Yes I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of this, as a beetle fan. I think, and that's only my opinion but you need a few wooden coffee stiring sticks for the pickup bed, both for the base and sides!
Looks good but in the UK the wheels have to be covered and the exhaust has to have silencers/mufflers and out of harms reach/ under the car so no one can get burnt!
I was driving on our dual carriageway outside town I saw one of these coming towards me in this colour...........a Lamborghini Aventador. This a standard photo as I don't have a dash camera.
Thanks guys, I'm pleased that you like my efforts. Yes you just can't throw anything away, there are plenty of ways to rescue/rebuild kits, I just put the name of the vehicle into Google image search, and things appear that make you think, YES.
These just fascinate me, as we don't see these here in the UK! It looks just amazing well done Scott. I'll have to look into getting one of these kits imported.
Thanks guys for your comments. Stephen I used to be a race and air traffic marshal at the Silverstone circuit 5 miles from here. When we had a Bultaco Trials Bike in the '80's I would put the trailer on the back of our family Beetle and take the bike to do just as you said. It was far too crowded to use the car inside the circuit so I would use the bike, great fun when you think that most of the spectator viewing areas then were high grass banks alongside the track, perfect for a trials bike when I had an hour or so off duty during the day!
Yes you say that so we must be able to do it! I've built lots of the AMT Meyers Manx over the last 2-3 years and changed most everything except the chassis anf Beetle engine. I bought a Flintstone Resin Manx kit body and windscreen. Used the paddle type tyres front and back and a Corvair motor and a Dakar Mitsubishi 4X4 running gear and hey presto another idea comes to fruition ! I'm presently thinking about a six wheel Manx design with a woody truck bed and a woody trailer from a Model T kit!
Ah well back to reality, I'm replacing some fencing round the garden if it doesn't rain today.