Tag: VW
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Custom VW Beetle Pickup (NOT a TDI!)
We love homemade cars here at Oddimotive, even when the chassis is based on a production car, homemade bodies make us smile. Today’s feature is a 1967 Beetle, but it’s been built into a completely useless, highly upright pickup, somewhat reminiscent of a 1920s truck. Okay, it’s not completely useless, it’ll get you to Cars…
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OC Fairgrounds Cars and Coffee #1 (August 22, 2015)
Today was the inaugural OC Cars and Coffee event at the Orange County Fairgrounds. The event was certainly a success. There were some issues around getting everyone (C&C exhibitors and spectators in, plus swap meet folks) into the event, but that can be worked out. The Ruby’s Diner food truck was a great touch! The…
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359: The Porsche that Never Was
The seller is this oddity says it’s a rare Porsche 359. Considering that’s not a Porsche, that means this is some sort of kit car – in this case with some Speedster and some 959 styling cues. We assume this is based on a VW, as the seller says it’s a 1971 model and it…
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Seeking the Holy Grail? Why W8? Act now!
Act now, as the Grail has been found! We hereby present a Passat W8 wagon with manual transmission. These are rare in any condition, but this one claims under 42,000 miles and appears to be in superb condition. A low-mile, AWD, V8 wagon with manual trans? Yes, indeed – it doesn’t get much better. Even…
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Quickie: Baja Beetle Project
Here we have a Baja Beetle listed as a project but without many specifics. Sadly, those extra wheels are just laying there – this is not a six-wheeler (unlike the Festiva pickup we recently posted). Despite providing almost no useful information, the text in this add raises questions: 1) What the hell does “panchostein” mean??…
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Short Type 2: Project car or Objet d’Art?
Here we have a shortened VW Bus, much like that sold be Gas Monkey Garage at Scottsdale this year, but in rather worse condition. This bus has no engine, trans or title and is claimed to be rusted out. This is likely going to be an art object at this point, but would sure be…
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Not Your Typical Modified Beetle
We see plenty of VW Beetles and try to post only the most unusual. Today’s feature is a 1950s Beetle with a Mazda 13B rotary engine, which also means it’s water cooled. The swap looks pretty clean and it’s no surprise that the tiny rotary fits with space to spare. How, you ask, does one…
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Post-Scirocco VW Sport Coupe Goodness
Off and on, Volkswagen has played in the sport coupe arena in the US. The Scirocco replaced the very long-lived Karmann Ghia in 1974 and lived through two fairly long generations before being replaced by this, the Corrado. Early Corrados, like this one, featured a supercharged I4 engine and were called G60s. Later, the highly-regarded…
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Turbo Rat Bug
Here we have an interesting, rat rod-inspired ’61 Beetle. If you look at some of the images, along with the all-new interior, you’ll see that the vehicle was gone through and the rusty patina is intentional. More significant here is the turbocharged 2.3L four with dyno results showing 213 HP in this tiny beast. Beetles…
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Just another VW Beetle-Based Camper
Once upon a time, we posted a thing of beauty known as the “Little Bugger”. Here was have a “Super Bugger”, which appears to be a very similar – if not the same – RV kit based on a classic VW beetle. Maybe the purple paint with flame job makes it super? The structure looks…