Hi, I'm new to all this, but not new to modified cars. I'm wanting to do either a Baja or a Class 11 Beetle, and living in Kalgoorlie, my pickings are slim unless I travel. I won't be doing racing, but after something to go exploring the red dirt roads and light trail bashing (I have a quad for the rough stuff).

Will the strut front be suitable for my needs, or do I really need the torsion front end?

Cheers, Greg.

Strut will be fine. I expect mine out here to end up doing about 20% of my travels on corrugated gravel, and I expect it to last 100K easy without the front collapsing in.
A strut brace will be an advantage, but not vital.

A few people on here have done a bucketload of kms offroad/rally on Supers, even raced them offroad. 1000s of strut rally cars can't be all terrible.

Standard height is 8" under the pan of either type though, so no need to go silly with lift kits even if you don't want to.

Sounds like a nice gravel runner, have fun with it.

I'm a welder so I can fabricate a triangulated strut tower brace for extra support. At least this opens up my choice of Bugs!

Cool! Maybe straight between the towers then down to the centre of the fuel tank cross-chassis, even a piddly light one would do.

You can still get 185/80r15s in Hankook, and they weigh less than a stock size Nankang 165, so you're not stressing the suspension out too much with a big heavy AT. They fit under the front of a Super with 4.5s or 5.5s steelies at stock height.

Supers have their place, they open up a world of extra ride comfort and stability, heaps more luggage room for assorted crap (like metal detectors maybe and camping crap?), and they are still easy enough to find cheap.

Don't tell anyone, but I prefer them personally........

Cool, that's music to my ears!! I should clarify its either Baja or C11 style, not a full fledged racer! It'll be a third car, toy, and learning device for the kids!