Ok guys I have solvered da problemo at hand!
Thanx to "TheSamba" I have at last worked out what it is so there is some promise in what is essentially still a FUGLY VeeDubbaya alternative hehe
Many thanx to the dude who posted the VW GT picture from the site, man there are some interesting Euro cars based the the mighty Dubbaya!
ok now lets see if I can get a grip on this image thing.. hmmm?
SO.... there ya have it guys, another one ya can now add to the list and rest knowing the "FUGLY Mystery 'X' Mobile" has been solvered hehe
Ok now there doesn't seem to be any real great worth to these from what I gather?
Sooooo that means it's open slather woohoo!! hehehe
I remember a friend many many years ago on the Sunshine Coast who owned Browns Autobahn, a Father/ Son team dealing in VW's working from their shed doing all sorts of mechanical repairs.
I did Ian's Type3 Wagon up from the ground up and ended up spraying it in the original pale Green with a mist coat of micro Silver metallic but thats another story hehe
When I owned my '64 Cal Custom Beetle Ian owned a Baja Bug and fitted up Kombi Transaxle and reduction gears on the back and Kombi suspension on the front.
The front and rear rims from memory were something like 15x6 and 15x10 and ran the snow/mud offroad type tread tyres and he wanted to turn it back to an original style Beetle, but one on steroids so removed the Baja kit.
I widened an original set of Front Guards 3.5inches and an original set of Rear Guards 3inches, he then made up a new set of runing boards and covered them to look original...
He then got it painted in a late '70's Mazda 323 colour which was like an ultra violet candy Green in the sunlight, looked awesome!
Man that sucker could go to!
I think he ended up with 3 shockies on each back corner to try and stop it launching the bum up in the air hehe
Looked like an Elephant Beetle stickin it's bum into the air hissin at ya ready to launch and attack on each gear change lolol
But long story short, is it illegal nowadays to fit the Kombi suspension under a Beetle floorpan?
I just reckon the Invader body is going to need some serious sort of track under it and instead of running monster dished rims I reckon increasing the track would be a better alternative, especially if I go ahead with it as those rear guards either need cutting down in length or chocked full of tyre, so I reckon I'd be looking at something like 15x10's with either a 295x50 or 265x50/60 type tyre on the rear and a 205/215x60x15 tyre on the front.
I remember blowin around 5 Transaxles in my Dub so I figure a Kombi box setup should hold the goods with a tuff lil Typre3 donk with Twin Port heads etc
Gotta start somewhere?
I also like the look of the front guard filled with the headlight cover, so I think I would still be inclined to cut the recesses out then flip them upside down, switch sides and have a full guard ionstead of the recess.
Then recess a 5 3/4" hi/lo Headlight in each side, with a 4" spottie recessed below that with a 2" indicator under that and a 1" park light under that, keep all lighting round and recessed, not scalloped like it is now, I like headlights when theyre fitted like how I would recess an ariel.
Might leave the GullWing Doors just for rainy days me thinks?
But leave them off on the rest of our "great one day even better the next" weather we have up here (I forecast rain everyday knowing my luck pmsl)
Then cut out the rear cover so its like a Aunger louvre and I can see out and thru it through the small window in the rear of the cabin.
From what I can gather the windscreen maybe from a Karmen Ghia?
What do you guys reckon?
Well thats the mystery solved and a long road ahead of me now.
So thanx to you fella's who gave it a shot for me, I have to admit it was challenging just to get this far lol
Cheers, Pig (oinks308)
