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wizard roaster kits
jamiesc - April 6th, 2013 at 09:35 AM

Ive heard about a wizard roadster kit for beetles that was made in the 90,s and just wondering whats the story behind the kit ? Does anyone on avd have one ? And is there a supplier that makes them still? And what other kits have been made for a beetle ?

1303Steve - April 6th, 2013 at 11:01 AM

Hi

Ive seen a similar kit here but Wizard were a UK based company

ian.mezz - April 6th, 2013 at 12:06 PM

there was a bloke down sydney way, I think he had about 3 , I think shop was caledl vw king.

jamiesc - April 6th, 2013 at 02:09 PM

aww okay did australia do any similar kits ? and i googled vw king and it only showed up with his workshop would be good to see one in the flesh

1303Steve - April 6th, 2013 at 03:55 PM

I don't if you will ever see one in the flesh, all the bog has most likely fallen off them and they have rusted away, they made an already impractical car more impractical

VDUBXTC - April 6th, 2013 at 09:59 PM

your lucky day.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-BEETLE-CONVERTABLE-/251253849048?pt=AU_...

Joel - April 7th, 2013 at 10:26 AM

Dunno if anyone on the Gold Coast remembers back in the early 90s there was the rental company that had a fleet of yellow convertible bugs and even a couple of topless type 3s.
They had a few of those roadsters too

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Originally posted by VDUBXTC
your lucky day.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-BEETLE-CONVERTABLE-/251253849048?pt=AU_...


The mob that made those ones were in Victoria in the late 80s-early 90s, forget the name of them but they were notorious for cooking engines.

They were left with bugger all cooling vents and they hack those gills in under the gaurds so the fan sucked in all the dust off the wheels
Used to slice your hand open changing spark plugs :rolleyes:

Stinkbug - April 7th, 2013 at 10:39 AM

why are people so unkind?

TheMiniMan - April 8th, 2013 at 08:09 AM

ah crickey !!!

& those rear guards,,, who-ever invented them aught to be shot, they`re just are sooo wrong & always have been

MISS VDUB - April 8th, 2013 at 08:37 AM

There are a heap of wizard roadster looking bugs getting around Perth, unsure if there was a business who had made them in W.A also since I used to see so many?

hrastovica - April 8th, 2013 at 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by TheMiniMan
ah crickey !!!

& those rear guards,,, who-ever invented them aught to be shot, they`re just are sooo wrong & always have been
It's funny you know, i absoluteluy loved the torrie lights back in the day, now i can't understand what in the world we were thinking. They are quite horrible aren't they haha.

donn - April 8th, 2013 at 11:25 AM

Yeah, I wore stove pipe pants and bell bottoms "back in the day" :rolleyes: cool then but not so now , that's fashion for you. :crazy: now, as long as I'm warm or cool (temp) and legal who cares. :lol: