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Hebster52 Samba Member

Joined: March 14, 2003 Posts: 1850 Location: Finland, Jakobstad
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: The KidVRod. (By request..) |
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Ok. So, here it goes by request. After I posted some pictures of my latest project in the gallery, I have been getting some requests to give it an own thread...
The idea for this originally came when me and my son (4 years old) went on a local Soapbox derby in the late May this spring...
The first question my son asked me was:
Daddy, why doesn't I have a car like that??
And to top it off a few of my work collegues who hade built their traditional soapbox carts challenged me that I would have a beetle there next year... As I'm easy on taking such a challenge and I happened to have a complete -74 standard body sitting behind the shed I thought that it would just suit as the donor for the complete project...
I mean what else is a such a new body worth using for than scrapmetal??
Here is the donorcar before butchering:(My wife to the right and my kid on the trailer)
This picture was taken about the 1st of June this year...
_________________ ~Kris~
"The Hebster52" my Hebmuller replica build
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD |
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Hebster52 Samba Member

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Hebster52 Samba Member

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Hebster52 Samba Member

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Hebster52 Samba Member

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NorCalWeekender Samba Member

Joined: April 13, 2000 Posts: 6536 Location: East Bay, CA
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:26 am Post subject: |
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What tells me your kid is gonna have the coolest kid-car around?!  _________________ 9th Owner of a 1971 Tintop Westy
"Eventually, we sold to a guy for $500 who towed it away to live in it in his parents' driveway. We didn't think it would ever avoid the junk heap on that day." -The 3rd Owner, 1995 |
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Hebster52 Samba Member

Joined: March 14, 2003 Posts: 1850 Location: Finland, Jakobstad
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KombiMonster Samba Member

Joined: April 17, 2001 Posts: 2751 Location: Central Cal.
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:40 am Post subject: |
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are you going fender-less?....You definately have some skill on getting that thing looking proportionate....you'd have some mad skills on getting fenders sectioned/narrowed!...Your gonna have to slap a briggs and straton in that thing when he's done race'n it so he can take it around the house!  _________________ FOOK CANCER
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Hebster52 Samba Member

Joined: March 14, 2003 Posts: 1850 Location: Finland, Jakobstad
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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KombiMonster wrote: |
are you going fender-less?....You definately have some skill on getting that thing looking proportionate....you'd have some mad skills on getting fenders sectioned/narrowed!...Your gonna have to slap a briggs and straton in that thing when he's done race'n it so he can take it around the house!  |
Yes, it will become fenderless, but I have noticed that if I would want to go fullfendered I just would use the rear inner wheelwells as half of the fenders. They have the perfect shape for it...
Forgot to say that it will get a 8hp B&S including transmission from a driveable Lawnmower... _________________ ~Kris~
"The Hebster52" my Hebmuller replica build
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD |
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Andrew Samba Member

Joined: October 27, 2000 Posts: 5865 Location: Who in the what now?
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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I want one of these...  _________________ -Andrew |
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buggpower Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2006 Posts: 928
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Cool so you can paint it just like yours, if you got one, or make a rat rod out of it be pretty cool. |
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Hebster52 Samba Member

Joined: March 14, 2003 Posts: 1850 Location: Finland, Jakobstad
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Been around at volksrods.com since before the day one but never built an own or had one my self.. Just been building the Hebster and now this is partly as a final testwork for me until I finish the Hebster for the next season...
I have also wanted to chop a bug but never had the opportunity and blessing from my wife until now. Secondly a fenderless Volksrod is out of question here in Finland due to the regulations... This is the closest I can get and it will be a cool car to cruise around in on the VW events next year.
The engine will be easily removed so it can be used as soapbox car occasionally.. _________________ ~Kris~
"The Hebster52" my Hebmuller replica build
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD |
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vwdmc16 Samba Member

Joined: January 12, 2006 Posts: 1734 Location: sacramento, CA
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TedzBug Samba Member

Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 272 Location: Michigan, USA
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Hebster52 Samba Member

Joined: March 14, 2003 Posts: 1850 Location: Finland, Jakobstad
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Matt K. Paint and Body Nutcase

Joined: January 14, 2005 Posts: 2598 Location: Hemet, So Cal.
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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That is F*cking great, i love it, looking at the door handle to the size of the door really shows how much was taken out from all angles........love the work, keep up with the pictures.................we are all curious how it will come out. _________________ This is my 23rd year in the Auto Body/Paint Game!
*Take a look at some of my custom paint: http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n119/mrpaint_2006/ .( NOTE: these are some older jobs but still neat.) |
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sixfootdan Samba Smartass

Joined: February 13, 2002 Posts: 4852 Location: \Lo*ca"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of locating.
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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That's pretty crazy looking, Keep the pics comming. _________________ Schrodinger's cat walked into a bar and it didn't.
GO SEAHAWKS!!! |
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Hebster52 Samba Member

Joined: March 14, 2003 Posts: 1850 Location: Finland, Jakobstad
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Matt K. wrote: |
That is F*cking great, i love it, looking at the door handle to the size of the door really shows how much was taken out from all angles........love the work, keep up with the pictures.................we are all curious how it will come out. |
Maybe this shows the size some too?
I'm just 5.64 feet tall...
_________________ ~Kris~
"The Hebster52" my Hebmuller replica build
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD |
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clickypens52 Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2005 Posts: 86
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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man
that is great
I especially love how it's all proportional
keep up the great work |
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