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Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:09 pm

campingbox wrote: Why is this in the split bus forum?
It should be in the Kit Car forum.

I was going to move it but I know how you split guys love kit cars. And the Kit car guys only know how to cut up Type 1s ;)

Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:51 pm

Glenn wrote: campingbox wrote: Why is this in the split bus forum?
It should be in the Kit Car forum.

I was going to move it but I know how you split guys love kit cars. And the Kit car guys only know how to cut up Type 1s ;)
It's not a kit. These were all built from scale plans out of sheets of urethane foam that was then fiberglassed over, and they're all built on shortened Splitbus chassis. RQ Riley is the company that sold the plans. You can still buy them actually. Or download them for free here:
http://tijuanakustoms.com/g/pdf%20set/Boonie.pdf

Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:04 pm

Dumb ?? - is the Brubaker box a different thing or the same? Never mind - did some searching - its not.

Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:05 pm

Glenn wrote: campingbox wrote: Why is this in the split bus forum?
It should be in the Kit Car forum.

I was going to move it but I know how you split guys love kit cars. And the Kit car guys only know how to cut up Type 1s ;)

It could be but since it's built from a Bus and that is unique for a kit, it's fine.

Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:08 pm

andk5591 wrote: Dumb ?? - is the Brubaker box a different thing or the same? Never mind - did some searching - its not.

Different, here's a link posted on page 1 so you can see photos:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_keywords=brubaker

Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:12 pm

Check out that shag carpet interior! :idea:

Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:15 pm

EverettB wrote: andk5591 wrote: Dumb ?? - is the Brubaker box a different thing or the same? Never mind - did some searching - its not.

Different, here's a link posted on page 1 so you can see photos:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_keywords=brubaker
Not to get off topic but here's some more, plus some historical information:
http://priceofhistoys.com/category/brubaker-box/
http://www.rodster.com/articles/BrubakerBox.htm

Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:22 pm

SurfCityRacing wrote:

Check out that shag carpet interior! :idea:

I know! Yum!
I think it's a 65, see the big red light to the left of the steering column!

Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:25 pm

tstracy39 wrote: Glenn wrote: campingbox wrote: Why is this in the split bus forum?
It should be in the Kit Car forum.

I was going to move it but I know how you split guys love kit cars. And the Kit car guys only know how to cut up Type 1s ;)
It's not a kit. These were all built from scale plans out of sheets of urethane foam that was then fiberglassed over, and they're all built on shortened Splitbus chassis. RQ Riley is the company that sold the plans. You can still buy them actually. Or download them for free here:
http://tijuanakustoms.com/g/pdf%20set/Boonie.pdf

Greg's afraid I'll want one.

Hey, we could download the plans and cut up that silver and blue bus. :D

Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:19 am

Did you end up going back for it? I wouldn't mind knowing what kind of bus it's based on, if that can be determined. And I take back what I said before, it'd probably be worth extricating that thing just to bring it out to shows and annoy the purists. The link I posted for the plans doesn't work, this one does (click on the picture of the boonie bug to download)
http://www.tjkustoms.com/__Buggy_Manuals/__buggy_manuals.html

Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:38 am

NCdad wrote: saw one at local show.

Lambo doors too - nice :lol:

I like its face

Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:36 pm

Is this still for sale? I would be interested.

Thanks, Sporty

Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:19 pm

Technically, I suppose Boonie Buggies are a kit. But not in a traditional kit car sense where you buy a body and put it on a vw frame. This kit required you to build it out of sheets of foam and then glass over it. That's what I remember from the articles I read from way back.

Yeah, I really am old enough to remember when this came out and how much I wanted one. But, I also wanted a "Brubaker Box", which was a conventional kit car. They didn't make many of those either. I had the picture hanging in my room in the Air Force, right next to Dee De Lynn and Nixon on the shitter. Got chewed out and had to remove the other two, but the Box got to stay.