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Title: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Phil_Gti-16v on 22 April 2008, 17:37
I love these, me and a friend nearly bought one for a project not long back, just found this one on ebay. If I could afford to i would. What you guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volkswagen-VARIANT-Estate-VERY-RARE-1973-model_W0QQitemZ230187434470QQihZ013QQcategoryZ9873QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volkswagen-VARIANT-Estate-VERY-RARE-1973-model_W0QQitemZ230187434470QQihZ013QQcategoryZ9873QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Phil_Gti-16v on 22 April 2008, 17:39
Just found this aswell pretty mental!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-BEETLE-DRAG-CAR-PROJECT-hotrod_W0QQitemZ140225906290QQihZ004QQcategoryZ18303QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-BEETLE-DRAG-CAR-PROJECT-hotrod_W0QQitemZ140225906290QQihZ004QQcategoryZ18303QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: lewis1641 on 23 April 2008, 12:06
square back is awesome. bug looks hard but i dont think the 1641cc engine justifies that spoiler!

i love the type 4 variant. propper ugly!!

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w4/lewis1641/variant.jpg)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: monkeyalan on 23 April 2008, 12:13
a bloke who lives in our flats has got a variant.
it only comes out in the summer tho' ,  pale blue , i posted pics of it last year. minter. :cool:
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Phil_Gti-16v on 23 April 2008, 13:45
I want one lol. So retro!
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: russ-vdub on 23 April 2008, 13:55
that bug rules, i'd have that for sure :)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Phil_Gti-16v on 23 April 2008, 14:50
Its pretty awesome aint it. Not to expensive either but definately an expensive project!  Theres another one I found on there to, check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150233483795&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150233483795&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: lewis1641 on 23 April 2008, 14:55
thats had a huge amount of work. not my bag though.

i am currently building a rat rod based on a wizard shell.  its going to be nasty. gonna run it without front wings, have lots of unsmoothed welds, welded doors, matt brown paint and no windscreen.
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: lewis1641 on 23 April 2008, 14:56
this is it so far...

(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w4/lewis1641/wizard.jpg)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Phil_Gti-16v on 23 April 2008, 15:01
Thats awesome, I've thought about this sort of project. Got any more pics? Heres some of others I've found on the web which I had on my computer.

Think the black chopped one is so nice, not to sure on the yellow one though.

(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk29/gtiphil_photo/423856000_12447e5217.jpg)

(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk29/gtiphil_photo/423855981_703cc3019b.jpg)

(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk29/gtiphil_photo/423856392_fd9c3fa485.jpg)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: dubsport on 23 April 2008, 16:12
Thats variant looks sh!t  :sick:


This however  :drool: :drool: :drool:

(http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk29/gtiphil_photo/423856392_fd9c3fa485.jpg)
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Uruk Hai on 23 April 2008, 16:20
Adolf would have been proud of the gun metal grey bug, awesome  :cool:
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Phil_Gti-16v on 23 April 2008, 16:26
Pretty awesome aint it.
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: dubsport on 23 April 2008, 16:43
hmm wonder if a mk2 golf would suit that colour *scratches chin*
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Phil_Gti-16v on 23 April 2008, 16:46
Think it could look amazing on a mk2!!!DO IT!lol.
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: russ-vdub on 24 April 2008, 10:36
matt grey, cheap and easy to do at home :) i was guna do my whole car matt black, inside and out..but im too lazy
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Uruk Hai on 24 April 2008, 11:05
Your not alone, when I got mine I was gonna do everything ! These days I can just about manage a service if it isnt raining  :grin:
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: dubsport on 24 April 2008, 21:26
Think it could look amazing on a mk2!!!DO IT!lol.
matt grey, cheap and easy to do at home :) i was guna do my whole car matt black, inside and out..but im too lazy

Yeah i am going to do my mk2 gti a matt colour some day, looking at dark matt green atm but that grey is tempting  :smiley:
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: lewis1641 on 25 April 2008, 13:33
no real progress on my bug as yet. i am busy stripping the donor car so i can use its chassis.  its going to be a long burning project as i am starting to look for a house
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: Simpson on 25 April 2008, 13:58
they all look awesome  :cool: were the variants not called "Trabant" also? They were used during the war to transport provisions around Germany.
Title: Re: I love these cars!!!
Post by: lewis1641 on 26 April 2008, 10:48
the trabant looks a bit like a variant but smaller. the variants were made from the early 60's (type 3 - the cool ones) up to the late 70's.

in ww2 they used kubelwagens (bucket car) which was basically a beetle chassis with a jeep type body