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A VW Beetle body on a custom chassis with twin turbo 4.2L Audi V8 and Getrag 6spd transmission [ https://i.imgur.com/uWhwAn4.jpg ]
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This was an early concept for Viking II. Still quite handsome today.
One of the most difficult problems for limited production car design and a key factor that defines the fundamental shape of a vehicle is the windscreen.
The designer can either borrow an existing production windshield and accept the compromises of that shape and incorporate them into his design, or bite the bullet and design a shape from scratch and then have a custom windshield made, not an inexpensive undertaking.
Cars designed at the VRI went both ways. Viking I used the Toyota E20 (Corolla) windshield that came with the donor car supplied by Toyota. Viking II used a custom shape, the glass being made by a specialist company in Mexico City. The shape was defined by a wire matrix, shipped to Mexico and six months later, a heavily boxed windscreen came back.
The next generation of Vikings would use a single hatch entry system, with the windshield incorporated into the hatch structure. This required a compromise of an aerodynamic shape and low weight (glass is heavy). Vikings IV and V used a cut-down Opel GT windshield, where about 4cm of material was ground off of the lower corners. This allowed a more extreme rake and provided for a more slippery shape, but the yield for the grinding job process was about 3 to 1 (one good windshield achieved out of three grinding attempts). /1
Viking VI used the Opel windscreen, but the cowl shape of the hatch was redesigned to be slightly more upright so the Opel GT windshield could be used without modification. A higher rake is achieved as the lower corners are slightly embedded in the body and then faired in with filler.
Other cars designed around the VRI had similar design choices to make. Bill Brown's B1 and B2 also used an unmodified Opel GT windshield. The Avion uses a second-generation Toyota Celica production windshield.
The next generation of Vikings would move away from the single hatch and so a more aerodynamic, yet economical solution was sought as the cost of custom windshields had risen spectacularly. One day a student at the VRI was thumbing through an old Road and Track and saw an advertisement for a Manta kit car. The Manta was a fairly accurate interpretation of a McLaren M6 GT, but designed to be built on a humble VW beetle or tube frame chassis. Kit prices were kept low, so a Manta windshield was available as a replacement part for a very reasonable price. So Viking VII and VIII used the Manta windscreen.
Time moved on, and the 70's and 80's kit car market slowly declined. After making over 1000 Manta kits, Manta went out of business in 1986 and with it a VRI source of inexpensive aerodynamic windscreens. So going forward, replacement McLaren M6A windscreens had to be sourced at McLaren M6 GT vintage spare prices.
That said, Opel GT windshields are very dear these days, and are available only through enthusiast clubs and cost a pretty penny.
The side windows of Viking cars are made of Abcite coated polycarbonate which can be heat-formed.
You can see the various windscreen shapes in their original applications below:
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The extreme nature of the Manta windscreen can be appreciated by looking at the Manta's fiberglass molded cockpit frame.
/1 Grinding the corners of a stock Opel GT windshield was about a six-hour process. Grinding the first corner was usually always successful, and now with some process confidence under one's belt, one would throw caution to the wind and a crack would nearly always appear when grinding the second side.
Viking V broke its windshield en route on the SCORE trip. So taken by Viking V, a Detroit auto glass replacement shop's most enthusiastic and youngest employee stayed up all night grinding a new one. He had success on only his second attempt. The nice folks at the shop didn't charge for the first attempt.
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Manta Montage, 1980. A replica of the McLaren M6 GT road car based on the platform of a VW Beetle (the later Montage T had a custom space frame chassis and used GM X-body V6 drivetrains). 
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Volkswagen Beetle Käfer Racer #hotwheels The Volkswagen Käfer Racer (with "Käfer" pronounced as "Kaefer", meaning 'beetle' in German) is a Hot Wheels original model that is based on a Volkswagen Beetle, and was designed by Mark Jones. His objective was "to find the ultimate, crazy racing VW", but one that Volkswagen would agree to because of licensing. Jones took a Custom Beetle and added some parts to the underside and the back. The Käfer Racer appears to have taken inspiration from a VW Beetle Super Saloon and VWs racing in the Fun Cup. The first release was inspired by the Momo-sponsored Porsche 935/78-81 'Moby Dick' raced by Gianpiero Moretti in the IMSA GT series in the early 1980s. The car has downforce tunnels on the underside of the Beetle, a V8 engine with two exhaust pipes sticking out, and an air scoop on the roof. This radically modified Volkswagen Käfer Racer features "think big" design with a stretched "bug" body over a full-race chassis, rear-mounted V8 motor, and swoopy fenders that generate downforce to keep this beastly racer low-to-the-road. #hotwheels #diecast #hotwheelscollectors #diecastcollector #hotwheelscollector #diecastcollectors #hotwheelsphotography #diecastphotography #hotwheelsmania #hotwheelscars #volkswagen #kaferracer #volkswagenkaferracer #beetle #volkswagenbeetle #volkwagenbeetlekaferracer (at Rohtang Pass) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSldXAJtDo/?igshid=3o9yqwfmg16f
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Custom PUMA GTE, a car with a glass fiber body built over a VW BEETLE chassis and engine with a few tweaks. It was sold in Brazil many years ago and it is a Brazilian classic. via /r/carporn https://ift.tt/35orzdC
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Custom PUMA GTE, a car with a glass fiber body built over a VW BEETLE chassis and engine with a few tweaks. It was sold in Brazil many years ago and it is a Brazilian classic. 撸先生:看片神器,每日更新,高清流畅,无需翻墙,t.cn/EVvnoK4
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VW’s futuristic all-electric dune buggy embraces its 1960s’ roots
Volkswagen has added another member to its ever-expanding I.D. line of concept electric vehicles that’s meant to showcase the automaker’s electric future. This time it’s the I.D. Buggy, an all-electric dune buggy with some 1960s California subculture flair.
The I.D. Buggy, which made its global debut Monday at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show, is meant to show the versatility of the automaker’s modular electric drive toolkit chassis, or MEB. The MEB, which was introduced in 2016, is a flexible modular system — really a matrix of common parts — for producing electric vehicles that VW says make it more efficient and cost-effective.
For instance, the two-seater buggy can be converted to a 2+2-seater and an additional electric motor can be added to the front axle in order to make four-wheel drive possible, the company said. The modular design allows for the composite upper body to be detached from the MEB chassis, which VW argues will open up a “world of possibilities for third-party manufacturers, as the original Meyers Manx kit did for the first buggies.” The Meyers Manx kit was the creation of California engineer, boat builder and surfer Bruce Meyers who modified the original Volkswagen Beetle to make it suitable for desert racing. 
The I.D. Buggy is equipped with a a 62kWh lithium-ion battery and a 201-horsepower electric motor in the rear to give it an expected range of 155 miles on the WLTP cycle, the company said. There are no doors or a roof in the two-seater, which VW says gives drivers the “purest experience of classic beach cruising.”
The vehicle has three-dimensional oval LED headlights and taillights and an LED VW logo. The automaker also touts the buggy’s body that seems to “float above the chassis,” an effect achieved by how its painted.
Volkswagen has been showing off its I.D. line of concept electric vehicles for several years now.  And some of them are even going into production. There is the electric all-wheel drive microbus called I.D. Buzz, a futuristic take on the family camper van that VW introduced as a concept in 2017, the I.D. Vizzion self-driving sedan concept, and of course, the I.D. Crozz SUV concept that was first shown at the North American International Auto Show  last year.
The I.D. Crozz and I.D. Buzz are going into production. It’s not clear if the I.D. Buggy will ever be anything more than concept.
Earlier this year, VW announced plans to spend $800 million to expand a U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., that will produce the automaker’s next generation of electric vehicles.
VW’s Chattanooga expansion is just a piece of the automaker’s broader plan to move away from diesel in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal that erupted in 2015. The company is also building a European facility in Zwickau, Germany, set to begin EV production in 2019 and adding EV-production at facilities in Anting and Foshan, in China, in 2020, and in the German cities of Emden and Hanover by 2022.
The Tennessee factory (along with the other new facilities) will produce EVs using Volkswagen’s MEB chassis. Volkswagen of America says it will offer the first EV based on the MEB platform to customers in 2020. Electric vehicle production at the Tennessee site will begin in 2022.
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Weird and Wacky Cars at the 2018 Woodward Dream Cruise
The Woodward Dream Cruise is a rolling car show surrounded by at least a dozen more concurrent static car shows on city streets, parking lots, and parks. You’ll see everything from a Piaggio Ape three-wheeled truck to an AMC Javelin AMX and a Ferrari 488 GTB cruising down the boulevard if you look long enough. Between the hordes of Mustangs and Tri-Five Chevys, though, you’ll see diamonds in the rough. Not just hot rods and customs, but the real home-brew stuff. From award-quality work to the backyard hack job, here are the weirdest, wildest, and just plain most-interesting cars of the 2018 Woodward Dream Cruise.
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Max Max Ford F-1
The original Max Max movies inspired plenty of people to turn serviceable Australian-market Ford Falcons into gritty “V8 Interceptor” clones, but it’s nothing close to the raw creativity unleashed by the latest chapter, Fury Road. Now, anyone with an old car, a functioning welder, and some rusty scrap metal can get in on the action. Rather than recreate a movie car, this enterprising fellow has built his own war rig out of a later model Ford F-1 tow truck. Reportedly, the pile of propane tanks in the back supply a system that shoots flames 20 feet in the air, but the driver was loathe to demonstrate it in traffic. Witness!
Rod Iron Beetle
The Dream Cruise participant license-plate game was on-point this year, and there’s no finer example than the “Rod Iron” Volkswagen Beetle with a custom body made entirely of—you guessed it—steel rods. Like most vehicles of the era, Beetles mounted all of their important mechanical bits to a central frame and needed no body to function, making them excellent platforms for kit cars and wacky art projects like this. Although the actual chassis could be from any model year, the headlights an turn signals indicate the body work is based on a 1967 or later model.
X Vette
The doors of this mystery machine give it away as a fourth-generation Corvette, and the strakes ahead of them suggest it was an early ‘90s model. The wheels are from a fifth-generation car, while the taillights and deck lid badge are from a second-generation model. From there, it’s all custom. The quality of design and workmanship on the new front and rear ends suggest a commercially available kit, but could just be the work of a talented enthusiast with a taste for Chevrolet power and the Dodge Demon concept from 2007.
Thoroughbred Stallion Trike
There are all manner of trikes out there, from the legitimate business plans to the flimsiest home-built creations, but I’m pretty sure this is the only one with a steering wheel. First introduced in 2006, the Thoroughbred Stallion was pulled from the market in 2010 due to collapsing demand for the $34,000 trike. It was reintroduced in 2012 and if the website is to be believed, can still be ordered today. A Ford 2.3-liter I-4 and five-speed automatic liberated from a Ranger are crammed under the nose and interior parts are borrowed from an early 2000s Ford car,
VW Short Bus
There are plenty of heavily modified Volkswagen Type II busses out there, but the extent of work done to “The Short Bus” (as the custom metal badge attests) is tough to match. Originally a 1966 split-window model, it’s been shortened, pin-striped, rebuilt, and festooned with custom LED lighting. The owner is so used to the attention it gets, he hands out business cards with his website to photographers in convertibles as they’re trying to get ahead of him for a front three-quarter shot.
Ford Golf Cart
In some parts of this country, custom golf carts are big business. Few, though, are built to this standard. Mixing and matching design from a 1952 Ford and a 1955 Ford Fairlane, this cart has seen more body work than most award-winning resto-mods. It’s sure to be the envy of the golf course/planned community with its Coker white wall tires and two-tone bench seat.
Corvair Booger
The 1963 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside pickup was an interesting vehicle in its own right, but far more so now that its overstressed, air-cooled flat-six has been replaced by a small-block Chevy V-8. Incidentally, the Rampside’s ramp has also been replaced with a radiator. Stacks, a Roadkill sticker, and a name to complement its well-patina’d green paint and you’ve got yourself … this.
The Upside-Down Van
Always a crowd-pleaser, we couldn’t help but include the upside-down van again. We’ve never caught it stationary, so I can’t tell you exactly how it was done, but peeking through the heavily tinted windows it appears a van or truck ladder frame has been trimmed down to form the base upon which a metal frame has been welded to support the body. The van drives backward as well as upside down, with the driver peering out of windows cut into what used to be the lower rear barn doors. My favorite touch is the spinning wheels on the roof, an effect that appears to have been achieved by mounting two solid axles to the roof, welding their differentials, then connecting two engine starter motors each to the pinion yokes to drive them.
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VW’s futuristic all-electric dune buggy embraces its 1960s’ roots
Volkswagen has added another member to its ever-expanding I.D. line of concept electric vehicles that’s meant to showcase the automaker’s electric future. This time it’s the I.D. Buggy, an all-electric dune buggy with some 1960s California subculture flair.
The I.D. Buggy, which made its global debut Monday at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show, is meant to show the versatility of the automaker’s modular electric drive toolkit chassis, or MEB. The MEB, which was introduced in 2016, is a flexible modular system — really a matrix of common parts — for producing electric vehicles that VW says make it more efficient and cost-effective.
For instance, the two-seater buggy can be converted to a 2+2-seater and an additional electric motor can be added to the front axle in order to make four-wheel drive possible, the company said. The modular design allows for the composite upper body to be detached from the MEB chassis, which VW argues will open up a “world of possibilities for third-party manufacturers, as the original Meyers Manx kit did for the first buggies.” The Meyers Manx kit was the creation of California engineer, boat builder and surfer Bruce Meyers who modified the original Volkswagen Beetle to make it suitable for desert racing. 
The I.D. Buggy is equipped with a a 62kWh lithium-ion battery and a 201-horsepower electric motor in the rear to give it an expected range of 155 miles on the WLTP cycle, the company said. There are no doors or a roof in the two-seater, which VW says gives drivers the “purest experience of classic beach cruising.”
The vehicle has three-dimensional oval LED headlights and taillights and an LED VW logo. The automaker also touts the buggy’s body that seems to “float above the chassis,” an effect achieved by how its painted.
Volkswagen has been showing off its I.D. line of concept electric vehicles for several years now.  And some of them are even going into production. There is the electric all-wheel drive microbus called I.D. Buzz, a futuristic take on the family camper van that VW introduced as a concept in 2017, the I.D. Vizzion self-driving sedan concept, and of course, the I.D. Crozz SUV concept that was first shown at the North American International Auto Show  last year.
The I.D. Crozz and I.D. Buzz are going into production. It’s not clear if the I.D. Buggy will ever be anything more than concept.
Earlier this year, VW announced plans to spend $800 million to expand a U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., that will produce the automaker’s next generation of electric vehicles.
VW’s Chattanooga expansion is just a piece of the automaker’s broader plan to move away from diesel in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal that erupted in 2015. The company is also building a European facility in Zwickau, Germany, set to begin EV production in 2019 and adding EV-production at facilities in Anting and Foshan, in China, in 2020, and in the German cities of Emden and Hanover by 2022.
The Tennessee factory (along with the other new facilities) will produce EVs using Volkswagen’s MEB chassis. Volkswagen of America says it will offer the first EV based on the MEB platform to customers in 2020. Electric vehicle production at the Tennessee site will begin in 2022.
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toomanysinks · 5 years
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VW’s futuristic all-electric dune buggy embraces its 1960s’ roots
Volkswagen has added another member to its ever-expanding I.D. line of concept electric vehicles that’s meant to showcase the automaker’s electric future. This time it’s the I.D. Buggy, an all-electric dune buggy with some 1960s California subculture flair.
The I.D. Buggy, which made its global debut Monday at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show, is meant to show the versatility of the automaker’s modular electric drive toolkit chassis, or MEB. The MEB, which was introduced in 2016, is a flexible modular system — really a matrix of common parts — for producing electric vehicles that VW says make it more efficient and cost-effective.
For instance, the two-seater buggy can be converted to a 2+2-seater and an additional electric motor can be added to the front axle in order to make four-wheel drive possible, the company said. The modular design allows for the composite upper body to be detached from the MEB chassis, which VW argues will open up a “world of possibilities for third-party manufacturers, as the original Meyers Manx kit did for the first buggies.” The Meyers Manx kit was the creation of California engineer, boat builder and surfer Bruce Meyers who modified the original Volkswagen Beetle to make it suitable for desert racing. 
The I.D. Buggy is equipped with a a 62kWh lithium-ion battery and a 201-horsepower electric motor in the rear to give it an expected range of 155 miles on the WLTP cycle, the company said. There are no doors or a roof in the two-seater, which VW says gives drivers the “purest experience of classic beach cruising.”
The vehicle has three-dimensional oval LED headlights and taillights and an LED VW logo. The automaker also touts the buggy’s body that seems to “float above the chassis,” an effect achieved by how its painted.
Volkswagen has been showing off its I.D. line of concept electric vehicles for several years now.  And some of them are even going into production. There is the electric all-wheel drive microbus called I.D. Buzz, a futuristic take on the family camper van that VW introduced as a concept in 2017, the I.D. Vizzion self-driving sedan concept, and of course, the I.D. Crozz SUV concept that was first shown at the North American International Auto Show  last year.
The I.D. Crozz and I.D. Buzz are going into production. It’s not clear if the I.D. Buggy will ever be anything more than concept.
Earlier this year, VW announced plans to spend $800 million to expand a U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., that will produce the automaker’s next generation of electric vehicles.
VW’s Chattanooga expansion is just a piece of the automaker’s broader plan to move away from diesel in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal that erupted in 2015. The company is also building a European facility in Zwickau, Germany, set to begin EV production in 2019 and adding EV-production at facilities in Anting and Foshan, in China, in 2020, and in the German cities of Emden and Hanover by 2022.
The Tennessee factory (along with the other new facilities) will produce EVs using Volkswagen’s MEB chassis. Volkswagen of America says it will offer the first EV based on the MEB platform to customers in 2020. Electric vehicle production at the Tennessee site will begin in 2022.
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fmservers · 5 years
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VW’s futuristic all-electric dune buggy embraces its 1960s’ roots
Volkswagen has added another member to its ever-expanding I.D. line of concept electric vehicles that’s meant to showcase the automaker’s electric future. This time it’s the I.D. Buggy, an all-electric dune buggy with some 1960s California subculture flair.
The I.D. Buggy, which made its global debut Monday at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show, is meant to show the versatility of the automaker’s modular electric drive toolkit chassis, or MEB. The MEB, which was introduced in 2016, is a flexible modular system — really a matrix of common parts — for producing electric vehicles that VW says make it more efficient and cost-effective.
For instance, the two-seater buggy can be converted to a 2+2-seater and an additional electric motor can be added to the front axle in order to make four-wheel drive possible, the company said. The modular design allows for the composite upper body to be detached from the MEB chassis, which VW argues will open up a “world of possibilities for third-party manufacturers, as the original Meyers Manx kit did for the first buggies.” The Meyers Manx kit was the creation of California engineer, boat builder and surfer Bruce Meyers who modified the original Volkswagen Beetle to make it suitable for desert racing. 
The I.D. Buggy is equipped with a a 62kWh lithium-ion battery and a 201-horsepower electric motor in the rear to give it an expected range of 155 miles on the WLTP cycle, the company said. There are no doors or a roof in the two-seater, which VW says gives drivers the “purest experience of classic beach cruising.”
The vehicle has three-dimensional oval LED headlights and taillights and an LED VW logo. The automaker also touts the buggy’s body that seems to “float above the chassis,” an effect achieved by how its painted.
Volkswagen has been showing off its I.D. line of concept electric vehicles for several years now.  And some of them are even going into production. There is the electric all-wheel drive microbus called I.D. Buzz, a futuristic take on the family camper van that VW introduced as a concept in 2017, the I.D. Vizzion self-driving sedan concept, and of course, the I.D. Crozz SUV concept that was first shown at the North American International Auto Show  last year.
The I.D. Crozz and I.D. Buzz are going into production. It’s not clear if the I.D. Buggy will ever be anything more than concept.
Earlier this year, VW announced plans to spend $800 million to expand a U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., that will produce the automaker’s next generation of electric vehicles.
VW’s Chattanooga expansion is just a piece of the automaker’s broader plan to move away from diesel in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal that erupted in 2015. The company is also building a European facility in Zwickau, Germany, set to begin EV production in 2019 and adding EV-production at facilities in Anting and Foshan, in China, in 2020, and in the German cities of Emden and Hanover by 2022.
The Tennessee factory (along with the other new facilities) will produce EVs using Volkswagen’s MEB chassis. Volkswagen of America says it will offer the first EV based on the MEB platform to customers in 2020. Electric vehicle production at the Tennessee site will begin in 2022.
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Volkswagen Beetle Käfer Racer #hotwheels The Volkswagen Käfer Racer (with "Käfer" pronounced as "Kaefer", meaning 'beetle' in German) is a Hot Wheels original model that is based on a Volkswagen Beetle, and was designed by Mark Jones. His objective was "to find the ultimate, crazy racing VW", but one that Volkswagen would agree to because of licensing. Jones took a Custom Beetle and added some parts to the underside and the back. The Käfer Racer appears to have taken inspiration from a VW Beetle Super Saloon and VWs racing in the Fun Cup. The first release was inspired by the Momo-sponsored Porsche 935/78-81 'Moby Dick' raced by Gianpiero Moretti in the IMSA GT series in the early 1980s. The car has downforce tunnels on the underside of the Beetle, a V8 engine with two exhaust pipes sticking out, and an air scoop on the roof. This radically modified Volkswagen Käfer Racer features "think big" design with a stretched "bug" body over a full-race chassis, rear-mounted V8 motor, and swoopy fenders that generate downforce to keep this beastly racer low-to-the-road. #hotwheels #diecast #hotwheelscollectors #diecastcollector #hotwheelscollector #diecastcollectors #hotwheelsphotography #diecastphotography #hotwheelsmania #hotwheelscars #volkswagen #kaferracer #volkswagenkaferracer #beetle #volkswagenbeetle #volkwagenbeetlekaferracer (at Leh–Manali Highway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSlOC0pT-9/?igshid=dr1m2axsb7ye
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Kit Car Parts – Build Your Dream Car
Kit car parts are for those people who feel excited about building their own cars. They are not for everyone. If you don’t like getting your hands dirty, you had better not think about building a car in your backyard. If the thoughts of fitting the transmissions, adjusting the shock absorbers, and mounting the engine give you an adrenaline rush, custom build cars may be for you.
What Are Kit Cars?
A kit car is simply one that comes to you as different parts – chassis, engine, transmission, etc. Assemble the kit parts to build the vehicle of your choice. Manufacturers like Locust, Sterling Sports Cars, Robin Hood, etc can send the car parts directly to you.
Another option for kit parts is old cars. Enthusiasts do refurbish every part of an old car. For example, VW Beetle is one of the most popular ‘donor’ vehicles. The VW chassis has its own advantages. One can remove the car body while leaving the inner mechanical parts in place. The body of a sports car or an exotic car can be fitted on to the chassis. Beach buggy (dune buggy), Sebring, Bradley GT, etc are famous kit cars built on VW chassis.
Sports car enthusiasts can also build stylish autos at a fraction of the cost of buying a real sports car. Kit parts made of fibreglass (reinforced plastic) are much lighter and cheaper than the metal sheet parts of the real sports car.
As in the case of dune buggies, you can add customisations like wide and large wheels, powerful engines, customised windows and much more.
Who Wants Kit Car Parts?
Anyone who feels thrilled about creating something of their own will certainly benefit from kit parts. Even if you do not like getting your hands dirty, you can still get a car with all the features you want. There are enthusiastic technicians ready to build a custom car for you. You will not get the thrills of building one of your own, but then again, you will get a car that looks like a sterling nova, or that will run smoothly over sand dunes. You can also drive a car that looks just like an antique car. Everyone likes a model that no one else has.
Kit cars like Lad’s Car had been in the market for about a century now. A lot of enthusiasts have taken to kit building since the 1950s. Such enthusiasts can order parts from plenty of manufacturers. They can also get the parts off an old vehicle and add custom-built parts to build a vehicle of desired size, power and capabilities.
Kit Cars and Road Safety Rules
The increasing interest in kit cars created the requirement of road safety regulations regarding the use of such vehicles on roads. You need to pass vehicle safety tests before you can drive your car on the road. Apart from a legal requirement, safety is your priority too.
Provided you have the right skills and tools, you can build your dream car right on your backyard. Kit car parts come in all shapes to help you build your special cars.
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Top Twenty Cars from the Volkswagen AutoMuseum
Most visitors to Wolfsburg, Germany, will see the fantastic car museum at the Autostadt, but relatively few will take the two-minute drive to one of the country’s hidden gems, the Volkswagen AutoMuseum. From the outside, the Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen may not look like much, especially compared to the glitz and glamour of the Autostadt, but if you’re a die-hard Volkswagen fan, the museum is a must-see—and at €6 ($7) for admission, it’s ridiculously cheap. During a recent trip to Wolfsburg, Automobile took a tour of the Volkswagen AutoMuseum. We can’t show you everything we saw—and we wouldn’t want to spoil the surprises—but here are some of the cooler vehicles you’ll find there.
1943 Volkswagen Brezel Käfer
No surprise that the museum has a decent-sized collection of Beetles, which are known as Käfers in Germany. This 1943 Brezel Käfer—“Pretzel Beetle,” nicknamed for the shape of its split rear window—is the oldest in the museum, and a rare example of a wartime-era KdF-Wagen.
1949 Volkswagen Käfer Cabrio
This Karmann-built 1949 cabriolet is an early example of the drop-top Volkswagen Beetle. Along with a handful of convertibles, the AutoMuseum has several beautiful examples of coach-built cars based on the Beetle platform.
1978 Volkswagen Type 1—The Last German-Built Beetle
This was the very last Volkswagen Beetle to be built in Germany, rolling off the assembly line on January 19th, 1978. The AutoMuseum is also home to the 20 millionth Volkswagen Beetle, a limited-edition 1981 Silver Bug built in Mexico.
1965 Volkswagen Type 147
The Type 147 Kleinlieferwagon (small van) was commissioned by the German postal service, though the Swiss post office bought some as well. The 147 used the wider platform of the Type 14 (Karmann-Ghia) with the powertrain from the Beetle. Other parts were sourced from the Type 2 Transporter and Type 3 Fastback. Volkswagen built 6,139 examples between 1964 and 1972. Though they were prone to rust, the AutoMuseum’s example is in perfect shape.
1963 Volkswagen EA128 Prototype
The AutoMuseum is home to several VW prototypes, most labeled EA for entwicklungsauftrag, which means development contract. The 1963 EA128 was Volkswagen’s vision for a large luxury car. Its three-place front bench allows it to seat six, albeit somewhat intimately. Six is also the cylinder count—the EA128’s 2.0 liter air-cooled horizontally-opposed engine was borrowed from the Porsche 911, which also made its debut in 1963.
1955 Volkswagen EA47-12
Throughout the 1950s, Volkswagen was looking to move away from the Beetle. The EA47-12 was the twelfth of 15 prototypes produced by Turin coachbuilder Ghia. This prototype featured a transverse-link front axle, torsion-bar rear suspension, and a fully-synchronized transmission. The AutoMuseum has EA47-12 displayed with its collection of Karmann-Ghias, which would adopt many of the prototype’s design cues.
1961 Volkswagen 1500 Cabriolet Prototype
Volkswagen produced 16 hand-built prototypes of a Type 3 cabriolet, and the AutoMuseum has one of the two survivors. The car was unveiled at the 1961 Frankfurt Auto Show but was never put into production. The folding convertible top featured a glass rear window.
1949 Volkswagen T1 Prorotype
Perhaps the most famous prototype in the AutoMuseum is the T1, prototype for the Type 2 Transporter. Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon is credited with the idea for, and first sketch of, a Volkswagen-based van, and this is the prototype that was revealed to the press on November 11th, 1949.
1978 Volkswagen Transporter Syncro Prototype
Volkswagen’s four-wheel-drive Vanagon Syncro is legendary for both its obscurity and its incredible off-road ability. Five prototypes were built from second-generation Transporters in 1978, and this is the only survivor—and if that wasn’t enough, it’s also a Westfalia camper. Volkswagen would not put the four-wheel-drive Transporter into production until the all-new T3 model arrived in 1979.
Volkswagen Type 2 Emergency Vehicles
The idea of relying on a Volkswagen van for emergency assistance seems a bit dicey (we’d be worried about the house burning to the ground before the firefighters got to the scene), but the custom-made ladder truck on the left really did serve with the Wittengen fire department from 1963 until the 1980s.
1973 Volkswagen Basis-Transporter Prototype
This is the prototype for the Basis-Transporter, a bare-bones utility vehicle designed for developing markets. It used the Beetle powertrain, but the engine and transmission were located under the cab and drove the front wheels. Volkswagen produced knock-down kits in Germany and built completed vehicles in Mexico between 1975 and 1979, but the design was not a success, and only 6,200 were built.
1976 Rovomobil
The AutoMuseum is home to several Volkswagen-based oddities including this East German creation, the 1976 Rovomobil. Based on a Volkswagen chassis, it has a fiberglass body with a drag coefficient of just 0.23, an impressive number even by today’s standards. The Rovomobil was never put into production and only two examples are known to exist. The AutoMuseum has the original car as well as the mold for the body.
1997 Basket Beetle
What’s that? You say your life won’t be complete until you see a Beetle Cabrio covered in wicker? Good news—the AutoMuseum has you covered! This wicker Beetle was built by German basketmaker Thomas Heinrich, and it is parked with other Type 1-based oddities, including a wooden Beetle, a Gazelle, and a Mexican wedding Beetle with a see-through body made from wrought iron.
Volkswagen military vehicles
The AutoMuseum doesn’t gloss over Volkswagen’s World War II roots. The collection includes an amphibious Type 186 Shwimmwagen (left) and a Type 82 Kübelwagon (right). Between them is a Type 87 Kommanderswagon, a four-wheel-drive version of the Beetle. Though most were built during the war, the museum’s Kommanderswagon is one of two assembled in 1946.
1973 Volkswagen 412
Even the unloved cars get a little love at the AutoMuseum, which features this pristine example of the 412 Variant, an updated version of the Type 4 (411) introduced in 1972. The photo was taken over the hood of the 1966 EA142, a prototype of the Type 4 that was developed just as the Type 3 Fastback and Squareback were going on sale in the United States.
Volkswagen Golfs
Lest you think only air-cooled Volkswagens are represented, there are also plenty of modern vehicles. Here we see a neat line-up of the first through fourth generation Golfs, with GTIs parked just beyond them.
1969 Volkswagen EA276
The EA276 of 1969 was an early prototype for what would eventually become the Volkswagen Golf. This prototype presaged the general shape and front-wheel-drive layout of the Golf, but its engine was the air-cooled boxer four from the Beetle. Volkswagen would later adapt the concept of a front-mounted air-cooled engine in the Brazilian-market Gol (yep, that’s how it’s spelled) of 1980.
1978 Volkswagen Rabbit
The AutoMuseum has a US-spec 1978 Volkswagen Rabbit on display, in all its square-headlight and stick-on- wood-interior-trim glory.
Volkswagen do Brasil PS2 and Puma
Volkswagen of Brazil is almost a world unto itself. Thanks to high import tariffs, Brazil is home to several home-grown Volkswagen models not sold (and rarely seen) elsewhere in the world. The white car is a Volkswagen SP2 (pronounced “Espeedios”), and it featured a 1.7 liter air-cooled Boxer out back. Next to it is its chief rival, the Puma GT, which used the 1500-cc drivetrain from the Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia.
Volkswagen Polo
One of VW’s more popular European models, virtually unknown in the States, is the subcompact Polo. The AutoMuseum has several pristine examples. That’s a first-generation 1976 Polo on the left and a 1981 second-gen car on the right. The Passat/Santana and Sirocco are also well represented, and the museum is home to several of Volkswagen later-model prototypes and concept cars.
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Top Twenty Cars from the Volkswagen AutoMuseum
Most visitors to Wolfsburg, Germany, will see the fantastic car museum at the Autostadt, but relatively few will take the two-minute drive to one of the country’s hidden gems, the Volkswagen AutoMuseum. From the outside, the Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen may not look like much, especially compared to the glitz and glamour of the Autostadt, but if you’re a die-hard Volkswagen fan, the museum is a must-see—and at €6 ($7) for admission, it’s ridiculously cheap. During a recent trip to Wolfsburg, Automobile took a tour of the Volkswagen AutoMuseum. We can’t show you everything we saw—and we wouldn’t want to spoil the surprises—but here are some of the cooler vehicles you’ll find there.
1943 Volkswagen Brezel Käfer
No surprise that the museum has a decent-sized collection of Beetles, which are known as Käfers in Germany. This 1943 Brezel Käfer—“Pretzel Beetle,” nicknamed for the shape of its split rear window—is the oldest in the museum, and a rare example of a wartime-era KdF-Wagen.
1949 Volkswagen Käfer Cabrio
This Karmann-built 1949 cabriolet is an early example of the drop-top Volkswagen Beetle. Along with a handful of convertibles, the AutoMuseum has several beautiful examples of coach-built cars based on the Beetle platform.
1978 Volkswagen Type 1—The Last German-Built Beetle
This was the very last Volkswagen Beetle to be built in Germany, rolling off the assembly line on January 19th, 1978. The AutoMuseum is also home to the 20 millionth Volkswagen Beetle, a limited-edition 1981 Silver Bug built in Mexico.
1965 Volkswagen Type 147
The Type 147 Kleinlieferwagon (small van) was commissioned by the German postal service, though the Swiss post office bought some as well. The 147 used the wider platform of the Type 14 (Karmann-Ghia) with the powertrain from the Beetle. Other parts were sourced from the Type 2 Transporter and Type 3 Fastback. Volkswagen built 6,139 examples between 1964 and 1972. Though they were prone to rust, the AutoMuseum’s example is in perfect shape.
1963 Volkswagen EA128 Prototype
The AutoMuseum is home to several VW prototypes, most labeled EA for entwicklungsauftrag, which means development contract. The 1963 EA128 was Volkswagen’s vision for a large luxury car. Its three-place front bench allows it to seat six, albeit somewhat intimately. Six is also the cylinder count—the EA128’s 2.0 liter air-cooled horizontally-opposed engine was borrowed from the Porsche 911, which also made its debut in 1963.
1955 Volkswagen EA47-12
Throughout the 1950s, Volkswagen was looking to move away from the Beetle. The EA47-12 was the twelfth of 15 prototypes produced by Turin coachbuilder Ghia. This prototype featured a transverse-link front axle, torsion-bar rear suspension, and a fully-synchronized transmission. The AutoMuseum has EA47-12 displayed with its collection of Karmann-Ghias, which would adopt many of the prototype’s design cues.
1961 Volkswagen 1500 Cabriolet Prototype
Volkswagen produced 16 hand-built prototypes of a Type 3 cabriolet, and the AutoMuseum has one of the two survivors. The car was unveiled at the 1961 Frankfurt Auto Show but was never put into production. The folding convertible top featured a glass rear window.
1949 Volkswagen T1 Prorotype
Perhaps the most famous prototype in the AutoMuseum is the T1, prototype for the Type 2 Transporter. Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon is credited with the idea for, and first sketch of, a Volkswagen-based van, and this is the prototype that was revealed to the press on November 11th, 1949.
1978 Volkswagen Transporter Syncro Prototype
Volkswagen’s four-wheel-drive Vanagon Syncro is legendary for both its obscurity and its incredible off-road ability. Five prototypes were built from second-generation Transporters in 1978, and this is the only survivor—and if that wasn’t enough, it’s also a Westfalia camper. Volkswagen would not put the four-wheel-drive Transporter into production until the all-new T3 model arrived in 1979.
Volkswagen Type 2 Emergency Vehicles
The idea of relying on a Volkswagen van for emergency assistance seems a bit dicey (we’d be worried about the house burning to the ground before the firefighters got to the scene), but the custom-made ladder truck on the left really did serve with the Wittengen fire department from 1963 until the 1980s.
1973 Volkswagen Basis-Transporter Prototype
This is the prototype for the Basis-Transporter, a bare-bones utility vehicle designed for developing markets. It used the Beetle powertrain, but the engine and transmission were located under the cab and drove the front wheels. Volkswagen produced knock-down kits in Germany and built completed vehicles in Mexico between 1975 and 1979, but the design was not a success, and only 6,200 were built.
1976 Rovomobil
The AutoMuseum is home to several Volkswagen-based oddities including this East German creation, the 1976 Rovomobil. Based on a Volkswagen chassis, it has a fiberglass body with a drag coefficient of just 0.23, an impressive number even by today’s standards. The Rovomobil was never put into production and only two examples are known to exist. The AutoMuseum has the original car as well as the mold for the body.
1997 Basket Beetle
What’s that? You say your life won’t be complete until you see a Beetle Cabrio covered in wicker? Good news—the AutoMuseum has you covered! This wicker Beetle was built by German basketmaker Thomas Heinrich, and it is parked with other Type 1-based oddities, including a wooden Beetle, a Gazelle, and a Mexican wedding Beetle with a see-through body made from wrought iron.
Volkswagen military vehicles
The AutoMuseum doesn’t gloss over Volkswagen’s World War II roots. The collection includes an amphibious Type 186 Shwimmwagen (left) and a Type 82 Kübelwagon (right). Between them is a Type 87 Kommanderswagon, a four-wheel-drive version of the Beetle. Though most were built during the war, the museum’s Kommanderswagon is one of two assembled in 1946.
1973 Volkswagen 412
Even the unloved cars get a little love at the AutoMuseum, which features this pristine example of the 412 Variant, an updated version of the Type 4 (411) introduced in 1972. The photo was taken over the hood of the 1966 EA142, a prototype of the Type 4 that was developed just as the Type 3 Fastback and Squareback were going on sale in the United States.
Volkswagen Golfs
Lest you think only air-cooled Volkswagens are represented, there are also plenty of modern vehicles. Here we see a neat line-up of the first through fourth generation Golfs, with GTIs parked just beyond them.
1969 Volkswagen EA276
The EA276 of 1969 was an early prototype for what would eventually become the Volkswagen Golf. This prototype presaged the general shape and front-wheel-drive layout of the Golf, but its engine was the air-cooled boxer four from the Beetle. Volkswagen would later adapt the concept of a front-mounted air-cooled engine in the Brazilian-market Gol (yep, that’s how it’s spelled) of 1980.
1978 Volkswagen Rabbit
The AutoMuseum has a US-spec 1978 Volkswagen Rabbit on display, in all its square-headlight and stick-on- wood-interior-trim glory.
Volkswagen do Brasil PS2 and Puma
Volkswagen of Brazil is almost a world unto itself. Thanks to high import tariffs, Brazil is home to several home-grown Volkswagen models not sold (and rarely seen) elsewhere in the world. The white car is a Volkswagen SP2 (pronounced “Espeedios”), and it featured a 1.7 liter air-cooled Boxer out back. Next to it is its chief rival, the Puma GT, which used the 1500-cc drivetrain from the Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia.
Volkswagen Polo
One of VW’s more popular European models, virtually unknown in the States, is the subcompact Polo. The AutoMuseum has several pristine examples. That’s a first-generation 1976 Polo on the left and a 1981 second-gen car on the right. The Passat/Santana and Sirocco are also well represented, and the museum is home to several of Volkswagen later-model prototypes and concept cars.
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Top Twenty Cars from the Volkswagen AutoMuseum
Most visitors to Wolfsburg, Germany, will see the fantastic car museum at the Autostadt, but relatively few will take the two-minute drive to one of the country’s hidden gems, the Volkswagen AutoMuseum. From the outside, the Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen may not look like much, especially compared to the glitz and glamour of the Autostadt, but if you’re a die-hard Volkswagen fan, the museum is a must-see—and at €6 ($7) for admission, it’s ridiculously cheap. During a recent trip to Wolfsburg, Automobile took a tour of the Volkswagen AutoMuseum. We can’t show you everything we saw—and we wouldn’t want to spoil the surprises—but here are some of the cooler vehicles you’ll find there.
1943 Volkswagen Brezel Käfer
No surprise that the museum has a decent-sized collection of Beetles, which are known as Käfers in Germany. This 1943 Brezel Käfer—“Pretzel Beetle,” nicknamed for the shape of its split rear window—is the oldest in the museum, and a rare example of a wartime-era KdF-Wagen.
1949 Volkswagen Käfer Cabrio
This Karmann-built 1949 cabriolet is an early example of the drop-top Volkswagen Beetle. Along with a handful of convertibles, the AutoMuseum has several beautiful examples of coach-built cars based on the Beetle platform.
1978 Volkswagen Type 1—The Last German-Built Beetle
This was the very last Volkswagen Beetle to be built in Germany, rolling off the assembly line on January 19th, 1978. The AutoMuseum is also home to the 20 millionth Volkswagen Beetle, a limited-edition 1981 Silver Bug built in Mexico.
1965 Volkswagen Type 147
The Type 147 Kleinlieferwagon (small van) was commissioned by the German postal service, though the Swiss post office bought some as well. The 147 used the wider platform of the Type 14 (Karmann-Ghia) with the powertrain from the Beetle. Other parts were sourced from the Type 2 Transporter and Type 3 Fastback. Volkswagen built 6,139 examples between 1964 and 1972. Though they were prone to rust, the AutoMuseum’s example is in perfect shape.
1963 Volkswagen EA128 Prototype
The AutoMuseum is home to several VW prototypes, most labeled EA for entwicklungsauftrag, which means development contract. The 1963 EA128 was Volkswagen’s vision for a large luxury car. Its three-place front bench allows it to seat six, albeit somewhat intimately. Six is also the cylinder count—the EA128’s 2.0 liter air-cooled horizontally-opposed engine was borrowed from the Porsche 911, which also made its debut in 1963.
1955 Volkswagen EA47-12
Throughout the 1950s, Volkswagen was looking to move away from the Beetle. The EA47-12 was the twelfth of 15 prototypes produced by Turin coachbuilder Ghia. This prototype featured a transverse-link front axle, torsion-bar rear suspension, and a fully-synchronized transmission. The AutoMuseum has EA47-12 displayed with its collection of Karmann-Ghias, which would adopt many of the prototype’s design cues.
1961 Volkswagen 1500 Cabriolet Prototype
Volkswagen produced 16 hand-built prototypes of a Type 3 cabriolet, and the AutoMuseum has one of the two survivors. The car was unveiled at the 1961 Frankfurt Auto Show but was never put into production. The folding convertible top featured a glass rear window.
1949 Volkswagen T1 Prorotype
Perhaps the most famous prototype in the AutoMuseum is the T1, prototype for the Type 2 Transporter. Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon is credited with the idea for, and first sketch of, a Volkswagen-based van, and this is the prototype that was revealed to the press on November 11th, 1949.
1978 Volkswagen Transporter Syncro Prototype
Volkswagen’s four-wheel-drive Vanagon Syncro is legendary for both its obscurity and its incredible off-road ability. Five prototypes were built from second-generation Transporters in 1978, and this is the only survivor—and if that wasn’t enough, it’s also a Westfalia camper. Volkswagen would not put the four-wheel-drive Transporter into production until the all-new T3 model arrived in 1979.
Volkswagen Type 2 Emergency Vehicles
The idea of relying on a Volkswagen van for emergency assistance seems a bit dicey (we’d be worried about the house burning to the ground before the firefighters got to the scene), but the custom-made ladder truck on the left really did serve with the Wittengen fire department from 1963 until the 1980s.
1973 Volkswagen Basis-Transporter Prototype
This is the prototype for the Basis-Transporter, a bare-bones utility vehicle designed for developing markets. It used the Beetle powertrain, but the engine and transmission were located under the cab and drove the front wheels. Volkswagen produced knock-down kits in Germany and built completed vehicles in Mexico between 1975 and 1979, but the design was not a success, and only 6,200 were built.
1976 Rovomobil
The AutoMuseum is home to several Volkswagen-based oddities including this East German creation, the 1976 Rovomobil. Based on a Volkswagen chassis, it has a fiberglass body with a drag coefficient of just 0.23, an impressive number even by today’s standards. The Rovomobil was never put into production and only two examples are known to exist. The AutoMuseum has the original car as well as the mold for the body.
1997 Basket Beetle
What’s that? You say your life won’t be complete until you see a Beetle Cabrio covered in wicker? Good news—the AutoMuseum has you covered! This wicker Beetle was built by German basketmaker Thomas Heinrich, and it is parked with other Type 1-based oddities, including a wooden Beetle, a Gazelle, and a Mexican wedding Beetle with a see-through body made from wrought iron.
Volkswagen military vehicles
The AutoMuseum doesn’t gloss over Volkswagen’s World War II roots. The collection includes an amphibious Type 186 Shwimmwagen (left) and a Type 82 Kübelwagon (right). Between them is a Type 87 Kommanderswagon, a four-wheel-drive version of the Beetle. Though most were built during the war, the museum’s Kommanderswagon is one of two assembled in 1946.
1973 Volkswagen 412
Even the unloved cars get a little love at the AutoMuseum, which features this pristine example of the 412 Variant, an updated version of the Type 4 (411) introduced in 1972. The photo was taken over the hood of the 1966 EA142, a prototype of the Type 4 that was developed just as the Type 3 Fastback and Squareback were going on sale in the United States.
Volkswagen Golfs
Lest you think only air-cooled Volkswagens are represented, there are also plenty of modern vehicles. Here we see a neat line-up of the first through fourth generation Golfs, with GTIs parked just beyond them.
1969 Volkswagen EA276
The EA276 of 1969 was an early prototype for what would eventually become the Volkswagen Golf. This prototype presaged the general shape and front-wheel-drive layout of the Golf, but its engine was the air-cooled boxer four from the Beetle. Volkswagen would later adapt the concept of a front-mounted air-cooled engine in the Brazilian-market Gol (yep, that’s how it’s spelled) of 1980.
1978 Volkswagen Rabbit
The AutoMuseum has a US-spec 1978 Volkswagen Rabbit on display, in all its square-headlight and stick-on- wood-interior-trim glory.
Volkswagen do Brasil PS2 and Puma
Volkswagen of Brazil is almost a world unto itself. Thanks to high import tariffs, Brazil is home to several home-grown Volkswagen models not sold (and rarely seen) elsewhere in the world. The white car is a Volkswagen SP2 (pronounced “Espeedios”), and it featured a 1.7 liter air-cooled Boxer out back. Next to it is its chief rival, the Puma GT, which used the 1500-cc drivetrain from the Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia.
Volkswagen Polo
One of VW’s more popular European models, virtually unknown in the States, is the subcompact Polo. The AutoMuseum has several pristine examples. That’s a first-generation 1976 Polo on the left and a 1981 second-gen car on the right. The Passat/Santana and Sirocco are also well represented, and the museum is home to several of Volkswagen later-model prototypes and concept cars.
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