Okay maybe this is over kill but, what the hay. Decided to get it down off the lift where it has been for quite a while. Started this one a while back from a glue bomb I got from a club member who knew I liked Volkswagons. I've been trying to decide on an engine for a while. Originally I was going to use a SBC but, couldn't find one in my parts I liked. So I modified the chassis some more today ( the white rod), and now this Hemi fits. Think I'm going to need some wheelie bars.
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VW Beetle with Hemi?
Started by rmvw guy, Feb 16 2013 07:11 AM
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 07:11 AM
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 07:16 AM
Yeah baby! 
Very cool Ron, keep it going! 
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 07:19 AM
Va-Va-Varoom! Great idea but...how you gonna keep it on the ground? 
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 07:45 AM
LOVE it !
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 09:03 AM
Ron, what is this overkill you speak of? I put a Hemi in a '99 Eclipse, and it even fits under the hood! 
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 01:03 PM
I'm gonna like this.
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 01:28 PM
put gull wing doors on this and you got a flying machine 
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 02:49 PM
The old IMC kit!!!
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 07:49 PM
they came with a hemi stock
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 10:41 PM
Great Project! It looks very good already, keep going.
We had one V8 Bug here in Finland, it was really mean car. Haven't seen it for a while, though. My buddy built his version of V8 Beetle in 1/25 scale too few years ago.
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Posted 16 February 2013 - 11:53 PM
awsome 
and i have seen a few v8 powered bugs here in holland 1:1
and i have seen a few v8 powered bugs here in holland 1:1
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 04:12 AM
Very cool ldea and build Ron and nice diorama.......
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 06:10 AM
they came with a hemi stock
LOL!!!
Nice Ron! I like the way you have the figure posed checking the fit of the Hemi, and the workshop is totally cool! Looking forward to seeing more on this build!
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 07:53 AM
Looking good. Somewhere on my camera I have photos of two VW's with 454's that I saw at a car show.
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 09:22 AM
I love that old IMC Bug kit. Rip it up!
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 11:35 AM
they came with a hemi stock
True story! I would love to find this kit...
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 12:08 PM
Caught my attention right away.
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 12:15 PM
they came with a hemi stock
Huh ??
Beetle combustion chambers:
Hemi combustion chamber:
Not the same thing at all.
Kool build by the way. You can never have too much power.
Edited by Ace-Garageguy, 17 February 2013 - 12:18 PM.
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 01:18 PM
I built one of these in the late 70's, only I built it with a SBC, put a pickup bed on it with a gen4 Vette tail light panel.
It was canary yellow, wired, plumbed, upholstered (black terry-cloth carpet, hand-sewn black leather bucket seats), it even had mirrors and alternator bracket.
It was awarded either a 1st or a "best in show" (been so long I don't remember anymore) at the 1979 Arizona World of Wheels model contest.
it's currently in pieces because a few years later the plastruct sheet I used for the bed started to warp and I decided to rebuilt it with some better stuff, unfortunately "purple pond" wasn't around back then so I put it away for a few decades...
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 06:44 AM
put gull wing doors on this and you got a flying machine
This gave me an Idea! In the middle of the night I awoke and made this sketch.
The old IMC kit!!!
I didn't know this, thanks!
they came with a hemi stock
I think you mean the IMC kit came with a Hemi. Here are the parts I got and yes that is a Hemi.
A couple more pictures of mockup. Thanks for looking.
