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Mon May 25, 2009 8:04 pm

how do you make a bug in to a truck if you have pis i would loke to see them

Tue May 26, 2009 10:21 am

(1) Sell the former; buy the latter (can be done in any order)

(2) Start hacking and fabricating (can be done as often or as little as you like, and in any order)

Tue May 26, 2009 11:12 am

a beetle truck like this?

most older beetle/trucks go with the flatbed design. i guess the hardest part would be filling in the back window area.

Tue May 26, 2009 11:51 am

does any one else have any more good pics like the one above?

Tue May 26, 2009 12:06 pm

i found it its a type 825. i want to turn my type 1 in to a type 825

Tue May 26, 2009 12:39 pm

thats cool and offroady. i like how the stock rear fenders are used. just weld a frame with 1 inch square tubing and sheet it with 20 or 22 guage sheet metal. lead or bondo the seams. it almost looks like the rear of a vw van.

Tue May 26, 2009 1:06 pm

thanks for the pics. they will help alot but i still invite more pics

Tue May 26, 2009 1:52 pm

this is getting cooler, vw produced one in 1939 and 1946 and they were 4wd. the pictures i posted before were of the 46 and this is one of the 39 and model diagram. i alway thought vw/trucks were a kitcar thing.

Tue May 26, 2009 2:58 pm

well this really helps. i thing this will come in handy when i cut up my 68 standard for one of these

Wed May 27, 2009 6:08 am

I knew some guys that did these conversions back in the 70's. They found that eventually the pan started to sag right where they cut the back part of the body off.

I think if you only cut off the top and part of the sides of the bug body you would have better results. Still need to brace it up.

Wed May 27, 2009 7:24 am

i only planed on cutting out down far enough to the top of the fender or the motor (which evers higher)then when i reweld on metal it should be enough support right?

Wed May 27, 2009 10:31 am

I would add some braces before I started cutting the body. A decent sized crossbrace just behind the doors and just below the side glass openings would add a lot of strength and give you a place to attach the bed floor and maybe the back section of the cab.

I would also not try to make the new cab back have a nice smooth seam where it meets the original roof. If you look at some mini trucks you will see that the rear edge of the roof sticks back about 3/8" and this creates a lip that the cab back welds to. I am pretty sure a Chevy Luv / Isuzu Pup has this design if you want to check one out.

If you do the design right you will still have access to the area of the old back seat for dry storage.

Wed May 27, 2009 12:42 pm

thanks for the info. now i am just wondering what is the best way to cut the body? did i hear someone say sawz-all \:D/ or is ther a better way :-k ?

Wed May 27, 2009 2:01 pm

I would use an electric shear across the roof but some areas are going to require a sawzall or ziz wheels.

Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:17 pm

I am building a VW truck, 1968 bug, ( body was on truck headed for the scrap yard ). Built frame from box tubing, 1974 suspension. 1962 aluminum block Buick V8, 195 HP. Fuel tank and battery on stand over nose of transaxle. 1940 Ford hood with radiator behind grill in old spare tire location. Will be lowered all round. I built one like this about 30 years ago except with a good running vw engine. I would send pictures if I can find out how to do it. POPS RIDE Pops

Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:38 am

Hey there -I'm in the process of making a type 1 pick up -here's the link if ya wanna take a look -http://www.eircooled.com/deforum/showthread.php?t=3708

Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:45 pm

Hey mac3, I am interested in seeing your project, but I couldn't get the link to work

Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:43 am

Hi Herb-e try this one
www.eircooled.com
we are an Irish VW club so it's not as big as in here -but if you go on the Forums and look in the Arena -and it's under Mac Stylee .
Basically it's my first custom job but it's nearly finished - if not send me an email and I'll email you on some pics directly
[email protected]

Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:54 am

a taster -
[img]http://www.eircooled.com/deforum/picture.php?albumid=77&pictureid=632[/img]

Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:55 pm

I am have a Type 825 built by Kooble Kar. Check out their web site. The price is reasonable for a pan off build. I provided them with a titled 70 bug and they did the rest.[http://www.kooblekar.com/][/url]