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\'49 (kindo) HOT ROD bug

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pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#423398
🤪 ill bet he upset alot of people the day that got cut 😁
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kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#423407
cant wait too see it done .Its surely a graft from a trashed split beetle
show us your gates

beerdoc Insano Dub Head

838 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#423408
abitious!


Will you stop using big words teacher man

I agree pyro
Cheers Doc

reVOLKS at Fyansford Geelong
20th OCT 2007 STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS

WABaja Call ME when you need a TOW

824 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·

#423588
this project started out as a pile of early body sections, with nothing much to join them together, no powerplant or chassis, just a general idea of what i wanted at the end!

i bought this off ebay first- its a cowl, dash, A-pillars and screen brow from a '49 split oval. the a pillars were bolloxed, particularly around the demister vents. good job id be cutting half a foot out of them i was rather pissed the glovebox and dash panel trims shown went 'missing' even though i was assured they were included. robbing c#*%. i also bought a rear screen clip, inner and outer skins, but the vents were also rotted out.

i figured i needed something to attach these 2 sections together so a bit of trading around netted me this '63-'64 shell in exchange for shortening the chassis that was under it. at first glance it looks pretty good, especially as it was sandblasted, but the work done on it was truly terrible, the new channels were held in more by the seam sealer than the weld!!
but, it served the purpose i needed it for perfectly- to use as a kind of jig to locate all the other panels i was using. currently the only panels left off it are half the firewall, most of the rear 1/4s not including the arches, a couple of bits of roof gutter, and the front 1/4s and A-pillars (and the 1/4s will be being replaced soon!)
why a pre-64?
because as i cut sections out and threw them away, i could recycle bits of the roof into the roof chop, as you need donor sections from another car to chop a bug, and i needed them to be 'fat pillar' to match the early roof bits i had.
[ Edited on 31-10-2005 by WABaja ]
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....

pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#423610
well there ya go people shouls thank him cause it turns out he's saving em 👍 its all good
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ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#431669
the link's at the top of the post mate

Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#431800
This thing is going to be crazy.... its got like 430hp 7.2L v8 slated for it 🙂

Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#431801
any pics of the black hot rod bug in the shed?
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom

Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile

1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#434518
good to see some concepts are still being pushed. not toooo sure about the idea of a v8 crammed into it, but hey, we alll have stories.
:bounce
let sleeping dubs lie

Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#445283
Can't wait to see it finished!!