Badass VW

Funny, I just read about this car today on another site I frequent (thesamba.com). Here's the deal on this car and the original guy that turned it into a drag car confirms the story in the thread I saw.

"I read that the drag heb in Sweden was a special deal. The car was abandoned without papers, and did go to the junk yard. The deal with the proper authorities was that the vehicle could be used as a racer only and never on the street, and that as soon as the car was no longer raced it had to be crushed. or something to that effect. I don't know the full details, but some-one wrote about it in an earlier thread a year or so ago I think, someone from Sweden.
Eric"
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/vi...&postorder=asc&highlight=slammed+heb&start=40

 

This is a VW funny car body that I did some horse trading to get.
It's old the Peek Performance car "Becky's Joy"

 

Thanks!....Didn't know it was the same pan....

Ah yes......"Jouster"....somewhere I have a pic or two.....

I HAD some early Empi stuff years ago.....I used it on my 'dub.

Someday I'll have another old VW.....for my son....he he

 

nice to look at, wouldn't want to drive it. i have always wanted to build a v8 mid-engined squareback though.

 

Ok, this thread is seriously making me want to get back into VW's...

 

Do It!

 

What are you doing, Dave? Now how are we supposed to get the good collectible stuff cheap from the hotrodders who think it's just old VW junk?!?!?

It's what all the cool kids are doing these days! lol!

 

not safe VW behavior.

 

What's REALLY funny is that I've done that before... the front tends to bottom out easily.

 

Some pics I had floating around,, I'd post up some pics of my late '57 but those are all on photo paper rather than my hard drive, I really dig the Pre A 356 coupe drag car! that puts turning a split into a drag car to shame!!!

 

My heap....erm...`58 Kabriolett. Still totally standard, but plans are being hatched...




Hope this isn´t going too far OT!

 

Low-gun Millers ride

 

You would think that I would have remembered that since I drove a '66 as my daily driver for three years. It was the same color too - Sea Blue.

 

It's a little extreme for my tastes but I dig it... I picked up this oval window last summer and intend to do a dropped-axle, open wheeled volks rod out of it but I plan to use one of my old 283 and I have a T-5 for it with a mail-jeep rearend...

 

this is one of my favourite vw's

 

I've had BRM's , I've done everything vw, fenderless bugs are the only thing that turn me on now. The cal-look resto thing is nice , but is a little boring, yall do your cars all the same, but thats the point right.Some eye candy. Just havin fun.

 

Badddd

 

I thought this thread would be dead by now. Oh Well here is what customcory is hiding from the public.

 

Hey! I made that photoshop ages ago!!

 

I'm enjoying the hell outta this thread.

I'm actually seeing some stuff here that I've never seen before.
Some good history, I dig it.

 

Cool profile---Good work Hebster

 

I agree, to many things wrong with it. no proportionality.. its like so many of todays rat rods being built, overly low, overly chopped and engines sitting to high.. it was not built with style in mind, only about grabbing attention

really like VW's, even some fenderless vs above just not that one.



grave the one you show is great of a VW done in a classic look

JesseJames that is another fine example (thou prefer the first green one).. What did the drag bug end up running ?

Geoff Peterson's Heb Rod is probably the nicest fenderless one

 

http://www.runtrod.com/gallery/v/VW-main/Beetles/

The ultimate bug gallery!

 

If they go fast they are always cool...

Proud to be a team member with my friend's car:

 

smokin heb

 

Here is an oldie