i have a 73 beetle which i have cut 5ins past the doors to make a ute.....going to run a 6 rib kombi box with a ej20t,4 wheel discs,aero front guards and a aluminium tray and it will be painted in the new ford falcon purple.....will keep ya posted....hopefully with pics soon......vaughn:jesus

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as soon as i figure out how to use my scanner i will post pics of a ute i made about 15 years ago.it had a hot 1835 with a baja front end on it.....cheers vaughn

haha sounds insane.. can't wait to see it!

Insano Dude - like to see the pics when ya got them

Yeah, me too, pics soon? what wheels you thinking?

nice shiny 17s or 18s

ooohhh... yeeaaahhh.. Bring it on. that would look awesome
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i will post some pics of my old beetle ute this weekend ......:jesus

1 sold in Mudgeerada a couple of years ago for (so my son tells me ) $2000 but when I saw it for sale 6 months later it was$4000 - $5000. Was that your fisrt 1?

no..........the one i made was in nz

here is a pic of my old beetle ute

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here is another one

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here is another one

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can anyone tell me how to get pics bigger?

thats better

and another

set up a http://www.photobucket.com  account and put em on there and link to here ...

wow thats nice....

u know crazy george has a project one for sale...so guys if ya like the looks of this one...find out from george about the other.

hehe

but that is ONE NICE RIDE...

and one more

cheers helter

the one i am building now should be better than that one.......even though that one was awesome to drive.when i sold it i put a standard 1500 in it and kept the 1835 .......and then put the 1835 in my mates beach buggy and the damn thing would pull wheelstands in 1st and 2nd gear.....lol....heaps of fun........vaughn

here is where i am up to on the new ute,getting ready to weld in the back wall

and another

lucky i got a titan.........lol

hopefully i will get the power on in the shed in a couple of weeks and then i will get stuck into it.....cheers......vaughn

what are you using for back wall ,custom made or kit? has the pan been strenthend or not needed? thinking of similar project

going to make a custom back wall out of steel,leaving that up to my panelbeater mate and the pan will have to be strengthen but i have a transport engineer coming around shortly to tell me everything i will have to do to get it legal .....cheers......vaughn

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what would be the best sheet metal to use.........18 gauge,20 or 22 gauge?......cheers....vaughn

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a mate at work is putting the power on in my shed this weekend....so i should be starting on the back wall of the vw next week hopefully..more pics soon

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