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Coffee Freak
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Joined: August 07, 2015
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Location: Lexington, NC
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 Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:31 pm Post subject: Super Beetle Based Rat Rod |
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Here's my project build so far. Picked up a 1972 Super Beetle with SERIOUS patina and decided to build it into a rat rod since it's too far gone to restore. I like it because I'm a 1972 myself! It's getting a 1968 1500 Single Port motor, 1968 hood and a bunch of other mods. I'm pretty much making it up as I go!
Here's when it was delivered to me without an engine in it.
After adding some fat tires on the back, some cutting and putting my logo on the door:
Here's how it looks now after some cutting and placing the hood and headlights plus building a DIY roof rack:
Cutting off the crusty vinyl seats, trimming the headrest off and building some custom low buck low-backs! (idea complements of Frankie's build on Volksrods.com)
Cut up some license plates for a little décor {the dash says CRE-8}:
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Manfred58sc
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 2:05 am Post subject: Re: Super Beetle Based Rat Rod |
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Lookin' good!
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Buggeee
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Joined: December 22, 2016
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Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Buggeee
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Joined: December 22, 2016
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Location: Stuck in Ohio
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Super Beetle Based Rat Rod |
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| Buggeee wrote: |
| That's one way to get a standard hood on a Super! I like the licence plate lettering. There is a guy from across the pond who did his interior panels with burlap coffee sacks. That had the artistic bent too. You should check it out. |
OMG I just searched for his thread to drop you the link and see you have already been there and commented too! Well I might as well clutter up your thread with the coffee sacks as long as I'm here with the link so.... do this 
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Hi Coffee Freak: feel free to do. The making of was simple. I had used the old door cards. Only a small piece of foam in between, good looking sacks from ebay, a scissor and a little bit of gloom. Per card maybe max. one hour.
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1966 Sportsmobile Camper https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
72 Super Duper http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=672387
(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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| Every setback is an opportunity to learn stuff and to buy new tools. |
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