'70 Volksrod

[ChuckNDicks]

Actions speak louder than words, so I'm going to keep the talking to a minimum.

Here are the quick details:

'70 beetle body
-body sectioned 4"
-roof chopped 9.5"
-'68 rag top section added
-cut down stock seats, welded into fixed back

'68 beetle chasis
- ball joint front end bulkhead welded on
-9" beam extension w/ 2.5" drop
-2.5" drop spindles
-turned and welded beams
-7.5" rear end/tunnel raise (suspension and motor)
-rear torsions turned 2 outer splines
-temporary type 2 motor (i love freebies)

I started this project 3 years ago to push myself and my abilities so I could learn quicker and harder. It worked. The quality of my work has improved probably 10 fold in the course of this project. Anyways, here are some shitty pictures from instagram of the build:

[A4crn]

dang that's some serious fabrication...I like the proportions, well done

[WICKED WEISS]

This is nuts.

[milano_red]

In for more!

[Dwob]

only queers drive shit brown cars. oh wait....

[Nick475]

Hell yeah nice dude

[Skraight.]

Nice, reminds me of a guy that builds these local to me.

Here are a few shots of his, he built this one from scratch in 73 days, pretty crazy.



His thread:

http://www.properimage.net/forum/showthread.php?3997-Das-Speedster

[oprahhwinfreyy]

YES! about time someone did that on here!!

[Arthur.M]

Spectacular

[Dwob]

[magnumleigh]

Looking good man, I love your interior.

[Codidly]

Dang! That's nuts, keep up the great work man!

[Stupid Kid]

This is so cool, id drive one of these

[los02]

HELL YEAH!!!!

When I saw the first picture of the rear wheel I actually went

[ChuckNDicks]

Nice, reminds me of a guy that builds these local to me.

Here are a few shots of his, he built this one from scratch in 73 days, pretty crazy.



His thread:

http://www.properimage.net/forum/sho...-Das-Speedster

I've seen some pictures of that thing before, I really wish I had to room for all the equipment and supplies to build a chassis like he did. It would have saved me so much time I feel like.

This volksrod by Kustom Coach Werks is what really drove me to start this build, theirs is only about 33-35" tall (iirc) and uses an earlier body style and a few other minor differences, mine is a sky scraping 39", just for reference.