DUB of your dreams · Aussieveedubbers

DIY-DUB · 27 Jul 2005, 9:28 pm

ok ppl, time for some land of unlimited cash resources skills etc world stuff, what would you build?

Unity-28 · 27 Jul 2005, 9:35 pm

51 Split window Convertible. Ivory with Tan interior....

N!

les05 · 27 Jul 2005, 9:45 pm

Split window on a 76 pan, fuel injected turbo, 17 inch simmons wheels,House of Colour Passion Purple with pearl top coat,white interior.

very nice.If only i had enough cash.

barls · 27 Jul 2005, 10:16 pm

15th million sbug with big mother of a motor ie 2.7 fuel injected with a 5 speed box and nice rims in ruby red. so im part way there just a few more thing to do

squizy · 27 Jul 2005, 10:28 pm

A sleeper lowered split with stock rims, running a turbo 911 setup with 5 speed.

HotRodMatt · 27 Jul 2005, 10:33 pm

A 1934 Tudor

oh you mean a VW?

I'd chop an original split bug!

kombikim · 27 Jul 2005, 10:49 pm

Ha ! an exact replica of my 54 but on an IRS pan with supadupa V-force motor ,
drive each to work on alternate days and confuse the hell out of some of the regular dickheads that give me grieff, pull in front of me etc

crewcabconnection · 27 Jul 2005, 11:06 pm

I'd figure out how to stick a VR6 into my bus, just to be oppositional to the EJ22 boyz.

akean1 · 27 Jul 2005, 11:11 pm

2tone 60's squareback or bug, or a frid on airbags, irs, disks all round rock solid 1776 motor, red leather interior (white piping), black brm's , a train horn as well as the stock one, navagatoin system, keyless entry and remote start, an alarm system that runs coil power to the crotch of the drivers seat (no false alarms🤪)
ultra light sound proofed teardrop trailor on the back with kick ass stereo. a glove box jammed full of cash for fuel, and see you all later!

greenbug70 · 27 Jul 2005, 11:36 pm

an oval widened slammed and tricked up to 2ltrs good enough to cream them jap copies

2443TT · 28 Jul 2005, 12:00 am

Thats easy! 52 split, Semi-tube chassis. 996 a-arm front suspension and brakes, 993 rear suspension and brakes, 18x7's and 18x9's, G50, 2.8lt autocraft engine, twin turbo, autronic with traction control and anti-lag features enabled. :blah

I'd imagine there's potential for a 0-100 in less than 4 seconds there.

1303Steve · 28 Jul 2005, 12:26 am

Hi

Im building it now.

Steve

Che Castro · 28 Jul 2005, 9:56 am

^what he said. 🙂

Starbug · 28 Jul 2005, 12:02 pm

an all original (ha!) hebmuller.
red, with white leather interior, raking the weeds on gas-burners, with oh... some sort of big-arse vw engine.

i would drive it very very slowly too.

VDUBXTC · 28 Jul 2005, 12:40 pm

Mine would be something similar to Squizy.

Modified oval body to look like split body.
Modified to fit on full porsche floor and running gear.
Fi 3.0 ltr 5speed etc

Fossil · 28 Jul 2005, 1:52 pm

Got my 73 Bay and he's a beauty and besides him a 23 window split😂

mscabrio · 28 Jul 2005, 1:53 pm

Cherry red Karmen Ghia vert with cream leather interior ...... nooooice ...... or mint green fastback, slammed, also with cream leather interior, roof rack and Empi 5 wheels ........ Mmmmmmmmmm

pete wood · 28 Jul 2005, 3:13 pm

[pete rocing back and forward]
must stop rocking must stop rocking....too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas :duh
[drool starts to flood keyboard]
mmmmummmm...notch....frid...buggy...Karmen...split...barndoor...too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas too many ideas
🤪
[thump as pete hits the floor in sensory overload]😵

P.S. Maybe it's better for my family and bank account if I stop this whole thought process.

ColumBUS · 28 Jul 2005, 3:28 pm

early bay panel van, graffiti paint job with black and orange furry interior, custom ORS drawer system, 80 ltr waeco fridge filled with draught, corner couch, sound system, dvd player, slammed and running porsche cups, being pushed by a supercharged 1916.

or a hebmuller with a full carerra kit...

BiX · 28 Jul 2005, 4:08 pm

Umm german look

Lightedned std floorpan, but with a cage for strength
full carbon fibre body
Mid mounted turbo porsche drivetrain (maybe from the new cayman?)
ceramic disks
dark metalic blue with hints of the carbon showing through
18's
custom double a-arm front and rear suspension

or something that i COULD have

mid engined super beetle with a WRX engine and GB, and some decent disks in and above blue.

Purple Martin · 28 Jul 2005, 4:25 pm

I have two dream dubs:

Samba, cream over red, stock and perfect
KG cabrio, red with cream doors, big motor, slammed with big low-profile shiny rims

ruckus · 28 Jul 2005, 5:17 pm

or a hebmuller with a full carerra kit...

Kikko you are evil. After all of those beautiful images you had to throw that turd in.

hehehe

Robo · 28 Jul 2005, 8:09 pm

Porsche powered Karmann Ghia!
Rob...

barls · 28 Jul 2005, 8:10 pm

Robo wrote:Porsche powered Karmann Ghia!
Rob...

hmmm baulder racing karmann ghia thats it im spent

Starbug · 29 Jul 2005, 1:13 am

Kroozin_Kikko wrote:or a hebmuller with a full carerra kit...

now, dont get me wrong... im quite a fan of the carerra kit, but doing that to a heb warrants me personally coming around and torturing some sense into you. :P

mscabrio · 29 Jul 2005, 9:23 am

Starbug wrote:
Kroozin_Kikko wrote:or a hebmuller with a full carerra kit...
now, dont get me wrong... im quite a fan of the carerra kit, but doing that to a heb warrants me personally coming around and torturing some sense into you. :P

OK then Starbug, I will put KK's carerra kit on my oval ..... after I have chopped the roof off ...... heheheheheheheehehehe (ducking for cover, waiting to be pelted with rotten tomatoes)

HotRodMatt · 29 Jul 2005, 12:59 pm

HotRodMatt wrote:I'd chop an original split bug!

Revision.... I'd drive it a while then sell it to the UK or US! hahaha

vwtyp2 · 29 Jul 2005, 2:54 pm

one that costs nothing to run, no servicing , no maintenance.
get in, turn the key, it goes and nothing breaks.

Starbug · 29 Jul 2005, 3:08 pm

*pelts rotten tomatoes and other fermented fruits and vegetables at mscabrio*
ooooooh!!!! *grumble grumble*
there will be no altering the gentle nature of primary original classics... leave that to the more plentiful and available classics.

if anyone is about to baja a hebmuller, split window or oval... please stop and think right now !!! :P

Robo · 29 Jul 2005, 11:42 pm

Oh my god!..:repuke
Rob...

helterskelter400 · 30 Jul 2005, 1:34 am

DUB of your dreams

DUB of my dreams is a country buggy built and driven to a win in both the finke and the aus safari - and then in a team for a tilt at the dakar... haha

factory toyota, mitsu and VW... suck OZ balls.....

sorry dreaming again.... haha

helbus · 30 Jul 2005, 9:07 am

Volksrod style Beetle with rear split window installed, chopped and dropped. Dash smoothed to only have speedo.

Engine to have blue flames out the exhaust when gassed, both rear wheels light up in one second.

bus914 · 30 Jul 2005, 11:14 am

Already have a kombi... and some fastys, so maybe i'd get a 911 baja.

bus914 · 30 Jul 2005, 11:16 am

or a manx like this

akean1 · 30 Jul 2005, 12:36 pm

that buggy rocks! love the canopy

Harryman · 30 Jul 2005, 1:52 pm

akean1 wrote:2tone 60's squareback or bug, or a frid on airbags, irs, disks all round rock solid 1776 motor, red leather interior (white piping), black brm's , a train horn as well as the stock one, navagatoin system, keyless entry and remote start, an alarm system that runs coil power to the crotch of the drivers seat (no false alarms🤪)
ultra light sound proofed teardrop trailor on the back with kick ass stereo. a glove box jammed full of cash for fuel, and see you all later!

Go for it bone collector if this dream turns out as good as your karmen mate you will be doing real well. Ben Bloody slack fireee:cry

akean1 · 30 Jul 2005, 2:23 pm

think you got the wrong person harryman, ive never had a karman:o

VWMA Editor · 31 Jul 2005, 4:52 pm

For me in sunny, stinking hot Qld summers, is aircon in my Bay Window. Have bought all the bits. Just waiting for them to arrive and then I'll start to play. My children and wife will be eternally grateful for changing the sauna on wheels into something civilized.

DIY-DUB · 7 Aug 2005, 5:00 pm

id go 1 of everything in every look i could think of, 1 for every day of the year, all faultless, and something to play with as well, but since im not greedy id settle on this for now...

Anthiron · 7 Aug 2005, 5:34 pm

hmm.....oval baja bug. heaps of travel, 2inch lift, big arse mudders, g50 box, huge type 4 turbo, 4 wheel porsche discs, full cage, racing buckets, harnesses, rear opening hatch with reserve fuel tank in the rear. storage box where back seat was. wood slat roof rack with spottie bar.

actually i dunno.....like unlimited money thats a hard question........id just make the best baja i could and still get it registered.

ryfoz · 28 Oct 2005, 12:39 pm

Im building my dream VW.
'79, V8, Auto Bay, Stock looker.

Wish list:
Slammed with Porsche Dials
Aircon + climate control,
Wooden Roof rack,
Custom canvas tent/annex,
Fridge between front seats,
Hand made jarrah wood panelling,
5 x Custom trimmed Holden Statesman buckets....
Much more but that is the start.....

YIOughta · 28 Oct 2005, 12:56 pm

any pics of the build?

ryfoz · 28 Oct 2005, 1:10 pm

YIOughta wrote:any pics of the build?

Non of the engine in so far. Just an empty interior and engine bay. they will be up when i get some decent pics.

theverybigtallman · 28 Oct 2005, 1:28 pm

i saw a 911 turbo the other day, on the deck with the fat brakes underneath it.

it wasn't hard to imagine a 60s beetle with the same treatment. i'd chop the roof, install a set of recaros, put in the 911 dialls and that would be about it aesthetically.

66deluxe · 6 Nov 2005, 6:58 pm

The bug I am building now, 66deluxe lowered IRS pan Narrowed front beam dropped spindles 944T brembo disc brakes on all corners whiteline adjustable swaybars adjustable konies, boxster wheels 914 tacho in original speedo position, 914 speedo, scat dragfast shifter, vw wooden sports steering wheel, 2.3 type 4 engine using 78.4mm DPR stroker crank, type 1 journal rods, 96mm pistons and cylinders, will go to 103mm bore later, 44x38mm valve heads, Fuel injection with twin throttle bodies, 911 cooling system, hydralic clutch on single side plate gearbox, but don't know what colour to paint it.

Starbug · 6 Nov 2005, 8:18 pm

yellow!

Golde60 · 7 Nov 2005, 11:48 am

i m almost finished building mine, but if i had infinite time and money, i would drop the body onto a late 80s 911 to get the best of both worlds.

running gear, brakes, a/c etc but with all the hard work thats gone into my bug.

sleeper too

ColumBUS · 7 Nov 2005, 12:25 pm

give me a couple of days and my dream car will be on the way!

t2 · 7 Nov 2005, 5:36 pm

steves rhdbdddpanel, or his rhddlxbd , or his original 27,000 mile single cab , but almost happy with what i got just a few things to do like fit a 4 inch narrowed front end with wide 5 discs from csp , change the straight axle to irs , fit some early wide 5 beetle rims 4.5 wide fronts with 175/55/15 tyres and rears with stock 165 r15s or maybe some 175/70/15 tyres .
if i couldnt have any of that i would love to own dave beckers 66 camper.

sean68 · 7 Nov 2005, 7:58 pm

Mine is a 62 ragtop bug running erco's and a 2276 stroker motor with 48 IDA's
or one of the pro stock drag bugs from the U.S.
or Alan Fore's prostock notchback drag car which he just put on the market to sell :cussing
anyone got 26000 U.S. spare :duh

Jak Rizzo · 8 Nov 2005, 2:16 pm

1stcarbug wrote:ok ppl, time for some land of unlimited cash resources skills etc world stuff, what would you build?

I already built it & been driving it daily for 14 years:thumb

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/228628.jpg

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/213874.jpg

regards
Jak

DIY-DUB · 8 Nov 2005, 10:58 pm

good call jak, im borrowing some inspiration for my car from yours, and a few others on this forum, just dying to get mine started and finished, sigh i want the unlimited money, hey wait, you've had the unlimited money for 14 years! wanna share some? lol

Jak Rizzo · 9 Nov 2005, 4:58 am

Your car is never finished, I have a wish list for it still, but it is very close. I did everything on my car but paint it & even then I used the barter system to get it done. U could easily build my car again for 10grand.
regards
Jak

Spook · 9 Nov 2005, 8:29 am

Got a 73 bus, stock as a rock.
It's battle scared & seen better days (a lot like it's owner).
I've driven 900 kms on three cylinders & 100 kms without top gear.
BUT, it's failed to get me home ONCE in 13 years.

What more can you ask??

pete wood · 9 Nov 2005, 10:38 am

I know beetles are soooo derivative, but anyway. Here goes. Early 60s, with a very big motor with forced induction of some kind, maybe Subie but maybe aircooled. Air con and a nice stereo. Classic lines but big scary power for wasting idiots in clubsports. :thumb

56astro · 9 Nov 2005, 10:51 am

An early Notch

big brakes

big-ish wheels and tyres

all the good stuff to make it handle

and a Subaru H6 6 cylinder mated to a Porsche 5 speed