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Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:41 pm

1974 standard Beetle, after 8 months of reconstructing and restoring with a few modifications.

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Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:43 pm

WOW! what a paint job! cool mods too, way to go. That's a cool Thing in the background too by the way.

Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:51 pm

:shock: nice bug!

Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:34 pm

My eyes widend when I saw those pics, planning to go put in shows?

Are those intakes in front of the rear fenders or just a illusion from the sweet custom paint job?

Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:36 pm

wow so 80's....looks sweet 8)
those exaust pipes on the sid for real or just for looks?

Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:26 am

Thanks for tyhe compliments. My first restoration was a 68 Jeffries Mantaray II Kyote. I wrote the Kyote website at http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Desert/7445/ My Kyote has so far been in 2 of James Hale's books. The Dune Buggy Phenomenon and Dune Buggies.

Next I completely built and modified the Phoenix

It has won many shows and was chosen to be the cover car for the Dune Buggy Archives 2006 Calendar

The Thing was my project from 2 winters ago.

It too has won a few times. It was recently repainted to change to true fire flames with more reds and much better colors.

The latest. My 74 Beetle aka the SCARAB just went for it's first drive on July 14. Hopefully it will do well in some shows.
Everything on the car is functional and illusonal. The air intakes are real and do in fact feed the engine bay, the side exhaust is fully funtional. Custom 1 3/4" exhaust....muffler is contained within the drivers runningboard.

The shell of the Scarab contains many pearl colors as well as color change paint. Looks wild in the sunlight.

Again Thank You for the compliments

Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:08 am

MORE PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and set the date on your time machine camera :)

Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:17 am

That's pretty cool, what did you do to the engine? I'd like to see more pictures. That exhaust is rad! 8)

Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:51 am

Awesome looking cars!

spotco2 wrote: MORE PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and set the date on your time machine camera :)

I agree with the more pics, but guessing from the european styled plates, i'd say the date is set properly.... day/month/year.. :P

Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:29 pm

Date is right
10 06 2006= 10th day June 2006, in Canada it is that way.

What do you mean European plates.
The front plate is partially concealled by the body.

More pics will be coming
72 914 2.0 T4 3bolt heads in T4 configuration, EFI from 77 Type 2
GM sending unit mounted in Bus tank with Ford 3.8 in tank fuel pump supplying 80 psi to the system. Powerband all the way.

Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:02 pm

Forgot to ask you guys. Where can you install a bus tank on a beetle?

Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:07 pm

Oh Lord, give the strength I need to control my remarks about this car.

Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:40 pm

Bryan67 wrote: Oh Lord, give the strength I need to control my remarks about this car.

....you already blew it.

Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:41 pm

nice stuff man, but I could do without the rear wing is all :)

Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:20 pm

Go for it Bryan67. I want to hear your thoughts.
vwdmc16 the rear wing is to help disguise the fact that the deck lid has been split and the lower half shifted back 6 inches to accomodate the engine

Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:07 am

Do you not get a subscription to Hot VWs? Do you have a mullet? Do you pay your property taxes at the DMV? WTF?

Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:11 am

boxrod wrote: Do you not get a subscription to Hot VWs? Do you have a mullet? Do you pay your property taxes at the DMV? WTF? I'm not crazy about it either, but you talking shit is like the pot calling the kettle black :idea:

Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:12 am

Thats matte black

Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:36 am

Dont take this wrong....but I just dont get why someone would spend so much time and money to create something like that? I know its allittle mean but I just dont get the point of this vw?

Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:56 am

a bug as a painters canvas . :wink: