW's ,some in the closet, LOL.

Kustombuilder ,I sent you an email . Would you please post my pictures in this thread.

VW vert with Rotary power. Lots of fun...

[UKAde]

he's one of my current cars
UKAde

[UKAde]

this time i might even attach the pic

[Boones]

Hey Unk,,, you asked why would anyone put a curved bumnper on a flat back.. I have to ask the same thing because GM did it on there 53/54 wagon (so not fully curved but it sticks out a ways)...

That tan concept drawing has a lot of the same ideas on the blue/white track nose roadster from Seattle and that was on the cover of American Rodder recently...

[Satinblack]

All these VW's are cool, but belong elsewhere. Heres a place you can chat about VW's to your hearts content.
http://www.vwtrendsweb.com

Ryan can you close this thread

[kustombuilder]

EAT SHIT NEWBIE!!! if Ryan had a problem with it he would have chimmed in by now. these things are no different than than a fuckin Fiat or Anglia. just cause YOU don't like them does'nt mean they are off topic and if it bothers you that bad then don't fuckin read it. it's certainly more on topic than any motor cycle or Rockabilly band post. if you don't like it, don't read it. seems to me you just want to be an asshole. well you've met your match bitch!

if your gonna continue to be a pain in the ass i'm gonna have to ask you to GET THE FUCK OFF MY HAMB NEWBIE!!!


i PMed this exact message to you in case you don't see it here!

now, lets see if i can resize those rotary motored Bug pics and get em up here.....

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
EAT SHIT NEWBIE!!! if Ryan had a problem with it he would have chimmed in by now. these things are no different than than a fuckin Fiat or Anglia. just cause YOU don't like them does'nt mean they are off topic and if it bothers you that bad then don't fuckin read it. it's certainly more on topic than any motor cycle or Rockabilly band post. if you don't like it, don't read it. seems to me you just want to be an asshole. well you've met your match bitch!

if your gonna continue to be a pain in the ass i'm gonna have to ask you to GET THE FUCK OFF MY HAMB NEWBIE!!!


i PMed this exact message to you in case you don't see it here!

now, lets see if i can resize those rotary motored Bug pics and get em up here.....

[/ QUOTE ]

Well put Kustombuilder. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Satinblack]

Wow, I Pm'd you too, but I didnt have to go to the extreme you did. I simply stated that I have had VW's, I like VW's and it was just my opinion that there were other websites that are suited for VW discussions. It humors me that people get so bent out of shape over certain things, but Like I said we all have an opinion. And if you think I'm picking on you, I am not. I don't remember ever responding to one of your posts. Relax. Satin http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Kevin Lee]

Why don't you just go read something you like? It's really quite easy.

[Kilroy]

You're right, we should read something we like...

It's just when stuff you don't like keeps coming to the top for what seems like an eternity, you start to feel "strongly" about killing it. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Kevin Lee]

No thanks, I'm content to sit right here and talk about it.

The Stinkbug rules. I like the socalook bug too. I might build something similar next....and I think I'll document the build here. I think I'll PM and email the links to both of you through the whole process. Deal with it.

[hatch]

Satin....judging by the HUGE response to this topic...you are in the minority...this board gets plenty of self-regulation....but...go ahead and "tell the teacher" if you find it necessary to micro manage...just be prepared to live with the shit you stir.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

well, hold on.... I have been trying all week to understand why anyone would think a fenderless bug is cool, and the truth is I just think hotrod VW's are a total waste of time.

Hell, I just bought a brand new one for my wife but that's all it is.... a girl's car.

I dont feel strong enough to get into a fight about it, but I bet more people here think they're dumb than cool.

I could be wrong though. And I am not talking about that cool little Ghia, I mean the roadster pickups and fenderless flame jobs.... come on, dune buggies with whitewalls?

[Kilroy]

[ QUOTE ]
No thanks, I'm content to sit right here and talk about it.

The Stinkbug rules. I like the socalook bug too. I might build something similar next....and I think I'll document the build here. I think I'll PM and email the links to both of you through the whole process. Deal with it.


[/ QUOTE ]

Coolerific there Grim... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Just finish the bloomin' modified first! I'd like to see how that turns out.

Let's keep this post right up top for all the buggers!

(60's bugs made to look like 40's Hot Rods are still gay...) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[Kevin Lee]

Point taken, Gooch. You seem reasonable enough. I just get a real kick out of people getting wound enough and actually having the stones to post something like "please close this thread". I couldn't resist hassling the complainers after this has gone several pages with no problems.

You really don't see any cool in that gloss black Bug with the louvers punched in the hood?

[hatch]

Gooch...you hate em but like certain ones....sorta like my thoughts on hotrods.....I hate 34 Ford three windows...also the 32 models........the ones with turquoise paint and magenta graphics http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.......ANYTHING can be nice or nasty.

[Unkl Ian]

The Drama Addicts are going into withdrawls.

[Satinblack]

Grim, I would love PM's on that kinda project. Actually Hip was just saying we should build one too. We just may do that. I'll PM you on ours whenever we get done with all the other projects we have. By the way do any of you remember the hot rod mag that had the guy holding up the front end of a model t pick up I think it was. It had a VW emgine so all the weight was in the back. Now thats a VW the traditional way!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Grim, the black one is real nice..... too nice In my opinion for a bug. I just dont understand.

I saw satinblack getting his ass ripped and thought I would just say that I dont really get it either.

My wife's brand new convert bug drives like a Porsche... I look like a fag driving in it but I dont care, the thing drives nice.

They are cool cheap little cars. Not hotrods.

[thrasherbill]

Here's my '57.
and a LINK (http://groups.msn.com/1968BeetleRestoCustom/oval.msnw?Page=1) to the build pics...
Bill

[thrasherbill]

My '68 and a LINK (http://groups.msn.com/1968BeetleRestoCustom/theresto.msnw) to the build pics.

[thrasherbill]

Another view of the '57

Bill

[Satinblack]

Heres one they labeled a VW rat rod.
http://www.carnut.com/show/03/ggkc/ggkc094.jpg

[Kevin Lee]

Well, I'm not going to go nuts and tell anyone to eat shit or anything, but again I just thought the whole take it somewhere else deal was silly and seemed like trolling after a dramaless two hundred and fifty nine pages of "hot rod" beetle love fest. Whatever - I suppose I'm a spiteful sonofabitch too sometimes. It was never meant to me malicious. Just post pics of your Deuce as you get it done and send me the old chopped roof section and I'll be fine.

[negativeMatt]

[ QUOTE ]
German or not, cheap, light, and easy to work on is the essence of a hot rod if you ask me

[/ QUOTE ]

amen, brother.

[Satinblack]

Cheap is right. The price of 32's and such really make things tough!

[JamesG]

Sorry fella's but I can't see comparing a New Beetle to and old one. To me yes, a new one is kinda "girlie" but your old ones go back along way with alot of people.

Either way, heres a pic of my 57 oval ragtop I had when I lived in Denver.

[kustombuilder]

well, ok. i guess i coulda been a little nicer to Satinblack. i just have a very limited amount of patience for bullshit and shit talkers. not that i have'nt spread my share of each. it justed burned me we made it ten pages in like A DAY with nary a negative comment. i have very limited HAMB time as it is and i don't want to spend it bitching or being bitched at. i just think negetive opinions should be kept to yourself, unless you've been asked what your opinion is. everyone welcomes compliments but not everyone wants to hear critisism. put yourself in the other persons shoes next time you want to bash something (anything, be it cars or just thoughts and ideas). this goes for EVERYONE, even myself.

now lets get back to the subject at hand and just FORGET about the drama.

[hatch]

Then...ON WITH THE BUGS!!!!...another Steve Stanford drawing

[Jeem]

Man you guys are surprising me. You are more open to this German stuff than I EVER thought possible. Anyway, I had a beetle about 15 years ago that was dropped with chromies, blah, blah, blah, and it was one of the funnest cars I ever had. But after a couple of summers I burned out and sold it. Now, it seems, I have that itch again, Damnit!

Kustombuilder, what issue of Hot VDubs was that with Stanford's stuff? I have that issue somewhere and cannot find it. What's on the cover Vato?

BTW, Volkswagens are NOT TRADITIONAL hot rod fodder, but in a tradtional way. HUH?!

[CherryBlossom]

[ QUOTE ]

They are cool cheap little cars. Not hotrods.

[/ QUOTE ]

Who died and made you The "Hot Rod Defenition God"?

[JamesG]

Since we are on the subject of the little German Wonder, heres a link I think everyone here will find interesting. Hot Rod ran an article on it a few months ago.
Turbonique (http://www.almar.easynet.be/turbonique.htm)

[hatch]

Jeem..here ya go...march98

[hatch]

And my all time favorite from the same issue...

[DrJ]

[ QUOTE ]


(60's bugs made to look like 40's Hot Rods are still gay...) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I was just thinking about this and I remember the bugs with the poorly cast fake 40 Ford grills and the wavy bad glass hood that went with them.
I have to think that the poor finish and fit of most of them is what's bad about them, becasue in concept, they are not much different from a '36 Ford sporting a Packard grill or a '46 Ford with a Cadillac grill grafted on the front end, with a lot of lead and not always flowing part transitions.
We call the latter traditional 40's style customs.
Are Westergard customs Gay? NO WAY!
Is it because they were "kits"?
Barris andfriends had roof C pillars prefabbed just to make chopping tops on 40's Fords easier...That's at least a similar thing.
Then there's prefabbed mail order tube grills for every car made just about.
A bug is a 1937 German version of Airflow style car.
They have as much right to be hotrodded as a '37 Zepher or a 52 Topolino.
I think what gets most goats is the fact that you could buy a brand new "1937" car in the 60s and fix it up like any other "fat fender"era car without having to deal with barn spiders and rust and scarce parts.
It was and still is too EASY!
So it irritates the heck out of people who are still looking for that fourth perfect Fiesta hubcap.

[Mojo]

http://www.elegant-insanity.com/ching/post/65%20VW%20fenderless%20straight%20axle%20black%20f iat%20grille.jpg

Speaking of Dr.J ... I think it would look good with a airflow grille too. This one is a Fiat 500. Just imagine a flathead behind that grille, move the firewall back just a bit so it would fit. I think bugs are custom fodder as much as anything else, after all it is a 40's car for all intents and purposes. Just imagine if Ford made the Model A or Deuce for 40 years with basic chassis updates along the way...

[DrJ]

[ QUOTE ]
Just imagine if Ford made the Model A... for 40 years with basic chassis updates along the way...

[/ QUOTE ]

It was and it would be a Russian car!

[metalshapes]

A while ago there were some posts with Bugs that were built Gasser style.
I think those are really cool too, and I even thought about building one.
Now that I found the Special thats out the window, I will have to finish some before I start an other one...

[Mojo]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Just imagine if Ford made the Model A... for 40 years with basic chassis updates along the way...

[/ QUOTE ]

It was and it would be a Russian car!

[/ QUOTE ]

What you say? What model/make/years, so I can look it up?

[JamesG]

How about this pic? She porting some VW heads.........
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/140572.jpg

[RileyRacing]

IDK if this has been mentioned, I had too many Sam Adams to read thru all 12 pages, but I read somewhere that Virgil Extner actually was the one who designed the Ghia, for Chrysler, around the mid fifties, but the top brass at Chrysler rejected it as too radical... it was in some book about fifties cars my dad got off half.com. Anyone know if that's true?

BTW, that K-G on the first page slammed, I convinced my wife THAT is the VW we need... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

And I tried talking my brothers friend who has a new Jetta (bright red too) into putting a triple wing on the decklid and calling it the "Red Baron"... somehow, he didn't see the humor like I did. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Jay

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
A while ago there were some posts with Bugs that were built Gasser style.
I think those are really cool too, and I even thought about building one.
Now that I found the Special thats out the window, I will have to finish some before I start an other one...

[/ QUOTE ]

Ok, how about a pic of Richard Petty fixing to get spanked by a gasser bug?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/131532.jpg

[JamesG]

Heres one I bet not many have heard of......

Ever see a Porsche tractor?
http://www.expedition-imports.com/U1300L%20Motorhome/pt2.jpg
Porsche tractor! (http://www.expedition-imports.com/1963_porsche_tractor.htm)

[VolksRodder]

... http://volksrods.com/forums/uploads/post-11-1079756310.jpg

[D Picasso]

[ QUOTE ]
And my all time favorite from the same issue...

[/ QUOTE ]

Steve Stanford is so good it's sick.

the car resulting from this painting is really attractive. it made the mag rounds a few years back.

[50Fraud]

[ QUOTE ]
Just imagine if Ford made the Model A or Deuce for 40 years with basic chassis
updates along the way...

[/ QUOTE ]

Well, Ford's chassis layout was basically the same from 1908 through 1948 (with basic engine updates along the way). Same thing, no?

[TxPanzer]

heres mine.Traditional cal-look and flat hauls ass.
http://www.aircoolers.org/albums/album303/shane.jpg

http://www.aircoolers.org/albums/HAC-PICNIC/HACNIC_SWEET.sized.jpg

all 132 cubic inches

[InPrimer]

DrJ you are right, I was weaned on VW's, owned 3 of them they were my affordable "funcar" of the 60's. Now I can afford a hotrod, but back then they were (to me anyway) the closest thing to a '40 2 dr sedan that I could afford. They bring back memories of my young adulthood.

[thrasherbill]

I was just about to post the Ed Roth "shop car" pic but Steve beat me to it. Thought I had one of a famous driver (maybe Petty?) roadracing a bug but I can't find it. I'll keep looking.

Bill

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
I was just about to post the Ed Roth "shop car" pic but Steve beat me to it. Thought I had one of a famous driver (maybe Petty?) roadracing a bug but I can't find it. I'll keep looking.

Bill

[/ QUOTE ]

Look up......

[Paul]

if you're gunna have a thread about fucking bugs can you at least try to make it a little less OT? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

saw this while flippin through an old mag, sitting on the shitter this morning.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Boones]

Don mind the hot rod bug post but do not want to see Cal Look rides (that can stay on the bug sites (I love the look, just dont want to see them here, I can go to the other sites to see Cal look rides or any with a modern look).. if they are done like a hot rod, I'm cool with looking at those.

I dig the pic of the body on a A chassis with a deuce style grill and V8 in front. Is that a real car or just photoshopped concept.

[gege]

IF THE KITCHEN GETS HOT JUST SAY 'I STAND CORRECTED' BUT WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN IS THAT DONT LOOK DOWN IM PEEING ON YOU !

[luckystiff]

hatch,
don't know if you saw it or not but the one you posted as your favorite was built a few years back by a guy in virginia. there was a feature on it in custom rodder about 5 years ago or so. to make it even more crazy it was built in like 6 weeks. i'll try and find the issue tonight...ken....

[kustombuilder]

watch it 60s Style or i'll SQUASH you like BUG! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

love the gasser Bugs by the way. i swear i don't remember EVER seing a pic of a Gasser Bug before. i must have as much as i read about VWs when i was a kid but i prolly did'nt pay much attention to that style at the time.

the lack Stanford Bug RULES and i like the Fiat grill photshop too. HATCH. i think i have a pic of a Bug with the fadeaway fenders like the Stanford convert concept. it does'nt look near as cool as the drawing though. in fact i think it's kinda ugly and thats why i did'nt post it before but since you brought it up i'll post it.

TXPanzer. i like yer Bug, very nice, but done that style it would be O/T. we are treading a thin line between on Topic and off topic as it is but i will defend to the the death (or my banning from the HAMB) that a Bug done up in the traditional style has a rightful place here on the HAMB.

alright. can't find the fade away fendered Bug but i did just realize that the roof on this Bug/truck is from a VW Bus. i knew it loked like SOMETHING http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif...



JEEM you got any VW concepts you might have done in the past you want to share?? maybe it's time to do one! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[hatch]

Luckystiff...yeah...I think I have the magazine too....I think Lee Pratt built it, but could be mistaken.

[thrasherbill]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I was just about to post the Ed Roth "shop car" pic but Steve beat me to it. Thought I had one of a famous driver (maybe Petty?) roadracing a bug but I can't find it. I'll keep looking.

Bill

[/ QUOTE ]

Look up......

[/ QUOTE ]

Guess I wasn't clear... The Petty picture reminded me of another picture I've seen of him or some one like him actually behind the wheel of a rally style roadrace bug. I looked again but still can't find it.

Bill

[luckystiff]

i gotta say that saying cal look bugs are off topic in my opinion is wrong. the cal look as it is known was started in the 60s. are all the 60s style customs here OT? i don't think so. maybe i say that because in both cases thats what i have always built. i, like alot of guys here cut my teeth on vws. i've loved those cars for a long time. unless you count my wife's New Beetle i haven't owned one for a long time. this thread has me wanting to build another cal look bug so bad i can taste it. even considered putting an add in the paper and selling the '55 plymouth to fund the venture. alas the plymouth is to far into the project for that now. the bug will come i've never stopped thinking about them and theres a few nice cal lookers around here to remind me. that and i've still got a set of BRMs stuff away from past plans. but back to the issue if 60s style cars fit in here so do cal look bugs of the same era...ken....

[JamesG]

Hello? Whats the title of this thread?
V-dubs in the traditional hot rod style

Yea, even as a V-dub lover, the traditional "Cal-Look" is of topic on this thread.......

[Fat ASS Whitewalls]

I know Dan Gurney drove a rally bug. I beleive it was for EMPI. Dean

[metalshapes]

Dan Gurney raced the Empi car at the Nassau Raceweek in '63 and '64. ( in a Bug only race )
In '63 he won, and in '64 he beat A.J.Foyt to win again, but got disqualified after the race, giving Foyt the win...
Gurney's car was Darrel Vittone's (sp) Inch Pincher.

[timebandit]

Here is a 57 ghia I built some 10 years ago. Back then most people were restoring those old ghias to stock condition. So the flat paint and racing decor was something of a protest I guess. I`ve never liked to go mainstream http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I was heavily involved with vws back then, and have built several custom bugs, buses, a buggy and this ghia. But I got so bored with it when the resto trend boomed. Whats the challenge in a lowered restored stocker? Time was ready to move on to Hot Roddin early Fords. That is the only true Hot Rod nostalgia in my opinion. I have kept a 58 convertible bug however, just never now if I get the urge to hear that flat four sound again. Fun to see this new Vw-Rod trend tho. Some of those bugs look bitchin.
http://home.c2i.net/torjesen/ghia.jpg

[hemi]

Sweet Ghia and very cool pic.

I also have a bug put back that I've had for a bit...it's a '59 on a '71 pan, with a 2L type 4 engine with dual carbs, flip front with headlights glassed in. I have gasser plans for it...

One of those one day things, it sits in storage...Here is a pic just before I put it up.

[hemi]

Well, diggin' through some old pictures...here is a shot of my highschool street sweeper...lol. On any weekend night we were either fixing stuff, or racing minitrucks "uptown". We ran in packs... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

And picture two clearly demonstrates how to make a cool bus...even cooler. I welded a 21 window roof section onto my '67 Deluxe.

[luckystiff]

1low,
yeah i agree maybe off topic for this thread, but i got the impression most were saying off topic for this board. thats the point i was trying to make. yeah cal look doesn't fit in with the topic of this thread, but i do think they are just as on topic for this board as any 60s style custom is. they are surely more on topic with this board than probably half the shit that gets posted here. thats why i stopped coming here as much long ago. still a way cool place but you have to tread thru alot of bs to get to the good stuff. i still wouldn't trade it for a damned thing. even with the crap this board has more general knowledge floating around than probably any 6 others out there...ken....

[TxPanzer]

How is my "traditional" cal-looker any different or "off topic" than the white vert or the bus posted on this topic.

just curious ...

[Kustom55]

Funny this topic is up....I met this guy last night here in Austin that has a bug that looks pretty damn good as a roadster. A LOT of work went into it and A LOT of thinking and planning. He was going to bring it to the Roundup but due to the regulations, he was not allowed in. Maybe he will be crusing around though.

[CheaterChris]

someone should do one real period...with swastikas all over it, or do a thing to represent a club car that HITLER was paraded around in, thats the only way I would look at one, and than it would still be stupid!!!!

[kustumizer]

it isnt a bug but its a 89 vw golf! nate

[RaggedyRacing]

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someone should do one real period...with swastikas all over it, or do a thing to represent a club car that HITLER was paraded around in, thats the only way I would look at one, and than it would still be stupid!!!!

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There is actually a US bug with a modified panzer/desert swastika logo on the side http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif and i beleive one of the fast vw clubs in belgium has a member car running the no plate 'NAZI WGN'

personally, i run a nice custom sticker on my rear window - 'Financed by Hitler, built by Porsche'

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

(in fact, that's part correct - should also add 'resurrected by the British army in post war germany, without which it wouldn't be the best selling car of all time' ...but it wouldn't fit across my window http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif )

[abomber30]

Dude the only VW that I care about is Trey's from boyz n tha hood!!!!

[D Picasso]

first VLV I attended saw a latenight fistfight over whether a pretty neat-looking VW bus would be allowed in.....silly.

here's a couple favorites. I want this. note the blackout lights.

[D Picasso]

...and this. it's a Type 3 Ghia, only around 43,000 were made, and few exist today.

[JamesG]

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someone should do one real period...with swastikas all over it, or do a thing to represent a club car that HITLER was paraded around in, thats the only way I would look at one, and than it would still be stupid!!!!

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There is actually a US bug with a modified panzer/desert swastika logo on the side http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif and i beleive one of the fast vw clubs in belgium has a member car running the no plate 'NAZI WGN'

personally, i run a nice custom sticker on my rear window - 'Financed by Hitler, built by Porsche'

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

(in fact, that's part correct - should also add 'resurrected by the British army in post war germany, without which it wouldn't be the best selling car of all time' ...but it wouldn't fit across my window http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif )

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Please read this. VW HISTORY (http://people.westminstercollege.edu/staff/bknorr/html/history.htm) Hitler did'nt have as much to do with the Volkswagen that we all know than you think.....

[JamesG]

Another shot of my old ride.....

[james]

Okay, I'll jump in-- here's a never finished project I had about 5 years ago (note also my body dropped mazda). It was a free bug and I only had about $50 in it and ended up giving it away--

[Unkl Ian]

James:Looks like you were ahead of the crowd,
moving the beam forward before it was fashionable.

[james]

Thanks. All I did was use some 2" tubing and then those strap type mounts that sand rails used. Never got the steering hooked up, though. Everyone thought it was weird looking now they're all over the place. Shoulda finished it... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Satinblack]

Kustom the post is moving right along! Maybe we should have a Hamb Bug Off! Everyone build one to be completed by a certain time and then see what we have?

[D Picasso]

put this in your pipe and smoke it, VW haters...note the arrow.

[kustombuilder]

JAMES. looks like it woulda been a sweet little mochine. shoulda kept it.

FOILED. there are TONS of VW articles and even features in the old car mags. most of the people who complain they were never part of the "scene" back in the day are greatly mistaken. just start flippin through some old mags when you get a chance. they were'nt in every issue but i bet you will find quite a few tech articles and even features in the old hot rod type mags. it was not a rare occurance.

[Boones]

So no one answered my question about whether that front engined (v8) power with a bug on a A chassis was a photochop pic or a real car?

[DrJ]

I think the split between the VW crowd and the ""Street Rodder" crowd only goes back about 15-20 years when the VW crowd bacame a predominantly younger "punk" crowd and the street rodder crowd became an ever more sedentary "gold chainer crowd who banned "Those rowdy punks with their VWs and Mini Trucks" from "Street Rod" events.
Now it seems that gold chainer attitude has been inherited by the few "punks" who made the transition from VWs to"Hotrods"

Being anti-VW is being Gold Chainer!

if the "New Traditional Rodder" was to cast off all the grumpy ld fart's ways they would be accepting VWs and even Mini Trucks with open cruise/show gates. Otherwise they (YOU) are being, and having the same attitudes in the same way about VWs as the dreaded "Street Rodders" have for the past two decades.

Did you know that except for the rear seat shoulder room width, a VW bug has the same interior space of a GTO?
I read that in a magazine back in the 60s and just remembered it....

[kustombuilder]

you know what DR.J? when your right your RIGHT! i've liked the "OLD" cars since birth (or shortly there after) but i've been involved and interested in both VWs and even (gulp) MINITRUCKS. when they are done right ofcourse. there are alot of gaudy things done to both and if a person does'nt lok past those ones they will never see the truely creative and well done ones. a minitruck show is like any hot rod show to me. there are alot of "neat" ones, even more i could walk right past but only a few really "nice" ones. but if you don't look at em all you just might be missing something.

interesting tidbit on the GTO comparo.

[hatch]

Cars that excite me are ones that have new ideas done with different raw material (stinkbug)....not stagnant body choices with the same old stuff...sorta what deuce five windows with flatheads have become....is anybody else getting tired of seeing "perfect period correct" 32's??

[james]

This kinda blurs the lines a bit... I kinda like it.

[metalshapes]

Blurs the lines how??
Probably just another helium voiced car builder that did not make his deadline.
Borrowed his uncle's wheels to make it more beleveble...

[Unkl Ian]

Nope,If you chop the top on an ugly latemodel,it's still an ugly latemodel.
Doesn't matter how much Lead you use.
There isn't enough flat black paint in the world to fix that.