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bryant gorges (aka prost56) [ View ] [ prostreet1956@yahoo.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] west seneca, New York  prost56

HI ALL..Been awile..big block on hold..got a question..pickin up a 74 VW..bug...anyone ever done a bug/t-bucket yet??..i got ideas...lol...

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Posted by tlp1968  -  04/15/2008 11:55 PM Hmmm sounds interesting but wouldn't that be a kit car? I love old VW's and if it were me, I would make it a hot rod bug!!! StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield,, Illinois Charter Member since August 2003   Posted by sellersrodshop  -  04/16/2008 12:31 AM I DID SEE A BUG WITH THE ROOF CUT OFF & FENDERS REMOVED A WHILE BACK. LOOKED REALLY GOOD, KIND OF A LOW BUCK HI-BOY! SPEEDWAY OR SOME OTHER VENDOR SELLS A NEAT LOOKING FOUR BAR SETUP FOR FENDERLESS BUGS. sellersrodshop [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] old hickory, Tennessee   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/16/2008 07:47 AM bunch of them with dropped axles with split wishbones and such. dont look half bad. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by prost56  -  04/16/2008 08:09 AM humm....defiantly small blk chevy..maybe even blown..lol...got any frame ideas??....front suspension?.donor cars??loooooow budget..lol... prost56 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] west seneca, New York   Posted by brian41chevy  -  04/16/2008 08:13 AM Iv'e seen a few T's with turtle decks and VW engines. Didn't look bad at all. There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] New Lenox, Illinois Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by lildude  -  04/16/2008 09:44 AM yea, I think that cal-highboy look is cool lildude [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] kalamazoo, Michigan Charter Member since March 2005   Posted by Willys33  -  04/16/2008 10:06 AM Saw a video on www.thesamba.com about a split window van had a mid mounted small block and was kicking butt on the track. Passing all the sport cars on the stright and hanging with them in the conors. Sure would make a guy feel real bad when his Porche gets it's doors blown off by a VW van! Get off the trailer and drive [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Alamogordo, New Mexico   Posted by jsrodder  -  04/16/2008 10:36 AM Heres a you tube video with some more ideas for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoJNEwibGVM rockymountainrods.com [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Aztec, New Mexico   Posted by cr55  -  04/16/2008 02:06 PM There's one out here that has a 350/350. It's tubbed and caged. Mean looking and sounding! .......CR I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware   Posted by DavyJ  -  04/16/2008 03:13 PM Kent Fuller used to sell a t-bucket kit designed around the vw engine and transaxle, great looking little cars, light and fast. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by kylew  -  04/16/2008 07:15 PM 1973, 440 Dodge, tunnel ram, tubbed, MII manual steering, takes two mules and a boy to turn in 40 acre field. FUN! kylew [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Charleston, West Virginia   Posted by cr55  -  04/16/2008 09:55 PM WOW!!!!! That's all I can say...........................CR I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware   Posted by ahotrod33  -  04/17/2008 06:22 AM Speedway Motors does sell the straight/solid front axle kit to make the conversion to a hiboy look for VW. Often called the SoCal look. They do look pretty cool when chopped. Never saw a convertible done that way but might be pretty cool. ahotrod33 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Glen Mills, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since June 2003

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