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4x4 vw beetle buggy
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:29 pm
by flyinwall
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?
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:48 pm
by DeWsE
No but I have thought about a linked, tubed, sas'd mighty boy!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:49 pm
by grimbo
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
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:58 pm
by flyinwall
hey dewse i have seen a write up of a mighty boy on a swb zook chassis and 4x4 running gear
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:30 pm
by HRZOOK
There were actually a few 4x4 bugs made in the factory called commander wagons
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:24 pm
by sierrajim
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:05 pm
by twinnie
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
Matt
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:07 pm
by "CANADA"
theres a pic on the forums here somewhere..i think hes using a zook or shortie rover chasis
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:02 pm
by KaMo
Just been reading about converting a 1500 VW motor to be steam powered!
Constant torque from 0 rpm...silent...no gearbox.
Would be something different to have in a buggy, apart from the scary thought of having a 500psi boiler about 1m from you.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:53 pm
by Vulcanised
you mean like this one??
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:58 pm
by Barathrum
Here's a pic of the orange one. Don't have any specs on it. Hope someone does.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:29 pm
by Maggot4x4
mad_landie wrote:theres a pic on the forums here somewhere..i think hes using a zook or shortie rover chasis
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... p?id=11938
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:03 pm
by Shorty40
Barathrum wrote:Here's a pic of the orange one. Don't have any specs on it. Hope someone does.
That is kickass
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:33 pm
by flyinwall
that orange one is like what i had in mind
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:48 am
by grimbo
that's the one I was talking about. I believe it was rockwells, 52" tyres and a small block V8
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:14 pm
by flyinwall
has anyone got any more info/pics of that orange beast
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:25 pm
by Barathrum
I was going through some of my old pics and found some more photos of the orange VW.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:32 pm
by Slunnie
Check the diffs on that!
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:54 am
by Hekta
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
Matt
There was one at the Nissan Trials last year. It was pink or purple or something.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:16 am
by bogged
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!
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:56 pm
by grimbo
Slunnie wrote:Check the diffs on that!
they are Rockwells
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:55 pm
by droopypete
What a waste of 2 vehicles
Peter.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:13 pm
by ljxtreem
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
Mock
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:02 pm
by tuf045
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:18 pm
by droopypete
tuf045 wrote: It is heaps cooler and certainly more original than a lifted gq.
I can't argue with you there
give it heaps
Peter.
hAS
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:39 pm
by Patroldude
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...
Gets more looks than the Ferrari I went in one day... its all custom originalyity with an engineers cert to prove it.....
Mk
Re: hAS
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:56 am
by resident e
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...
Gets more looks than the Ferrari I went in one day... its all custom originalyity with an engineers cert to prove it.....
Mk
would it be a mini panel van,cuz i see one in campbelltown every so often.
it looks heeps cool
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:57 pm
by AussieCJ7
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
Re: hAS
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:16 pm
by flyinwall
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...
Gets more looks than the Ferrari I went in one day... its all custom originalyity with an engineers cert to prove it.....
Mk
thats not the one that made it into hot 4's or fast fours magazine is it
mini
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:02 pm
by Patroldude
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....
Mk