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Rome
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2025 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Check out this build on Facebook by Chuck Jurgen Teschke. It’s almost done.
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There is some more in depth discussion of the helicopter bus on page two of this thread... https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20
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Shonandb 
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 8:47 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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sportin-wood
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 9:08 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Yeah, previous page
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finster
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it's art, darling! can't you see?
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67rustavenger
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2025 11:53 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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maybe the ugliest buggy I've seen - owner says it has a '1973 look' 
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NJ John
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Overseas had some ugly buggy styles. Sorry Finster.
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stale air
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EverettB
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finefettle
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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it sure does look like a longer van . Yes definitely parents and children.
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finefettle
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I want to say Ford but why am I thinking Dodge?
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finefettle
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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wait... is that a Chevy badge?.... man so confused.
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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It's a Chev/GMC, and they were available with that extra long wheel base from the factory. Here's the window version:
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finster
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2025 8:36 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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thought at first this was a trike but it has another wheel out the back... 
the maxwagen
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Rome
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:13 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Haha, that's one ugly SoB. Finster, did you see it in person, or also just found a photo of it? I wonder how the single wheel in front ties in with the central VW tunnel... Some clever construction work, using the outer sides of the roof as the front filler panels, and the early Beetle entire headlamp buckets to house the lamp assemblies. Is the rear single wheel rigidly attached to the body but with vertical suspension, or is that rear "carrier" fastened to the main body with a trailer hitch? I see a sturdy metal bar coming up and rearwards from the rear bumper hole in the fender, supporting a "rigid" rear section possibility.
How would something homebuilt like this be registered in the UK? Since the base vehicle is obviously a 4-wheeled Beetle, can it now be registered/considered a "motorcycle" with 3 main wheels?
Are those British early 1950's Ford Anglia wheels, which have nearly identical bolt pattern to VW's "wide 5s"? |
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EVfun
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thought at first this was a trike but it has another wheel out the back...
the maxwagen
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Drugs are bad, m'kay?
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finster
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Haha, that's one ugly SoB. Finster, did you see it in person, or also just found a photo of it? I wonder how the single wheel in front ties in with the central VW tunnel... Some clever construction work, using the outer sides of the roof as the front filler panels, and the early Beetle entire headlamp buckets to house the lamp assemblies. Is the rear single wheel rigidly attached to the body but with vertical suspension, or is that rear "carrier" fastened to the main body with a trailer hitch? I see a sturdy metal bar coming up and rearwards from the rear bumper hole in the fender, supporting a "rigid" rear section possibility.
How would something homebuilt like this be registered in the UK? Since the base vehicle is obviously a 4-wheeled Beetle, can it now be registered/considered a "motorcycle" with 3 main wheels?
Are those British early 1950's Ford Anglia wheels, which have nearly identical bolt pattern to VW's "wide 5s"? |
just found the photos. it's hard to work out what's going on engine/chassis wise. the rear wheel looks to be steerable and on a single arm like a goliath  yes those wheels are probably ford wide fives. the car is on the dvla records as a vw 1200 which is stretching the law and wouldn't stand much scrutiny if stopped by the police or if making an insurance claim.
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andk5591
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2025 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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thought at first this was a trike but it has another wheel out the back...
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So hard to look at, so I don't understand the "why"...
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