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finster
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you missed out the interior on the red coupe 
they're asking £10,500!!
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Bunglebus
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Yeah that headlining is pretty awful
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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.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Looks like a prolapsed asshole. I highly suggest NOT doing a google search for that, though.
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I'm all for creativity but those proportions are just so . . . so . . .
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FarmerBill
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 10:42 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| scottyrocks wrote: |
I'm all for creativity but those proportions are just so . . . so . . . |
It feels like the inspiration may have been a 1940 Ford coupe. The rear window doesn't look quite centered either. |
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calvinater
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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whatever floats your boat.
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vwuberalles
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Bunglebus
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:35 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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20230109_213706.thumb.jpg.09b85211e0e401815cb5f4f78f6335c9 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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NJ John
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:51 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Looks like it was made out of a child’s race car bed.
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vwuberalles
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:13 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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The Truckstarossa is so dumb it's actually kinda cool. If it had a type 3 or 4 engine so the bed was usable it'd be fun to haul my vintage Italian scooters around in. If I had F-you money I'd swap an actual Ferrari engine into it.
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Bunglebus
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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This actually gives me the willies a bit
FB_IMG_1674065424984 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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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I guess he got REALLY tired of finicky 6-volt electrics!
Looks like a funny setup shot using an unused trolley mechanism that was hanging free in a maintenance yard.
Hopefully they ensured it was not live first! |
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VeeDubWolf
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:59 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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| KTPhil wrote: |
| Looks like a funny setup shot using an unused trolley mechanism that was hanging free in a maintenance yard. |
I'm not seeing any wires attached, so I think it's just sitting on the roof of the Bug, otherwise agreed!
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BSQUARE
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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EverettB
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finster
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:02 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I think I posted photos of that a while back with the proud owner standing by it. $35k wow! obviously an optimist
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danfromsyr
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:40 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Have to at least give them credit for finishing what they started.
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NJ John
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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They should have just swapped the late engine into the caddy.
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sportin-wood
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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