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73ratkafer
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 Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:11 am Post subject: My 73 Dually Rat Rod Beetle "Death Trap" Build |
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Hey everyone!! I'll start off by saying this is my first classic VW and so far I'm having a blast building this car. I'm currently working on a 1973 SB that I'm making into a rat rod and yes those are dual wheels on the rear : ). Here's some pics of what I've done so far. I plan on pulling the body off soon to patch it up over the winter.
Here's a roof rack I built for the car out of an old hand truck. The front mounts are made to look like skeleton hands holding the rack to the car.
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heywebonya
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Looking forward to the build, great theme
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WD-40
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Just for grins, how much does a pair of your dual rear wheels/tires weigh? The handling should be... interesting. 
Are you starting with a running/driving car?
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73ratkafer
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| WD-40 wrote: |
Just for grins, how much does a pair of your dual rear wheels/tires weigh? The handling should be... interesting.
Are you starting with a running/driving car? |
They aren't the lightest wheels haha. The car is not running and driving at the moment. When I pull the body off, I'm pulling the engine too so that I can get it running on the bench and maybe build it up a little. I don't know how those 45 horses are going to turn those duals. |
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Brian
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I'm very interested in how you're going to make dually wheels. I kinda want to do that for running in the sand.
Like these but much bigger:
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73ratkafer
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Brian wrote: |
I'm very interested in how you're going to make dually wheels. I kinda want to do that for running in the sand.
Like these but much bigger:
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Well, they are actual dual wheels I pulled off of an old Toyota camper in the junkyard. I need to have adapters made for it but, other than that they should be fine. |
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TC/TeamEvil
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| What are you planning to do with the Super Beetle front end? Frame graft, something custom? Certainly can't leave it as McPherson struts. |
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73ratkafer
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| What are you planning to do with the Super Beetle front end? Frame graft, something custom? Certainly can't leave it as McPherson struts. |
I'm not sure yet on that. Gonna get the body straightened out this winter and then go from there. The floor pans and frame head are badly rotted so I have to replace the chassis anyway. |
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morymob
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| After someone gets ripped by those vent(?) Looking rusty teeth things........... |
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73ratkafer
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| I'm in some dire need of advice here. I have the body off of the bug and plan on setting her on a small truck frame. I am having a lot of troubling with the doors sagging horribly with the heater channels cut out and no matter what I do, they refuse to cooperate. Any advice? I need to get the door situation fixed before I can put it on a frame. |
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73ratkafer
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| morymob wrote: |
| After someone gets ripped by those vent(?) Looking rusty teeth things........... |
I actually ground down the end of each tooth to prevent any danger. |
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Petfisheric
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| Don't know if you fixed the door sag problem but you will have to tie the bottoms of the A and B pillors together again like the heater channel was doing. |
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FullFender
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Any update? I am very intrigued by this build. I am currently working on a 67' beetle street rod and this is giving me some ideas!
Thanks, Triston |
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Manfred58sc
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Lookin' good..here is some inspiration (hopefully anyway). SB makes a cool rat in book.
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