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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:48 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:14 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

At least no VW's were harmed in the creation of that.

I've often wondered how well one of those would do at Barrett Jackson, shovel some chrome stuff into the back, strap a surf board on and sell it Saturday night, it'll be right up there with all those 23 window "tributes". Razz
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:45 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

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At least no VW's were harmed in the creation of that.

I've often wondered how well one of those would do at Barrett Jackson, shovel some chrome stuff into the back, strap a surf board on and sell it Saturday night, it'll be right up there with all those 23 window "tributes". Razz

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:01 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

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At least no VW's were harmed in the creation of that.

I've often wondered how well one of those would do at Barrett Jackson, shovel some chrome stuff into the back, strap a surf board on and sell it Saturday night, it'll be right up there with all those 23 window "tributes". Razz


Kind of reminds me of those early cold war era East German knock-off buses.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:44 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

Man, that website is setup screwy or my old browser is misinterpreting it somehow.
Under 'color' the listed options are "Unpowered truck" "Electrick truck" and "Deposit" Laughing
Since 'Plug type' is an option, I gather this 'vw bus' is an electric replica.
I also find free shipping on a *vehicle* to be quite weird. Is it actually a model and not full-size or...?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:46 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

Whats is that white loop under the cab for? Is it to hang it on your key chain?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:49 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

link to the fiberglass buss from their samba ad. I talked to a local guy that was planning on get one and got the runaround. I think they suspected he was going to try to make a driving vehicle. Not the case.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2258401

I watched a YouTube video of a guy that bought a $10k super car from China and received a electric smart car looking thing.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:29 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

Ah! It's a static unit, not a driving vehicle. Just a rolling kitchen, right?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:34 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

^ that's what I thought too, and have seen examples on the street but this top photo shows steering, gear lever and stop/go pedals...
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 6:14 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:44 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

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^ that's what I thought too, and have seen examples on the street but this top photo shows steering, gear lever and stop/go pedals...
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I saw photos underneath of one at a bakery in Phoenix that looked like it was drivable (steering, brakes, lights, suspension) and it was powered by an electric motor.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:28 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

Huh, weird. So they are actual vehicles. They're definitely electric, yeah.
Surely they don't deliver them by driving them to whoever buys them?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:56 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

VeeDubWolf wrote:
Huh, weird. So they are actual vehicles. They're definitely electric, yeah.
Surely they don't deliver them by driving them to whoever buys them?

Not my photos. From FB. The photo I saw had a steering wheel, but looking at this photo I'm Not sure how they steer?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 1:18 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

cart springs front and back - will be a noisy ride with all the cooking utensils crashing about!
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 1:48 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

This is the same bus as the other pictures I posted. I wonder if it is the same pink bus Bunglebus posted? There are differences. AC unit on roof and what looks like led lights on the other.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:40 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

The dash is different. It’s missing the square thing to the left of the cluster.
Those buses seem very slab sided. Missing any contour. Someone will VW drivetrain one.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:56 pm    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

That steering confuses the hell out of me, it looks like a big long drag link coming from the steering box to the RH wheel at a 45 degree angle, but what connects the LH wheel to the right?, must be obscured by the axle.

I suspect there's a big sticker that says "Not for highway use" on there somewhere.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:25 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

busdaddy wrote:
That steering confuses the hell out of me, it looks like a big long drag link coming from the steering box to the RH wheel at a 45 degree angle, but what connects the LH wheel to the right?, must be obscured by the axle.

I suspect there's a big sticker that says "Not for highway use" on there somewhere.


Maybe there's an electric steering-rack hiding behind the axle?
I don't see that tiny steering wheel having enough leverage for manual steering.

As for the sticker, that wouldn't surprise me one bit! Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:48 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

And your not driving far with all glued in windows.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:16 am    Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... Reply with quote

There are others - as stated above, powered by an electric motor but probably not recommended for road use

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Love the wheelarches on this. They do them to look like steam trains, Peterbilts, garden sheds...
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