xci_ed6
xci_ed6 Reader
11/12/09 9:50 p.m.

Build thread is somewhere here: http://www.volksrods.com/forum/

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
11/12/09 9:57 p.m.

re-post

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand Reader
11/13/09 7:20 a.m.

Cool, but they cut up a split window!

bludroptop
bludroptop Dork
11/13/09 7:33 a.m.

Note the large rear window opening in the first picture and the fuel flap on the right front, which is a dead giveaway that the shell was no earlier than a '68.

MiatarPowar
MiatarPowar HalfDork
11/13/09 7:43 a.m.
neon4891 wrote: re-post

Correct, but still badass.

snipes
snipes Reader
11/13/09 8:14 a.m.
MiatarPowar wrote:
neon4891 wrote: re-post
Correct, but still badass.

Yup I had never seen it. Thanks for the re-post. That is one cool Dad!

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade New Reader
11/13/09 8:30 a.m.

That's a lucky kid.

cwh
cwh SuperDork
11/13/09 8:45 a.m.

Dad has some fab skills. He belongs here.

poopshovel
poopshovel SuperDork
11/13/09 9:09 a.m.

COOLEST_berkeleying_DAD_EVAR. Thanks for posting. Hadn't seen it before.

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand Reader
11/13/09 9:20 a.m.

ok, now i see it. thanks for the correction.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn SuperDork
11/13/09 9:27 a.m.

There's a video or two of that car on Youtube.

RossD
RossD HalfDork
11/13/09 10:52 a.m.

Who wants to be 5 years old again for an afternoon at that guys house?

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
11/13/09 11:21 a.m.

I think it was actually the kids Grandpa that built it.

neat as hell though.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/13/09 7:44 p.m.

OMG F'in Awesome!!!

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/13/09 8:07 p.m.

Wow, that's a lucky kid

Pat
Pat New Reader
11/13/09 9:06 p.m.

I want one...that was freaking cool!

vazbmw
vazbmw Reader
11/13/09 9:35 p.m.

JeepinMatt
JeepinMatt Reader
11/13/09 9:43 p.m.

I thought this was going to be some smartass thread with a picture of half a Beetle. I'm disappointed

Drewsifer
Drewsifer New Reader
11/13/09 9:43 p.m.

I can't describe how AWESOME that thing is.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/13/09 10:14 p.m.

as if VW beetles were not already light enough.

Too cool though.. but my fabrication skills suck

footinmouth
footinmouth GRM+ Memberand New Reader
11/14/09 6:29 a.m.

I'm sure that little boy will be posting here in couple years talking about the coolness of his Grandad .

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/14/09 6:58 p.m.
poopshovel wrote: COOLEST_berkeleying_DAD_EVAR. Thanks for posting. Hadn't seen it before.

troof.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/15/09 10:17 a.m.

I thought I had a cool dad back with I was 15 and he presented me with my superbeetle. We spend several years off and on rebuilding and modifying it

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