On 26/04/13 05:35, AllanW wrote:
> On Monday, 15 April 2013 01:00:25 UTC+12, tricky wrote:
>> Hi all
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>> for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle
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>> pickup for me to use for work.
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>> It would be more or less a 'standard' pickup design, but with a roof
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>> rack capable of carrying full 8x4 sheets .
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>> It will probably take me a year (or more) to complete.
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>> Also thinking of using a type 3 engine/motor for more load space.
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>> Are these becoming too rare/hard to find for this to be a good idea ?
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>> Any links or ideas would be muchly appreciated
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>> Thanks
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>> Rich
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>> hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more useful
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> Arrrgh! I can't find a picture of my "Fonzie" Beetle wagon. It was an awesome NZ designed and built fibreglass kit to go on the back of a beetle which had been choppedbehind the b pillar down to the bottom of the window, and cut straight out the back. It was awesome retro 80's with a spoiler on the back and a beetle engine in the rear. I could sit inside the and repair the engine. Awesome, as it stopped pretty often! There was louunge suit built innto the back to sit on, at the height of the dogbox in the rear of a beetle... HEAPS of legroom!
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> Go on, do it!
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> Allan.

I can see I'm going to have to do two. A pickup, and a woody van