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posted on April 12th, 2003 at 10:30 PM
4x4 beetle


has anyone been thinking about putting a beetle body over a 4x4 chassis. i have. does anyone know how hard it would be to pass road worthy and would you need a engineers cert. for it?
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posted on April 12th, 2003 at 11:12 PM


do u think a beetle and suzuki sierra would have similar dimensions? wheelbase, front and rear track etc...

you would probably need engineer approval, but it shouldn't be that much of a hassle. Remember the vw-based kit cars like the eureka, their type-approval was related to the chassis rather than the body, so the kit-cars didn't need to be crash tested and adr tested etc, as that was all related to the vw chassis
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posted on April 13th, 2003 at 08:36 AM
MONSTER beetle


Dec 2002 issue of Hot VWs has a beetle set up on a custom hi lift chassis- they made a chassis out of box section then mounted the vx floor pan above that ( so that the car could be returned to standard)... looks awsome and has about 40-60 inches of ride hight.



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posted on April 13th, 2003 at 11:21 AM


Here you go....no exactly what you're thinking but still 4wd.

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1811/pictures/4wdbugfront.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1811/pictures/4wdbugrear.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1811/pictures/4wdbugtrans.jpg

http://www.davesport.com/rally/images/davebug.jpg

http://www.davesport.com/rally/images/davecrsh.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1811/pictures/4wdbugtrans.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1811/bugs2.html




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posted on April 13th, 2003 at 01:47 PM


I was thinking more along the lines of suzuki vitara, the only worry i've got is fitting the motor under the bonet!
I have ssen the hot VW mag you are talking about and yes it does look good!!
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posted on April 13th, 2003 at 02:30 PM


How about a Super with Golf struts and a Kombi Syncro gearbox etc?
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posted on April 14th, 2003 at 08:04 AM


What about a 70's model swb landcruiser, would make it look much meaner.
After all suzukis are sissy cars :D
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posted on April 14th, 2003 at 10:04 AM
You mean like this?


http://home.iprimus.com.au/jester21/WTF.jpg



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posted on April 14th, 2003 at 10:14 AM
incase that image is too big and gets deleted


WTF?



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posted on April 14th, 2003 at 08:31 PM


that would be good but i am not that clever, the reason why i was thinking suzuki was because of the engine size under the bonnet!
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posted on April 14th, 2003 at 09:04 PM


in brazil a company produced a 4*4 based on a beetle engine
not sur eif it would be adaptable to a beetle chassis?
I have an article on it somewhere out of an old vw magazine it looked quite interesting
Also during the war (WW2) they built the 4*4 schwimmwagen I think they also built a few beetle prototypes not sure how many survived
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posted on April 14th, 2003 at 11:57 PM


Didn't the German market have a syncro Golf? Might make an interesting mating!!

I also remember seeing a US web page where someone had modified a type 4/Kombi gear box to bring a shaft forward from the pinion. Must be very similar to a syncro GB.
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posted on April 15th, 2003 at 08:45 PM


heres a 4*4 vw check it out
not sure of the details
http://offroadvws.com/00miltis.html 
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posted on April 15th, 2003 at 09:08 PM


this is an original 4WD kombi from a museum in germany we visited
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posted on April 15th, 2003 at 09:59 PM


4wd and the blue beetle still crashed !!!!!!!!!



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posted on April 16th, 2003 at 09:57 AM


yeah but he had a 2.4 T4 stroker with a TO4 turbo and about 300 odd HP on dirt.......

I prob would have pranged it too :)


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