Do they make kits for Super Beetle chassis

[malacarr]

I started with a 73 Super Beetle and enjoyed restoring it when COVID got in the way. Anyway, after post COVID I found a 74 that I preferred and am now driving and working on it. I still have the 73 and would like to finish working on it but I was thinking maybe a Dune Buggy type kit would make more sense. I think there might be a problem front suspension. Any help of guidance would be appreciated, thanks...

[slalombuggy]

You'll need to change the front of the pan to mount a beam style suspension. No one makes a kit to support strut suspensions

[malacarr]

Is there a kit to make that change?

[NJ John]

Any company’s or shops that did, probably don’t anymore.
Here’s a topic covering it. But you could also cut the frame head off and craft in a standard frame head.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=460537
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[mikemck]

The now-dead Classic Motor Carriages had a kit for this. You may be able to find one.

[malacarr]

I will look, thanks man...

[oprn]

Super Beetles are the pinnacle of the Beetle evolution. The best of the best so to speak. I personally hate to see them chopped up for other purposes as the front suspension does not really suit either kit cars or off road. Most of these conversions end in projects that sit for years and are then set to the recyclers.

In my part of the world the floor pans rust the worst so if the floor pan is salvageable the rest of the body is usually not so bad. Maybe someone else would be interested in continuing the restoration?
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[malacarr]

Well I replaced the pans on it and most of the work is done. The company that I work the owner has a race a shop and was restoring it there. Anyway, we are in the multi-family building business and they need some room for storage of material and the Beetle is now in a race car trailer. Have really enjoyed the 74 that I am now driving and was looking to do something different with the 73. I think you might be right, I will probably finish reassembling it and sell it on to someone else...

[Dusty1]

[BL3Manx]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536116