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Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:20 pm

sweet man, truely a work of auto art.
keep it up man

Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:11 am

runslikeapenguin wrote: sweet man, truely a work of auto art.
keep it up man

Cool thank you.

Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:53 pm

That is nice..... :shock:

Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:53 pm

OMG that thing is bad ass. What kinda HP is that thing putting out?

Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:19 pm

what is it titled as? and how the ---- is it street legal?! but that is f-ing awesome!

Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:41 am

ou did a great job with what you had

Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:41 pm

cage66 wrote: You did a great job with what you had ! *

Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:41 pm

Cool!!!
What did your Uncle use as a frame? How did you tie it together?

Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:22 am

blwnbwtie wrote: OMG that thing is bad ass. What kinda HP is that thing putting out?

In that Video it was the old 427 which was right in the 675 hp range, the new engine (Vids coming soon) has 720 plus.

Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:24 am

vwpimpster wrote: what is it titled as? and how the ---- is it street legal?! but that is f-ing awesome!

It's titled as what it is. 1958 Volkswagen Beetle.

It's easy to be street legal in Jersey with QQ Historic plates. this car is 100% street legal.

Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:26 am

cage66 wrote: You did a great job with what you had !

It does look very stock sans the hood. Ever try to keep 700 hp quiet? LOL!! It has a full exhaust now with an H pipe and mufflers and it still sounds like the World is ending.

Can't lower it any further, the front ride on air bladders so we cn adjust it for the track.

Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:51 am

Heres another vid of this Animal!! From last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waN4aM5tZa4

Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:59 pm

Whats the ET on your bug?

Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:03 pm

Cool. Its to bad you had to punch the hood for cooling, it would have been more unsuspecting the other way....

Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:14 pm

Awsome.....What a beast.

If someone says that you diddn't save it or that it needs to be restored to original condition.....then they need to pull their head out of their ass.

Now, get another bug and make it a baja with a 431. {Then give it to me}

Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:37 am

KantDriveFast wrote: BigBlockBug wrote: Mr. T wrote: He did a good job but I can't feel front engine VW's. I'm sorry it needs to be in the rear, otherwise it just looses its qualities.

Sorry thats' the way it was bought back in 73' Not much choice or say in the matter. At least it was SAVED and is still a VW!!

Sorry dude, but that car has not been "saved". However, when you get bored with it, and the next guy finds it rotting away in someones yard, then he puts a stock front clip, pan, dash, etc. back in it....then, it will be saved.

There are purist and then there are those who like VWs. I've been with them since the early '60s and there's not much I haven't done or had part in doing to them. A line can be drawn but,..... where does one draw it? A bug that is extremely modified in body is as much a VW as one modified in power .... and the source thereof. This particular Bug was de-Bugged, so to speak, by the first owner and later put out to pasture. This gentleman saw the Bug and restored it as it was. After all, a true restoration to days long by would have been equally as expensive, if not more so. I give him 3 cheers and a good thumbs up for a job well done. Most would have salvaged the Chevy goodies and really dumped the bug. Sure, a lot of things could have been done different, in the beginning but, a decent Bug still rides the roads. Sort of makes me want to revive Old Yaller, my '67 SQBK on a '75 Bronco 4x4 drive train. To ME, a VW's a VW regardless of what you do to it ..... just keep 'em alive.

Jim in Southeast Alabama, 64 and still can't help but love 'em!

Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:47 pm

Dude.... Hey does that thing even have safety Belts in it let alone a Legal Roll Cage? In short it's a freaking Dragster with a VW Body over it. By the way I think you live near me?

All kidding aside this was a common conversion back-kkkkkkk in the day and I remembered seeing several of them around, it's nice to see that someone saved the car from Wades Scrap yard. Also seen your car at the track, i'll have to check it out better next time your there.

Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:42 am

OhChit wrote: Dude.... Hey does that thing even have safety Belts in it let alone a Legal Roll Cage? In short it's a freaking Dragster with a VW Body over it. By the way I think you live near me?

All kidding aside this was a common conversion back-kkkkkkk in the day and I remembered seeing several of them around, it's nice to see that someone saved the car from Wades Scrap yard. Also seen your car at the track, i'll have to check it out better next time your there.

Wade's ? This car has been in our Family since 73'

Were right on the Pike in Berlin. Thanks for the kind words.

No cage, stock Camaro seat belts on the Bug bench seat and that's it.

Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:34 am

Heres another run in the Bug from a couple weeks ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4HuQz7y9o

Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:03 am

I dig it, yeas it's not OG etc etc yadda yadda, but who cares......I'd just change the hood and maybe finish off the dash a bit......