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KTPhil 
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Lights and number plate lamps worth more than the Beetle
FB_IMG_1766995638553 by RS, on Flickr |
Corvette envy. |
Or boob fixation.
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Rome
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| Posted: Yesterday 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Lights and number plate lamps worth more than the Beetle
FB_IMG_1766995638553 by RS, on Flickr |
Multiples, such as on the Ekranoplan? Aka "Caspian sea monster"-
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supercub
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| Posted: Yesterday 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Just saw this on another forum and was about to post it too. Hate to admit it here, but I actually really like it. I'd hack in some different taillights though. |
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Fish
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| Bunglebus wrote: |
Lights and number plate lamps worth more than the Beetle
FB_IMG_1766995638553 by RS, on Flickr |
Corvette envy.
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NJ John
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 8:18 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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That’s a few hundred dollars of parts, right there.
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vwuberalles
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Bunglebus
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 2:31 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Lights and number plate lamps worth more than the Beetle
FB_IMG_1766995638553 by RS, on Flickr
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Some people think they stopped making beetles after 1957. Some people think they stopped making buses in March 55, or August 58, or August 63, or July 67.
Some think that if your beetle has a padded dash, it's an engine donor. Some think that if it has push button door handles, it's a boat anchor.
Do what you want. Ignore the elitists. Drive your VW. Enjoy life. |
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Rome
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I don't think either the front nor the rear have been widened or narrowed. Super Beetles had a wider front track than standard Beetles, due to the MacPherson style front suspension. You see it more on this Beetle because it being so short, the front and rear axle is visually closer together, rather than being separated by the full length of the body on an unmodified Super.
From the 1973 US Beetle O Manual-
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FarmerBill
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 11:42 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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The more I look at it, the more I think it's wider in the front. Maybe a wide beam, and pinched a bit in the back? Definitely giving me Isetta vibes.
I drew a line parallel to the driveway apron, and even accounting for being parked a bit crooked it looks like the rear wheels are a little inboard.
And in this front shot you can barely see the rear fenders. I don't know why this is bothering me so much.  |
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vwuberalles
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 8:39 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I agree, I suspect the bobbed fenders create the illusion, the decklid, rear window, space on the sides of the engine and fender/tailight width all look normalish when viewed separately.
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sportin-wood
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 5:38 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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If it was narrowed, wouldn't the windshield, rear window & dashboard need to be modified as well? The deck lid looks to be a normal width too....but I could be wrong! 
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 1:00 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| FarmerBill wrote: |
| Am I seeing things, or has the rear on that clown car been narrowed? |
It definitely has! XD
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FarmerBill
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| Am I seeing things, or has the rear on that clown car been narrowed? |
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finster
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| Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 8:30 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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^ " be the talk of the town..." hmmm would they be saying nice things though?
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Glenn
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I get it 
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NJ John
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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What propels that thing?
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