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 DubbyFan
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 04:23 AM |
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Beetle with Kombi roof!
Found this surfing, nice mix....
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/11/npocp1963bugusdog.jpg
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:05 AM |
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drugs are bad
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penguin
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 09:11 AM |
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Personally, I like it 
Sort of a Type 1 Squareback :P
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beetleboyjeff
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 10:33 AM |
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I rather like it too - the side vents should help solve the problem of getting cooling air to the motor once the rear window vents have been removed.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 12:12 PM |
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I really like it too, I agree, it's a Type 1 Squareback.
Looks great in my opinion.
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 12:42 PM |
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A little too much rear overhang but otherwise a nice interpretation of a type1 squareback. I'd own one
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:08 PM |
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I also like it. Very professionally done too!
1973 Super Beetle
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 helbus
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:20 PM |
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I always look at the metal work in this kind of custom work. How it was done, the difficulty, how much has to be moulded to fit.
I love it when a beautiful, original, rust free, one owner vehicle is cut up to do the project.
Why start with a rusty one?
The only changes I would see is to have shorter back vent, and maybe mould body bulge line forward into rear quarter panel. Hard to say until you see
it by eye.
Not my personal choice of colour either.
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:25 PM |
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looks too long in my eyes but i think its a cool idea and why oh why yellow.....
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:28 PM |
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I really like it! I kind of wonder whether the rear end of it is the full width of a Type 2 though, or whether they've narrowed it? The body seems to
taper to meet up with the Beetle B-pillars. Very nice, I'd definitely own it. In fact, I'd swap my Beetle for it. It would be nice to have a rear
hatch to put luggage in, instead of trying to load large objects through the doors and over the back seat!
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:37 PM |
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any more pics?
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:41 PM |
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That's an incredibly flattering photo of the yellow submarine.
It's very out of proportion in the ass end when viewed from any other angle,it's got way to much body overhang at the rear
been forsale for ages.
Someone did a pretty good photoshop shortening it to a decent length
Be that as it may there are still much nicer bug-busses-squareback creations out there like these
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 08:55 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by XXX-1.8T
any more pics?
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oh yeah eat your heart out 
Think baby with a full nappy
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 09:05 PM |
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I'd own the blue one in Joel's post. Regardless, lot of workmanship there.
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| posted on October 9th, 2011 at 09:12 PM |
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I like the green one.
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| posted on October 10th, 2011 at 07:53 AM |
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Agree the green one rocks, but why those tail lights?????
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| posted on October 10th, 2011 at 08:05 AM |
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it looks British 
71 notchback,
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| posted on October 10th, 2011 at 09:21 AM |
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I'd own either the green or the blue one but the yellow one just looks strange with that big butt.
Is it just my imagination or is the body on the yellow one wedge shaped? It appears to start narrow at the windscreen and then continue to widen out
right to the back edge....?
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| posted on October 10th, 2011 at 09:25 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
That's an incredibly flattering photo of the yellow submarine.
It's very out of proportion in the ass end when viewed from any other angle,it's got way to much body overhang at the rear
been forsale for ages.
Someone did a pretty good photoshop shortening it to a decent length
Be that as it may there are still much nicer bug-busses-squareback creations out there like these
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Decent!? lol now that you mentioned it is a quicky photo shop. Can see it like a sore thumb.
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| posted on October 17th, 2011 at 06:10 AM |
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Unless of course that new crease was meant to be there 
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