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by flyinwall Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:29 pm
has anyone ever thaught of using a vw beetle as a base for a buggy as you have a cab and all the pedels are already there and all the seat mounting and the firewall and floor from what i have been thinking all you have to do is make the chassis section (as most people would say "tube it") and mount the running gear. its just a thaught at the moment and vw shells are cheap enough and they are fairly strong so has anyone else had strange delusions like this?
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by DeWsE Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:48 pm
No but I have thought about a linked, tubed, sas'd mighty boy!
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by grimbo Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:49 pm
There is a cool as one in the states running rockwells and 52" tyres. I'll try and see if I can find a pic and details of it
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by flyinwall Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:58 pm
hey dewse i have seen a write up of a mighty boy on a swb zook chassis and 4x4 running gear
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by HRZOOK Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:30 pm
There were actually a few 4x4 bugs made in the factory called commander wagons
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by sierrajim Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:24 pm
there is an orange one in either Texas or Oklahoma. I'll email a guy i know who's mates with the owner to see if we can get the specs.
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by twinnie Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:05 pm
i have seen a mini on a zook chaisi before that was kinda cool it looked like a moster truck and that was with 33"s
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by "CANADA" Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:07 pm
theres a pic on the forums here somewhere..i think hes using a zook or shortie rover chasis
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by KaMo Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:02 pm
Just been reading about converting a 1500 VW motor to be steam powered!
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by Vulcanised Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:53 pm
you mean like this one??
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by Barathrum Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:58 pm
Here's a pic of the orange one. Don't have any specs on it. Hope someone does.
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by Maggot4x4 Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:29 pm
mad_landie wrote: theres a pic on the forums here somewhere..i think hes using a zook or shortie rover chasis
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by Shorty40 Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:03 pm
Barathrum wrote: Here's a pic of the orange one. Don't have any specs on it. Hope someone does.
That is kickass
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by flyinwall Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:33 pm
that orange one is like what i had in mind
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by grimbo Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:48 am
that's the one I was talking about. I believe it was rockwells, 52" tyres and a small block V8
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by flyinwall Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:14 pm
has anyone got any more info/pics of that orange beast
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by Barathrum Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:25 pm
I was going through some of my old pics and found some more photos of the orange VW.
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by Slunnie Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:32 pm
Check the diffs on that!
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by Hekta Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:54 am
twinnie wrote: i have seen a mini on a zook chaisi before that was kinda cool it looked like a moster truck and that was with 33"s
There was one at the Nissan Trials last year. It was pink or purple or something.
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by bogged Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:16 am
Barathrum wrote: I was going through some of my old pics and found some more photos of the orange VW.
that thing is about 2% VW!
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by grimbo Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:56 pm
Slunnie wrote: Check the diffs on that!
they are Rockwells
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by droopypete Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:55 pm
What a waste of 2 vehicles
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by ljxtreem Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:13 pm
droopypete wrote:
What a waste of 2 vehicles
Peter.
whats more stupid than a rangie and a beetle,
a beetle on a rangie,
Atleast a beetle has bigger wheel arches than a rangie
hows about copping the top off a beetle and putting a rangie body on it
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by tuf045 Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:02 pm
bogged wrote: Barathrum wrote: I was going through some of my old pics and found some more photos of the orange VW.
that thing is about 2% VW!
Who cares if it's only 2 % vw. It is heaps cooler and certainly more original than a lifted gq.
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by droopypete Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:18 pm
tuf045 wrote: It is heaps cooler and certainly more original than a lifted gq.
I can't argue with you there
give it heaps
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by Patroldude Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:39 pm
My mates old man has a registered mini and mihtyboy ute on sierra chassis... the MB has a 4AGE engine in ti too... way cool to drive in...
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by resident e Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:56 am
Patroldude wrote: My mates old man has a registered mini and mihtyboy ute on sierra chassis... the MB has a 4AGE engine in ti too... way cool to drive in...
would it be a mini panel van,cuz i see one in campbelltown every so often.
it looks heeps cool
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by AussieCJ7 Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:57 pm
DeWsE wrote: No but I have thought about a linked, tubed, sas'd mighty boy!
Best use of a mightboy I saw was fiberglassed lined the rear tray and reinforced the roof
Fill back with ice and bevy of choice, drive to local football match back it up to the boundry sit on roof with "esky" at arms reach
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by flyinwall Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:16 pm
Patroldude wrote: My mates old man has a registered mini and mihtyboy ute on sierra chassis... the MB has a 4AGE engine in ti too... way cool to drive in...
thats not the one that made it into hot 4's or fast fours magazine is it
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by Patroldude Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:02 pm
Nah - not down campbelltown at al - red mighty boy and yellow mini clubman - not sure what magsthey been in but I know it would of been in a few so far hey....
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