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Bunglebus
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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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Location: Pearl River, NY
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I'd have liked to see photos of the Ghia once/if he finished it. He gave quite some thought about the door shape, with the bottom edge being up high for rocker & body stiffness, and following the character line of the body just above where the double side trim strips used to be. I hope the inner roof was reinforced to carry the hinges and the significant weight of each door.
Since Ghia doors have no window frames, he had to devise some sturdy metal sections to connect the roof portion with the lower section of the door. Likely his door windows did not open, though the inspiration-car Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing did have vent windows.
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EverettB 
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 3:43 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Bunglebus
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 11:29 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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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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finster
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 8:00 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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deththpickable!
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Bunglebus
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 1:20 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Link as it's a FB reel
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18qgs6ZUC4/
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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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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:17 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| I kinda love the Bajarocco actually. |
X2 and the price is only mildly on the high side.
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vwuberalles
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 1:34 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I did a screen grab for those where the above are just saying 'content not viewable in your region' 
which apparently is because imgur has blocked access for uk users because our dumb gov planned to fine them 
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sportin-wood
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Sorry Glenn. I tried to grab pics from the ad but was unsucessful. How do you do that? Anyway it was an air-cooled Scirocco buggy! |
Here you go:
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vws-microcars4jim
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| I don't click on FB links |
Sorry Glenn. I tried to grab pics from the ad but was unsucessful. How do you do that? Anyway it was an air-cooled Scirocco buggy! |
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| That^ might look better with a pre-'70 rear end. |
That might look better in a crusher.  |
I was trying to be positive. 
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| I don't click on FB links |
why?
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Glenn
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I don't click on FB links
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EVfun
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| scottyrocks wrote: |
| That^ might look better with a pre-'70 rear end. |
That might look better in a crusher.
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| As a general rule, cheap parts are the most expensive parts you can buy. |
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vws-microcars4jim
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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That^ might look better with a pre-'70 rear end.
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Bunglebus
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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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KTPhil
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 8:11 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I finally met a guy who had a Porsche motor in his VW.
3.2L, V6 from a Porsche Cayenne (1st Generation)
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Elmer is never gonna catch this wabbit!
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