i saw this and was just speechless so i had to share
it turned up in the homemade bastards and abortions thread so some of u have probably already seen it
but its the kind of stuff if u tried to pull it off in oz they'd lock u up and throw away the key
scarey thing is the guy drives this bug daily

it looks like it was once a nice 69 beetle



the most amusing aspect of it is he has converted to right hand drive himself
so as u can see hes left the dashboard as is
if it had a speedo cable the passenger could tell him how fast he was going



probably so he can still reach the radio thro the glovebox while driving




now rather than get proper RHD pedals hes hack in some LHD pedals from god only knows what
check the chopped and hacked pedal arms



the original clutch pedal has just been cutoff and had a slave cylinder attatched



and the brake master cylinder is just bolted to the firewall instead of the floorpan bulkhead



so all this fits under the fuel tank hes just wedged it onto some longer bolts to hold it up higher..... she'll be right mate



which means the original filler neck wont line up anymore
nevermind just shove a cough syrup bottle in there for a fuel cap



obviously the right boss kit woulda broken the budget so he just screwed the new steering wheel to the old one with wood screws



rather than buy wheel adapters or get drums redrilled to fit those rims he only uses 2 bolt holes from a 5 stud pattern....
and im sure no grease caps are real good for the bearings to



those mirrors that clip onto the gutters kinda dangling from the door instead...



and finally what ISNT wrong with this picture....

Very scarywhats the go with the fuel tank bolts????

Guess theres more than one way to skin a cat
Simon

That's why Australia has modification rules, to protect the public from these idiots, and the idiots from themselves.

When the water in the front wheel bearings make them seize the two wheel bolts will probably shear off...

At least he was sensible enough NOT to put his fuel filter over the distributor!

I dont understand why he would even post pictures on the internet. Was he trying to brag about his "handywork"?
Simon

it wasnt the owner that put them up
another samba member took them and put them in the abortions thread

shane, cos of his stupid mastercylinder mounted so high up on the firewall the fuel tank wont sit down normally
so its sitting up suspended on those bolts with nothing but gravity holding it in place

only in america...

If it's in America why did he change it from LHD to RHD? Or was it supposed to make it look more 'exotic'?

Fark, thats insane.

Why?.... Just why? That's so dodgy

Hey...wait a minute!

1. From a distance it looks the goods
2. theres a lot of original ideas there
3. He drives it daily. so it must be reliable!

It just needs a bit of tidying up...

geez im surprised there isnt a video of it on you tube

I could soooo win the RAT trophy with that one,
i'm going out into the garage now,
i've just found a knife & fork that will work a treat for some custom work on my ride!!!!!

Less wheel nuts means less weight = goes faster!!!

some of His ideas are ingenius...

How would anyone think of doing the pedals like that?

its just a shame He wasn't doing the pedals on an old Yank tank.... lol

RHD cars are scarce in the uSA..
so unique and they are sought after...

but I just hope that beetle owner [Yes 1969 beetle]
doesn't do any more beetles....
for mates etc..... lol

Lee

What are yous guys on??? That is sum of my best work

thats handy to know Ian
im bringing over a left hooker zwitter rag
u think u can wave ur magic on it to?

No worse than some of the stuff that gets boasted about on here!

And driven on public roads!

Go check a mini truck forum. Seen worse beleive it or not.

in adelaide we have some of the worst cars in the country!

We have no vehicle checks unless the vehicle is defected..

I have mates with corolla`s that have twin turbo 6`s in them unless you get picked up by the police knowone really cares.

My beetle got defected time last year n i have to put the vehicle totally back to as it left the factory to clear it.

I am really thinking about the whole engineers thing.

Matt

Those pedals are a similar set up to i think it's reub-rev-head with his 59 subaru bug?

This guy is the FULL dodge and i thorght the beetle looked alright from a distance in the first pic.

He gets a gold star

I wouldn't be surprised if this guy used water for engine oil

That bloke is a mechanical genius....does anyone have his contact details so I can get some advice for my Notch......NOT!!!!!

Scarab (aka: Paul)

OMG, The Leonarde Da Vinci of Bugs ROFL

geez who brought this back from the dead

funnest fat chick I've seen in a while
the bestest bit was the wheels n nuts n no caps
haha not even centered
imagine them babies spinning at 60ks let alone 20

at least he appears to be using good quality fuel hose and not that crap that you get from car part chain stores or worse hardware stores. you see it at every car show.

Someone suggested the Leonardo Da Vinci, me thinks Piccarseo