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Alternative form of transport!

Post by JohnTurbo » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:35 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-VW-BEE ... dZViewItem


Well, what can i say really?
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94 Turbo - Black (Converted from NA 2.0)
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Post by stu chacks » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:41 pm


Wow, how chuffed would the neighbours be if you had that badboy parked outside! :rofl:

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Post by Darren » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:06 pm

Rear window louvres rock! :D
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Post by kennymac » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:08 pm

Must be a mid-life crisis job (old dude, doesn't like the rain), they don't usually leave the bodywork on the beetle when they convert them, they usually scavenge the engine, 'box etc and junk the rest. Definately different though, and, in a strangely worrying sort of way, quite cool actually. :?

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Post by robkendall » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:39 am

i likes it....yum
wouldnt actually pay anything for it though.


i actually thought about doing something similar with the 480 turbo trike!!
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Post by VanDerGraaf » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:43 am

robkendall wrote:i actually thought about doing something similar with the 480 turbo trike!!
lol
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Post by robkendall » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:19 am

rohan.....i actually got to the 'proof of concept' stage

i got an old auto turbo block, wiring ecus etc from a local breakers, and built it into a 'standard' trike frame...
it looked very funny sat there with a battery gaffer taped to the petrol can, sat ontop of a wodden fruit box holding all the looms/ecus etc!

like i said....proof of concept.
the engine needed a lot of work, but even running as bad as it did, it was obvious a normal trike build wouldnt cut the mustard.......the engine produced too much torque and kept twisting the frame!!!
was fun riding up and down my 'private road' to test though......
a very heavy gauge frame would be needed to take the block....especially as i wanted it rich modding too......too much weight against manouverability etc.......was going to be too much work to do it from scratch build.

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Post by billy5000 » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:19 pm

Hi all

the beetle is kinda cool,even to the two rear seats which i chuckled at lol
madness!!

rob r u pulling legs cos if not it sounds like you had wicked fun!:)

richmodded lol i could imagine an effect close to poor hammond:):o


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