VW Double Cab Tow Truck

[Brian Austin]

 

https://www.oldbug.com/sowdcc.htm

[espo]

This would make a great crusty kit bash. 

[DustyMojave]

As a VW guy, the aspect of this truck that I find most bizarre is the 2nd engine mounted upside down on top of the primary. The VW van and pickup were rated for 1 ton of cargo. So the truck can handle the weight just as well as an American truck could. But yeah, horsepower would be lacking in the 1500cc 53hp engine. But to mount another engine upside down???? The cooling tins on top suggest that the top  engine is a 1960 or earlier 1200 rated at a whole 36hp. Same engine my '58 Bug started with. My '58 with a 1600 with bigger cylinders to make it 1835cc, with dual carbs and a cam makes more horsepower than his Frankenstein rig.

My '58 Baja Bug as it is now. I met the car the day it was bought new in May 1958 and it now has 955K miles on it. Nearly 600K as an offroad Baja Bug. That's my son leaning on it. He's a veteran offroader. He and our team have won several offroad racing championships and even won their Baja Bug class in the Baja 1000 with a similar Bug.