Very rare Volkswagen discovered in barn

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What were they thinking??????

theres one in darwin done similarly

some people have too much time on their hands.....and too little taste I think (in my opinion only) 😁

Oh no Lord please No! Please no,no,no,no! Make it go away please, make it go away! 😂🙅

There is a green one in Melbourne with a Mercedes bonnet

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The orginal Beetle with a Rolls Royce front clip is still in the possession of Jim Broadley (formerly of Diablo Motors) and he still has the letter of demand from Rolls Royce to destroy it or face legal action.

fuggley

We should show this to our kids and explain that this is what drugs do to people

Hi

From memory TAFE had something to do with these.

Steve

Maybe beetles would have looked like this if they had had water cooled engines in the front? I don't think it looks to bad 😀

Had a customer asked me to do one for him a few mth's ago,exept he had a old studebaker grill..............I refused!!

Way way way back in the early '80s I looked after a VW soft top for a young lady whilst she went on holidays in Europe. I had a ball driving around in her little beast. I was a Chocolate Brown "Wonderbug"...it had what looked like an Austin A40 front end and it had the manufacturer's/converter's build plate affixed close to the normal build plate from the VW factory.

It had a very well fitted and functioning leak free fold down fabric roof and it was trimmed in what looked like a dark silver velvety fabric. I must say...I was very impressed with the detail that went into it and the workmanship involved.

It got looks from almost everyone on the road (around Albury/Wodonga) and it was a very spritely performer too. A worked 1600TP with extractors that gave it a very nice rumble, twin dual throat Dellortos and 9" of rubber on the rear and 7" on the front gave it a very tough and racey stance.
Has anyone else seen or heard of this conversion before?

i would love to have 1!

From last year's Vic DOVW:

id roll in one of those bad boys...



















just to piss people off..

Man, they keep getting worse!

the other car next to the red one there ( Orange )
had some trick mods done to it

I remember seeing kits for these in a USA magazine back about 1970??

bonnet with Mercedes grill and dual headlamps in the front fenders..

also early Ford type bonnet kits too...

and there is a V8 powered beetle with front engine and early ford grill at the VW Nationals each year...
with a teardrop caravan...

LEE

I have also seen pics of them with fins and Mercedes tail lamps
on the rear fenders.... lol

You could actually put an Esky cooler under that bonnet... lol

You could use a Bentley grill now that VW owns Bentley...

but the cost of a Bentley grill would be "out of this world" lol

or go the el cheapo way and use a Land Rover Grill.... lol

LEE



photo: maybe this is a Daimler grill ?? not sure...
but the front fenders don't look modified at all... LEE


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it's ok it's only a fat chick 😂

Better leave it in the barn where no one can be harmed from looking at it?

68AutoBug wrote:I have also seen pics of them with fins and Mercedes tail lamps
on the rear fenders.... lol

You could actually put an Esky cooler under that bonnet... lol

You could use a Bentley grill now that VW owns Bentley...

but the cost of a Bentley grill would be "out of this world" lol

or go the el cheapo way and use a Land Rover Grill.... lol

LEE



photo: maybe this is a Daimler grill ?? not sure...
but the front fenders don't look modified at all... LEE


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AHHHHHHHHHHH blinded!!!!!

desh wrote:😂 😂


What were they thinking??????

all that was changed, is the bonnet...
and headlamps
plus odd blinkers

lots of fibreglass ones in the US in the 70s...

so, Your beetle could look like lots of other cars...

Why????

I haven't a clue.. lol

LEE

has anyone ever thought this is probably why it was left in a barn?

Yep, some things are better left in the darkest corners of the mind - or a barn - either will do.There truly should be a law against that!!

heres a pretty one for yas
they call it Tuning
urrrghh!

There was one running around the Ballina area a while back with an austin grill (maybe)- lots of chrome on the lip and a weird shaped bonnet

Couldn't quite figure out why they did it- the rest of the car was a bog standard beetle, down to factory rims and hubcaps

Some strange strange people out there....

Gringo_54_oval wrote:heres a pretty one for yas
they call it Tuning
urrrghh!

Arhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤪



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If u gonna find something in a barn make a good one...🤪

HotRodMatt wrote:The orginal Beetle with a Rolls Royce front clip is still in the possession of Jim Broadley (formerly of Diablo Motors) and he still has the letter of demand from Rolls Royce to destroy it or face legal action.

HOW? HotRodMatt you have come about with this type of information WHO? Is your adviser on this or perhaps I should say your misinformed instigator? Iam very interested as you seem to know more than the person named people like you should pull your head out of business that does not concern you the validity of your story is trash and you should think very carefully before throwing accusations around about people and stories that have no merit! You obviously have nothing better to do with your time but to engross yourself in fictional nonsense SHAME ON YOU!

FUHRM wrote:

HotRodMatt wrote:The orginal Beetle with a Rolls Royce front clip is still in the possession of Jim Broadley (formerly of Diablo Motors) and he still has the letter of demand from Rolls Royce to destroy it or face legal action.

HOW? HotRodMatt you have come about with this type of information WHO? Is your adviser on this or perhaps I should say your misinformed instigator? Iam very interested as you seem to know more than the person named people like you should pull your head out of business that does not concern you the validity of your story is trash and you should think very carefully before throwing accusations around about people and stories that have no merit! You obviously have nothing better to do with your time but to engross yourself in fictional nonsense SHAME ON YOU!

You signed up to post this? I hope you're joking, because having a letter from Rolls Royce telling you how offended they are about your car is a legendary achievement. I would frame it and hang it on the wall!

Haha nice username, FUHRM

F*** You Hot Rod Mat.

Gee FUHRM, whats your problem? Work for Rolls Royce?

FUHRM wrote:

HotRodMatt wrote:The orginal Beetle with a Rolls Royce front clip is still in the possession of Jim Broadley (formerly of Diablo Motors) and he still has the letter of demand from Rolls Royce to destroy it or face legal action.

HOW? HotRodMatt you have come about with this type of information WHO? Is your adviser on this or perhaps I should say your misinformed instigator? Iam very interested as you seem to know more than the person named people like you should pull your head out of business that does not concern you the validity of your story is trash and you should think very carefully before throwing accusations around about people and stories that have no merit! You obviously have nothing better to do with your time but to engross yourself in fictional nonsense SHAME ON YOU!

Gee you fire up easy don't you whoever you are? A simple "actually that's not correct, here's the reason why" might have sufficed?

Where's the Mods for getting rid of this sort of shit because this is what they should be focusing on?

Rural Baja> didnt anyone ever tell you never to assume it makes a.............. mmmm obviously not! For Ur information actually!!

SQUIZY > come back to my homeland USA opinions are welcomed there ! JO!