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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trucks just seem to need T-3 or T-4 engines to me. The bed would be more useful.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Trucks just seem to need T-3 or T-4 engines to me. The bed would be more useful.


Agreed - can't haul much coal or lumber with that damn motor in the way.... Laughing But seriously, damn few folks build a VW based "truck" with the intention of using the bed for transporting much more than a cooler and a couple of lawn chairs...

I am in the middle of my second modified VW that would have had enhanced storage if using a pancake engine, but it would be wasted space anyway since I would never use it. And I would also have the hassle of finding pieces and parts to do a pancake instead of all the readily available type 1 parts on my shelves.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/5113854788.html


It looks to be in good shape bit I still think he is dreaming with that $7500 price tag.

This also brings up something I hate - people who spam lots of craigslists with their same ad. The car is in San Diego, don't post it in the Phoenix craigslist.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Couldn't agree more^^^^
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

andk5591 wrote:
babysnakes wrote:
Trucks just seem to need T-3 or T-4 engines to me. The bed would be more useful.


Agreed - can't haul much coal or lumber with that damn motor in the way.... Laughing But seriously, damn few folks build a VW based "truck" with the intention of using the bed for transporting much more than a cooler and a couple of lawn chairs...

I am in the middle of my second modified VW that would have had enhanced storage if using a pancake engine, but it would be wasted space anyway since I would never use it. And I would also have the hassle of finding pieces and parts to do a pancake instead of all the readily available type 1 parts on my shelves.


Agreed. 100%. Custom builds are not done for their function, but for form.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/5113854788.html


It looks to be in good shape bit I still think he is dreaming with that $7500 price tag.

This also brings up something I hate - people who spam lots of craigslists with their same ad. The car is in San Diego, don't post it in the Phoenix craigslist.


If it was for sale in Germany and it is in a REALLY good shape, I´d buy it.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting period piece, but one has to wonder at the logic of sacrificing a bus to make a Boonie Bug. Less space, slower top speed due to lousy aerodynamics, etc. I guess if you had a wrecked bus...
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Interesting period piece, but one has to wonder at the logic of sacrificing a bus to make a Boonie Bug. Less space, slower top speed due to lousy aerodynamics, etc. I guess if you had a wrecked bus...


Yeah - but in the 80s, and old bus was just that....and old bus.....fodder for the sawsall, just like all the early bugs.....
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Interesting period piece, but one has to wonder at the logic of sacrificing a bus to make a Boonie Bug. Less space, slower top speed due to lousy aerodynamics, etc. I guess if you had a wrecked bus...


Thats right, but if you want to have something "unique", you build a car like that Boonie Bug or the Phoenix van or anything like that. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cdennisg wrote:
andk5591 wrote:
babysnakes wrote:
Trucks just seem to need T-3 or T-4 engines to me. The bed would be more useful.


Agreed - can't haul much coal or lumber with that damn motor in the way.... Laughing But seriously, damn few folks build a VW based "truck" with the intention of using the bed for transporting much more than a cooler and a couple of lawn chairs...

I am in the middle of my second modified VW that would have had enhanced storage if using a pancake engine, but it would be wasted space anyway since I would never use it. And I would also have the hassle of finding pieces and parts to do a pancake instead of all the readily available type 1 parts on my shelves.


Agreed. 100%. Custom builds are not done for their function, but for form.


The form of most beds on bug trucks looks like shit.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

babysnakes wrote:
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andk5591 wrote:
babysnakes wrote:
Trucks just seem to need T-3 or T-4 engines to me. The bed would be more useful.


Agreed - can't haul much coal or lumber with that damn motor in the way.... Laughing But seriously, damn few folks build a VW based "truck" with the intention of using the bed for transporting much more than a cooler and a couple of lawn chairs...

I am in the middle of my second modified VW that would have had enhanced storage if using a pancake engine, but it would be wasted space anyway since I would never use it. And I would also have the hassle of finding pieces and parts to do a pancake instead of all the readily available type 1 parts on my shelves.


Agreed. 100%. Custom builds are not done for their function, but for form.


The form of most beds on bug trucks looks like shit.


Maybe, but they weren't built for anyone but the builder (or the check writer). Taste is very personal.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WHOA Shocked
That is ... kinda cool, in a way. Very nice paint job. Would be even cooler if it could actually go in the water, but it doesn't look like it can. I don't see a prop or a jet in the back. Maybe I'm wrong.

Interesting, nonetheless.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"bet that handles like a boat"
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reminds me of "Runaground" built by Andy Saunders:

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

something abt this is super bad ass Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Reminds me of "Runaground" built by Andy Saunders:

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LOL, I remember that. It was Reliant based wasn't it?
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