empinut Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I spent some time running through all the early 30's-40's-50's panel trucks to see which would have the best rear corner panels. as it ended up, the 37 ford panel by Revell just needed a little massaging. The biggest issue was where to cut the Beetle body. You can see my 1st choice, leaving in the beetle behind door quarter panels, which ended up being a lucky 1st guess to avoid extra body work. More projects to come as I am working on a few projects at once. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 yeah thats pretty slick. what are you going to do for a motor? seems a type 3 pancake motor would be a great choice but not sure you would be able to see any of it unless you cut an access panel into the pickup bed floor. looks great, should be an interesting build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Looks cool, man. Hey I just saw that you're in Houston. I went to my first VW-only car show there in (ahem) 1987, when I lived in Denton. Were you there at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diymirage Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 looks like your off to a good start ive had one of these on/under my workbench for the better part of a year now started with a stock beetle, cut the rear end much like yours and scratched everything else flipped the front end changed the drive train to a front engine rear wheel drive with a custom turbo'd GTI engine and a supra rear end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Neat lil VW pick up ya got going. some nice work and planning already. I can already tell it's gonna look Great Love it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I don't know if you would want to go with this engine choice or not, but there used to be a nice VW running around my hometown with a blown Chevy smallblock in front. It was neat seeing a hood scoop on the front of a Beetle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empinut Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 thanks guys. definitely a pancake...although the 48ida's may be poking through the bed I have lived in Houston for 14 years but grew up in socal in the 70's -90's attending Bug in's, Johnny's speednchrome shows, and vw classics. diymirage (name?)....geez, wish I saw how you made your cuts for your pick up...would have saved me a lot of time trying how to figure it out! if you wanna see more vw stuff, I've added picks to my fotki....empinut. thanks, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuel Coupe Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Great stuff Bill Thread HIGHJACK Bill, Not sure if we know each other or not. Im Shane I had the Bahama blue 66 48IDA'd 2276 traditional looker.s I was a member of Houston Air Coolers I sold it about 7 years ago.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big 'N' Grumpy Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Please tell me your gonna keep it low, i love em check this one out, its my uncles Baresteel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 (edited) i am the ex-longtime owner of a 74 thing, along with a couple of ghias, a small oval window bug, and some 356 porsches. i miss this car the most: gene berg motor: its great to see all the interest in VWs here. Edited June 1, 2010 by jbwelda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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