Heres one for the V Dub Dudes.. a VW Gasser?

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Pretty cool

[RaggedyRacing]

you make it sound like the first?! it is pretty cool admittedly, shame the engine's in the wrong place - if your're going to do VW Gassers, it's got to be proper vw gassers! like these:

(some NHRA record setters in here, although none of my favourite - Lil' Snort...yet)

http://www.medialabarts.com/ds/uploads/ballwrj/1323905407.jpg
http://www.medialabarts.com/ds/uploads/ballwrj/1472031931.jpg

[RaggedyRacing]

http://www.medialabarts.com/ds/uploads/ballwrj/768485657.jpg

http://www.medialabarts.com/ds/uploads/ballwrj/826405931.jpg

http://www.medialabarts.com/ds/uploads/ballwrj/805170159.jpg

[RaggedyRacing]

http://www.medialabarts.com/ds/uploads/ballwrj/2056521906.jpg

http://www.medialabarts.com/ds/uploads/ballwrj/1276529460.jpg
that last one's mine http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[4t64rd]

This is only going to encourage them.

[tootallrodder]

Marcus, That one reminds me of a car my neighbor had when I was groing up. 1952 VW Gasser, 401 Buick, Four Speed. I wish we could find it today as the guy would love to put it back together for the street. Years and 20/20 Hind Site really get to you. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[slammed]

[ QUOTE ]
This is only going to encourage them.

[/ QUOTE ] Agreed. Trad. Rod's custom's and gasser's. The outline in the HAMB sign up is clear.

[Nads]

Well shit, I'm not complaining, I'm digging that '70s Ann Maragaretish sweet thang in the B/W photo.

[Killer]

oh boy! More VW's on a TRADITONAL HOT ROD AND CUSTOM message board!

YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rocket88]

Yuck....

['Flyin' Dutchman']

I don't wanna argue with the anti VW guys on here... And actually I agree it doesn't really belong here (except for the old VeeDub dragsters maybe), but I just wanted to show you this...
I bought this mag only for this car... '57 Oval window built by Aaron Broughton (So Cal Speedshop guy). Personally I think this is one of the cleanest and nicest cal-lookers ever built.
I saw a photoshoot in a German mag today and it had a For Sale sticker on the window...

http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v194/75hotrodder/hot_vws_cover1.jpg

[CherryBlossom]

[ QUOTE ]
oh boy! More VW's on a TRADITONAL HOT ROD AND CUSTOM message board!

YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[/ QUOTE ]

Once again...tell me WHY it doesn't belong here.....

make it good. make me believe you, because so far, no one's been able to give a LOGICAL explanation.

[Killer]

Because I said so.

[Cadillacin Marcus]

hahaha....Ah shit now look what I did... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[FeO2]

[Ryan]

Sorry fellas, but this is getting a little nuts... Last VW post for a good while...

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
Sorry fellas, but this is getting a little nuts... Last VW post for a good while...

[/ QUOTE ]

The Great One has spoken http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[kustombuilder]

[ QUOTE ]
Sorry fellas, but this is getting a little nuts... Last VW post for a good while...

[/ QUOTE ]

FINE! next fuckin post i see on an Anglia or Fiat i'm gonna cry like a little girl, just like the rest of you bitches!!

[rockabillyjoe]

Traditional in one neighborhood may differ from another. A VW can be a hotrod. I can appreciate all types of custom cars. Just some people think they are too good for certain cars. I have built many customs. Including VW's.

[haring]

This one's pretty cool ...

http://mexcity.8m.com/images/mex-pridebug.jpg

[kustombuilder]

[ QUOTE ]
Just some people think they are too good for certain cars.

[/ QUOTE ]

i think that is mostly the case here. i don't see how a pre 65 Beetle is any different than a pre 65 Anglia (BRITISH), Fiat (ITALIAN), Volvo (SWEDISH) or any other pre 65 non-American vehicle, i just don't get it. i'd rather hear about ANY car as apposed to hearing about some Rockabilly band or what old celebrity died this week. what i really don't get is, if these people don't like the shit WHY DO THEY READ IT?? and better yet WHY DO THEY RESPOND TO IT??? my dog has more sense!!!

[kustombuilder]

[ QUOTE ]
This one's pretty cool ...



[/ QUOTE ]

LOL http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif thats funny!!

[46stude]

If it looks like the Smith or Hildago VeeDubs, it sure as shit belongs here. If you can't see that, you're friggin' blind.

www.socalook.com (http://www.socalook.com)

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Like I said before being a Cali Kid all my life Beetles were always around the rodding scene..I dont quite get how they arent considered traditional hot rods or even Kustoms..??...Like i said before also...Wasnt there a chopped Beetle on the movie the Hollywood Knights!??!How about the AC Cobra,as well the Cad Powered Allards.. I guess they arent hot rods either or traditional..?????

[kustombuilder]

[ QUOTE ]
Like I said before being a Cali Kid all my life Beetles were always around the rodding scene..I dont quite get how they arent considered traditional hot rods or even Kustoms..??...Like i said before also...Wasnt there a chopped Beetle on the movie the Hollywood Knights!??!How about the AC Cobra,as well the Cad Powered Allards.. I guess they arent hot rods either or traditional..?????

[/ QUOTE ]

AMEN BRUTHA!!!

BTW i want to build myself a Beetle just like the one in Hollywood Knights, louvers, chopped top, suicide doors!! HELL YEAH! ...di ya ever notice that the guy who was driving that Bug was named "Wheelie"? i'll bet that sucka would do some sweet wheelies with some slicks out back!!

[Cadillacin Marcus]

There was a Beetle like that here in Fremont...Sometimes I wonder if that wasnt the same car...When Goodguys were starting out..they used to have Bug shows and drags at Fremont,Some of these cars were just beautiful to look at..and the thing about Bugs were they are cheap to build and easy to wrench on...at the street races there was a white Beetle that was supercharged he shut down everyone except the Tubbed boys..Fucker was running 10's no doubt on the street!! I know I busted raggedy racing balls about Beetles because that what we used to do at the street races,because no way could you admit as a hot rodder or muscle car man that you liked the VDubs,but at 32 years old and having owned one myself,I dont care,they are cool little cars and were engineered very well..If anything they were inspired by Henry Ford! take em or leave Bugs will always be a part of the scene..

[Ryan]

You fellas can bitch about my decision all you want - doesn't bother me and I'm all for open opinions.

That said, I have to pay the fucking bill at the end of the month and VW's aren't worth the dough to me. Maybe I would feel differently if they all looked like those dropped axle bugs that were on previously... Those things were rad... I also kinda like the old school ones with the luggage rack thing on top... Still, girl car.

[kustombuilder]

[ QUOTE ]

That said, I have to pay the fucking bill at the end of the month and VW's aren't worth the dough to me.

[/ QUOTE ]

HMM! thats fine, it's yer show, run it how ya want. but correct me if i'm wrong, but don't we, the faithful HAMbers, voluntarily bring in enough to cover all the costs of this place?? i'm just askin. i know you've gotten some of my cash. i also know it takes alot of YOUR time and i'm not tryin to be an ass.

again, it's yer show. i feel i made my point in the post above, take it how you will...

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Same here...

[metalshapes]

[ QUOTE ]
some people think they are too good for certain cars.

[/ QUOTE ]

Either you are completly missing the point or I am...
Its not about the Bugs or the Porsches, it is about showing some consideration.
Posting one VW post after another is not going to make them cool to somebody that does not like them.
I love these cars, and it is even starting to irritate me...
I never had a Anglia guy or a Topolino guy try and "save" me, but it seems there are a couple of Volkswagen fanatics that have made this theyr mission in life...

[purple]

<font color="purple"> What's 1 more true gasser with a a V8. </font>

[CherryBlossom]

[ QUOTE ]
That said, I have to pay the fucking bill at the end of the month and VW's aren't worth the dough to me. Still, girl car.

[/ QUOTE ]


WOw, but you'll pay for all the people that want to talk about what band they're gonna go see that night and how big their cuffs are? Fucking amazing. It absolutely amazes me how closed minded so many of you are.

[MikeO]

[ QUOTE ]
my dog has more sense!!!

[/ QUOTE ] His dog is pretty smart http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[burndup]

"Yes, I know its a traditional Hot Rod discussion board, but all I wanna talk about is licking pussy, and i should be able to because---"

Fuckin nerve of you people... Even as an OWNER of an aircooled vw, I say...

DONT LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON YOUR ASS ON YOUR WAY OUT...

[zman]

[ QUOTE ]

HMM! thats fine, it's yer show, run it how ya want. but correct me if i'm wrong, but don't we, the faithful HAMbers, voluntarily bring in enough to cover all the costs of this place?? i'm just askin. i know you've gotten some of my cash. i also know it takes alot of YOUR time and i'm not tryin to be an ass.

[/ QUOTE ]

which leaves you able to go to the VW boards all you want. If it's such a big deal start your own board. But it's pretty clear where Ryan stands. And I don't think asking for an accounting is a smart idea. Those who contributed did so knowing what the board was about, if you did so trying to change it to suit your taste, mistake on your part. I dig the board's stated purpose, I have contributed to keep it that way. If you need any help starting your own board I can point you towards some decent open source software and decent hosting packages, otherwise back to the program...

[james]

I've owned a bunch of Vw'S, and I've donated a few auctions to Ryan, but this is his place, and if he said "no more 32' fords" it's his decision. Check out www.thesamba.com (http://www.thesamba.com) , www.volksrods.com (http://www.volksrods.com) , or www.oldbug.com (http://www.oldbug.com) . All cool sites for the cooler side of aircooleds.

[26Tudor]

Don't know what y'all will think of this-
5 inch dropped magnum axle
Posie's spring
Speedway hairpins
Wilwood discs
VW engine, aftermarket Harley heads w/ 4 valves per cylinder
Hilborn injection
470hp@7,500 at the flywheel

[4t64rd]

the Poobah hath spoken, no offense to anyone, but this ain't a democracy.

this should have ended 4 posts ago.

[Ryan]

[ QUOTE ]
but correct me if i'm wrong, but don't we, the faithful HAMbers, voluntarily bring in enough to cover all the costs of this place??

[/ QUOTE ]

Not this year... Even if donations did cover the costs, they are just that - donations, not ownership.

Close minded? Yep. I'm into traditional hot rods and customs... not VWs. I really don't mind a post every now and then (we had one a month or so ago on those dropped axle bugs that were rad), but I don't want a post a day on VWs. I don't really care if any of you do...

Bottom line, you guys can bitch all you want. If you don't like the HAMB, leave... No one is forcing you to be here and put up with my close mindedness...

[spudshaft]

Amen brother^^^. Let the PM's to me begin.

[Landmule]

I'm with Kustombuilder - the post gives the subject - don't read it if it's just going to piss you off. I've always dug the Cal look bugs and that 57 oval window is just what I'd build if I wasn't up to my eyeballs in this '47 Merc project. Old cars are old cars and Cal-look bugs have as much tradition as anything else going. Creative expression of transportation enthusiasm is good. Last week there was the bitching about some post on old Porsche's...

Some folks seem to spend too much time censoring the HAMB and worrying about OT posts that infringe on their delicate censibilities regarding what is a traditional rod or custom.

Quit complaining and build something yourself - VW, Fiat, Volvo, Ford, Chevy, Trablant, Zil or whatever http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Hackerbilt]

Alex...you hit the nail right on the head!

Bill

[Nads]

Is the VW up there really called Tar Babe?
That's almost very offensive to me.

[26Tudor]

Nads, yes, back in the 1970's, there was a very famous racecar called the "Tar Babe"- this was long before political correctness was even thought of, and there were no racial implications implied or intended. It was probably, next to the original EMPI Inch Pincher (the B&amp;W photo with the Ann Margaret wannabee) the most famous VW racecar ever. It had a beautifully done chop top, and was campaigned by Greg Aranson, Ron Fleming, and Mark Thurber. They went on to form FAT Performance, a name well-known and respected in off-road racing to this day. The original car has been found, albeit completely changed from it's original configuration, in Mexico. It was one of the cars that showed what could be done with time, money, and ingenuity, to a little "watch-winder" engine.

[trey]

[quote
I never had a Anglia guy or a Topolino guy try and "save" me, but it seems there are a couple of Volkswagen fanatics that have made this theyr mission in life...

[/ QUOTE ]

its like having gay people trying to push their gayness around.

i think mostly everyone has a different opinion of what a 'traditional hot rod' is. as far as im concerned, vw's werent in the US when traditional hot rods were being built. are they street rods, or customs? could be.

i also dont read any of the rockabilly posts. but to some people, they are part of the hot rod culture. no way in hell you will catch me with my hair slicked back, and my pants rolled up. not even on halloween. but i accept that to some people it is hot rodish, so i just dont read em.

trey

[Harrison]

[ QUOTE ]
as far as im concerned, vw's werent in the US when traditional hot rods were being built.

trey

[/ QUOTE ]

I beg to differ with you Trey. The bug went into production in 1949 and was being imported to the states shortly thereafter.

This doesn't make them hot rods or customs ('cept for the ones that are/were) but they WERE here when most good ol' boys were screwing together their "traditional" hot rods.

JH

[trey]

like i said, your definiton of tradional and mine are totally different.

[Kilroy]

"Traditional" hot rods were being built in the 30's...

VW's are very popular all over the net. Think of it this way...

You could make new friends! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[zman]

Got enough friends, and if I want to talk VW's I know where to go. And by the way I've owned more than my fair share. As a matter of fact I still have an '84 GTI Ralley car.

[Flat Ernie]

[ QUOTE ]
I never had a Anglia guy or a Topolino guy try and "save" me, but it seems there are a couple of Volkswagen fanatics that have made this theyr mission in life...


[/ QUOTE ]

Very well said!

[ QUOTE ]
The bug went into production in 1949 and was being imported to the states shortly thereafter.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'd be curious to see sales figures...doubtful the boys just back from the war were much interested in German engineering...

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

[Steve]

oh great more VW's I can see it now the next wave of rockersillies are gonna be crusin around in flatblack bugs with red wheels. please leave the VW's at the door there have been way to many lately.

[Harrison]

[ QUOTE ]
like i said, your definiton of tradional and mine are totally different.

[/ QUOTE ]

I guess you have a point. Anyone who has seen my hot rod knows that I don't have a clue. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

JH

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Holy Crap!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Ryan]

Like I said, I could give a shit...