Found really unusual 69 or 70 VW bug. Can anyone here help.

[Chevystepside1975]

Found this 69 or 70 going thru the auction and I have never seen one like this. I was wondering if a company did this mod in the 70's or if the owner had got it done. Here is a link to the pics:

http://s1038.photobucket.com/user/justin_ott2/library/Mobile%20Uploads

[cletus_zuber]

Somebody destroyed a nice bug, happens all the time.

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[Chevystepside1975]

I know some companies in the 60s and 70s made tents that went on the roof and you accessed them from inside the bug. I though maybe that was why it was modded.

[cletus_zuber]

Ok, I see what you are saying, sorry for my somewhat harsh reply.

Still, none of these have a hole cut into the roof!!
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[hitest]

Looks more like an observation platform/seat was made portable with the hackery of that beetle. Maybe for fishing; bird watching; tom peeping, etc.. That was built in an owner's beer bottle-littered garage. Another idea is was built as a rolling advertising/parade thing for a team mascot or other heavy, tall thing? The legs fit into the forward slots and sat in the shallow holes toward the rear- so it may have been something accessed in reverse too- like backing up to a fence for sentry duty (think modded cars that drove the perimeter fences of prisons years ago) with someone sitting up high with a rifle. Strange indeed.
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[Chevystepside1975]

The observation platform makes sense. The notches and holes seem too identical and well done to be the average Jo drinking in his garage.

[69Mexbug]

Wow! With al respect to the owner of that bug, what a waste!

[johnnypan]

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[Mos6502]

I would think maybe a parade car? Might have even been used as the base of a float? Probably done back when the car was just an "old car" and cutting a big hole in it seemed like a fun idea.

[volksworld]

had a customer in the 80's who was trying to develop a 3D movie camera and did something similar to a squareback...buy it, tell people it was the camera car from herbie the love bug and triple your money!

[sb001]

[swhitcomb]

Someone should've used one of these on it.

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[jhicken]

Budget Popemobile?

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[enjoyther1de]

That rear bumper is pretty friggin cool. Would look right at home on a class 11
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[enjoyther1de]

That rear bumper is pretty friggin cool. Would look right at home on a class 11
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[Gerrelt]

It might have been used as a "follow me" vehicle on airports?
Like this one:

It looks like a modification for industrial purposes.
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[Volks Wagen]

Converted to take rear gunner mount for highway on ramps?
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