Beetle/bug Pickup project

I was thinking how we seemed to have picked up at bit (excuse the pun ! )

On 03/05/13 03:20, Bill Berckman wrote:
> Wow! One post with 19 replies. Nice to see Ramva rockin again. I remember back in the late 70's seeing a Beetle pick-up conversion abandoned with no engine that would have been mine for the taking. Should have grabbed it then, but was driving a 73 Beetle at the time and still living at my parents house. A VW pickup in front of the house with no motor would not have gone over very well. I should have just taken it home and asked for forgivness later.
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> On Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:00:25 AM UTC-4, 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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