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baghall Ben Hal Outlaw Bushranger

1,021 posts · joined Jan 2010 ·

#937142
Watching them convert a bug into a buggy
68 Baja - It's a growing pain!
58 Baja ute - and the pain spreads!
85 T3 Kombi - still growing
89 T3 Kombi - parts car

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#937144
I haven't been watching them much..

they only replace things that have to be replaced but leave everything else the same... which is crappy in UK weather and lots of salt about...

it is interesting to see how much good used parts and new replacement parts are available for all the vehicles they fix up..

would be much more difficult down here to do those things at the prices they do them at..

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

baghall Ben Hal Outlaw Bushranger

1,021 posts · joined Jan 2010 ·

#937247
Yeah definitely couldn't do it in australia for those prices. They were able to do the buggy for 3700 pounds and that includes a new kit and a replacement floorpan.
68 Baja - It's a growing pain!
58 Baja ute - and the pain spreads!
85 T3 Kombi - still growing
89 T3 Kombi - parts car

rickp Officially Full-On Dubber

200 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#937255
Watched it, Great timing too as i am giving my brother in law a hand to build his buggy

TorxKiwi Officially Full-On Dubber

231 posts · joined Jun 2011 ·

#937267
The Turbo channel on Foxtel is running the Beetle Crisis series as well I think it must be the second series.
"Ownership of a Beetle is not a destination it is a journey."

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#937272
no ive seen the Beetle crisis before

he spends days preparing and filling the under side of the chassis

then sprays sound deading on it for some reason would have look much beeter in stock paint


the buggy conversion was very cheap couldnt do it for that price here
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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OZ Towdster Keen to finish some projects

1,921 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#937322
You wouldn't even be able to register that buggy here , as no roll overprotection was fitted AT ALL .
It was also a very simple buggy with no front or rear barwork , cannon exhausts , and the existing mighty 1300 twin port donk
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel