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Beetle/bug Pickup project
Hi all
for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle pickup for me to use for work. It would be more or less a 'standard' pickup design, but with a roof rack capable of carrying full 8x4 sheets . It will probably take me a year (or more) to complete. Also thinking of using a type 3 engine/motor for more load space. Are these becoming too rare/hard to find for this to be a good idea ? Any links or ideas would be muchly appreciated Thanks Rich hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more useful |
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"tricky" wrote in message
o.uk... > for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle > pickup for me to use for work. Since we're on r.a.m.v.a we can assume you're going to do this with an air cooled beetle? > It would be more or less a 'standard' pickup design, but with a roof rack > capable of carrying full 8x4 sheets . > > It will probably take me a year (or more) to complete. > > Also thinking of using a type 3 engine/motor for more load space. > Are these becoming too rare/hard to find for this to be a good idea ? > > Any links or ideas would be muchly appreciated A thread where someone builds a Beetle pickup: http://www.build-threads.com/build-t...vw-bug-pickup/ A picture of a factory built 1946 Beetle pickup: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...er-discovered/ Perhaps something more like what you've got in mind: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lookupinwonder/3209749343/ Video about a conversion using a later model air cooled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI95y17R8B8 A short article (summary, really) of a '72 conversion: http://www.evalbum.com/3970 > hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more useful Something like the Mini van? - Bill |
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On 14/04/2013 2:14 PM, Bill Leary wrote:
> "tricky" wrote in message > o.uk... >> for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle >> pickup for me to use for work. > > Since we're on r.a.m.v.a we can assume you're going to do this with an > air cooled beetle? > >> It would be more or less a 'standard' pickup design, but with a roof >> rack capable of carrying full 8x4 sheets . >> >> It will probably take me a year (or more) to complete. >> >> Also thinking of using a type 3 engine/motor for more load space. >> Are these becoming too rare/hard to find for this to be a good idea ? >> >> Any links or ideas would be muchly appreciated > > A thread where someone builds a Beetle pickup: > http://www.build-threads.com/build-t...vw-bug-pickup/ > > A picture of a factory built 1946 Beetle pickup: > http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...er-discovered/ > > > Perhaps something more like what you've got in mind: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lookupinwonder/3209749343/ > > Video about a conversion using a later model air cooled: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI95y17R8B8 > > A short article (summary, really) of a '72 conversion: > http://www.evalbum.com/3970 > >> hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more useful > > Something like the Mini van? > > - Bill > Just wonder what the total cost was? |
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"LeRoy" wrote in message ...
> On 14/04/2013 2:14 PM, Bill Leary wrote: >> "tricky" wrote in message >>> o.uk... >>> for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle >>> pickup for me to use for work. > > Since we're on r.a.m.v.a we can assume you're going to do this with an > air cooled beetle? > ((..omitted..)) >>> hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more >>> useful >> >> Something like the Mini van? > > Just wonder what the total cost was? Total cost of which item? Not that I'd know anyway, since I didn't read through all of any of those links. - Bill |
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On 15/04/13 18:13, Bill Leary wrote: > "LeRoy" wrote in message ... >> On 14/04/2013 2:14 PM, Bill Leary wrote: >>> "tricky" wrote in message >>>> o.uk... >>>> for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle >>>> pickup for me to use for work. >> >> Since we're on r.a.m.v.a we can assume you're going to do this with an >> air cooled beetle? >> ((..omitted..)) >>>> hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more >>>> useful >>> >>> Something like the Mini van? >> >> Just wonder what the total cost was? > > Total cost of which item? Not that I'd know anyway, since I didn't read > through all of any of those links. > > - Bill > Yes .,.. Totaly Aircooled If I did a van, maybe something like a morris traveller http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...C-UK/00037.jpg a bit of 'woody' going on I have a couple of likely candidates for the project http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...K/DSC01869.jpg I have a 'spare' roof I can use too, and a 72 Type2 pickup to take inspiration from too I'm in a place where I am fed up with the VW communitiy slowly tuning water cooled, and find myself withdrawing to my own little AC corner Rich |
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I do like this one
http://www.build-threads.com/wp-cont...012/08/133.jpg On 15/04/13 22:01, tricky wrote: > > > On 15/04/13 18:13, Bill Leary wrote: >> "LeRoy" wrote in message ... >>> On 14/04/2013 2:14 PM, Bill Leary wrote: >>>> "tricky" wrote in message >>>>> o.uk... >>>>> for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle >>>>> pickup for me to use for work. >>> >>> Since we're on r.a.m.v.a we can assume you're going to do this with an >>> air cooled beetle? >>> ((..omitted..)) >>>>> hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more >>>>> useful >>>> >>>> Something like the Mini van? >>> >>> Just wonder what the total cost was? >> >> Total cost of which item? Not that I'd know anyway, since I didn't read >> through all of any of those links. >> >> - Bill >> > > Yes .,.. Totaly Aircooled > > If I did a van, maybe something like a morris traveller > http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...C-UK/00037.jpg > a bit of 'woody' going on > > I have a couple of likely candidates for the project > http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...K/DSC01869.jpg > > > I have a 'spare' roof I can use too, and a 72 Type2 pickup to take > inspiration from too > > I'm in a place where I am fed up with the VW communitiy slowly tuning > water cooled, and find myself withdrawing to my own little AC corner > > Rich |
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"tricky" wrote in message
o.uk... > ((..omitted..)) > I'm in a place where I am fed up with the VW communitiy slowly tuning > water cooled, and find myself withdrawing to my own little AC corner I haven't owned an air cooled VW in twenty-five years. I had two beetles before that. A '64 which I souped up which ended it's life in a collision with a bridge abutment during an ice storm. And later a '68 which had the engine seize. Since the early '90's I've owned Scirocco's. Four of them overall. I still have two, one driven the other as a parts car. I'd like to find a restorable late '60's bug to work on after I retire. But I'd want it pretty much just as a bug. I'm not looking for anything like your objective. - Bill |
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tricky > wrote: > Hi all > > for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle > pickup for me to use for work. > > It would be more or less a 'standard' pickup design, but with a roof > rack capable of carrying full 8x4 sheets . > > It will probably take me a year (or more) to complete. > > Also thinking of using a type 3 engine/motor for more load space. > Are these becoming too rare/hard to find for this to be a good idea ? > > Any links or ideas would be muchly appreciated > > Thanks > Rich > > hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more useful I just got done cutting a '71 type two down into a pick-up. It was pretty rusty . One thing the transporter has the beetle doesn't, a real frame. a beetle needs the roof for structural reasons. -- Karma ; what a concept! |
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On 19/04/13 05:38, Jorge wrote: > In article<RfednXBIyrX0NffMnZ2dnUVZ8radnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk>, > > wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle >> pickup for me to use for work. >> >> It would be more or less a 'standard' pickup design, but with a roof >> rack capable of carrying full 8x4 sheets . >> >> It will probably take me a year (or more) to complete. >> >> Also thinking of using a type 3 engine/motor for more load space. >> Are these becoming too rare/hard to find for this to be a good idea ? >> >> Any links or ideas would be muchly appreciated >> >> Thanks >> Rich >> >> hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more useful > > I just got done cutting a '71 type two down into a pick-up. It was > pretty rusty . > One thing the transporter has the beetle doesn't, a real frame. > a beetle needs the roof for structural reasons. I have a couple of beetles with the roof already cut off. The heater channels have the Cabriolet strengthening beams fitted There are other panels and bracing that need to be fitted too. Unless I make it into a van |
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On Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:00:25 AM UTC-4, tricky wrote:
> Hi all for a while now, I have been toying with the idea of making a beetle pickup for me to use for work. It would be more or less a 'standard' pickup design, but with a roof rack capable of carrying full 8x4 sheets . It will probably take me a year (or more) to complete. Also thinking of using a type 3 engine/motor for more load space. Are these becoming too rare/hard to find for this to be a good idea ? Any links or ideas would be muchly appreciated Thanks Rich hmmm.... just thinking now, that a beetle/bug "van" might be more useful I have always wanted to convert a type 3 into a truck. |
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