Lust

[Sindawe]

No, not the Lords of Acid first album, good as it is.  Lust for a pretty thing in red. 

Maybe I'm having a mid-life crisis?

[Hawkmoon]

I dunno, man. The steering wheel is on the wrong side.

[Perd Hapley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T-c1x0ILWI

[mtnbkr]

Now I haz lust in my heart.

I drove a Beetle all through high school and college, only retiring it after college because of an engine problem and having to wear suits 4 days a week (no AC+Suits+NOVA Summers = Misery).

By the time mine was retired, it had a 1700cc engine, tuned Weber progressive carb, headers, lowered front end, bucket seats from a Mazda 626, new interior, Scat DragFast shifter, aftermarket steering wheel, vintage roof rack, Autometer Tach, and popout rear windows.  The heat worked, the defrosters worked, the winshield washer worked.  I routinely drove it on long trips.



Chris

[Fly320s]

Lust for a Beetle?  Whatever floats your boat, man.

For something small, light, and cheap, I would pick this:  http://www.factoryfive.com/kits/project-818/

[mtnbkr]

Beetles are fun because they're very light, very simple, and fun to wrench on.  It's like an adult go-cart. :D

They're even better when they have some real power because of the light weight and rear engine.

Chris

[Calumus]

I see your lust for a sleeper VW, and raise you mine (minus the stupid hood and stickers).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnR6FBRC0F4

[Hawkmoon]

For something small, light, and cheap, I would pick this:  http://www.factoryfive.com/kits/project-818/

Now THAT's nice! I especially like the coupe version, but what's the recess in the roof just above the wind screen? It looks like they put the third brake light facing the wrong way.

[BobR]

Lust for a Beetle?  Whatever floats your boat, man.

With a Beetle you have no need for a boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB9rK8UR0vk


bob

[Fly320s]

what's the recess in the roof just above the wind screen?

Air intake for the engine, maybe.  It is a mid-engine car. 

What I like about it is that it uses common Subaru parts for the majority of the components. 

[Perd Hapley]

Now THAT's nice! I especially like the coupe version, but what's the recess in the roof just above the wind screen? It looks like they put the third brake light facing the wrong way.

What? You want the brake light opposite the engine, just like in any other car. That should be obvious.

[MechAg94]

Beetles are fun because they're very light, very simple, and fun to wrench on.  It's like an adult go-cart. :D

They're even better when they have some real power because of the light weight and rear engine.

Chris

On the small and light part, a guy I used to work with had a 4 wheel drive Geo Metro.  Apparently they were good sand buggies as they were too light to sink down in the sand with the right tires.

[Angel Eyes]

With a Beetle you have no need for a boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB9rK8UR0v

[gunsmith]

Lust for a Beetle?  Whatever floats your boat, man.

For something small, light, and cheap, I would pick this:  http://www.factoryfive.com/kits/project-818/

LUST!

[RoadKingLarry]

Bitches please...

[gunsmith]

 

looks like RKL wins!

[grampster]

When our oldest turned 17, 32 years ago, we bought him a Baja Beatle.  Fat oversized tires on the rear, skinny ones on the front.  Street legal.  Imron black paint.  Big air scoop up on the roof.  Engine exposed and chromed along with vertical chrome twin exhaust stacks.

I installed a VW gas heater I got from a VW junk yard so he could drive it in the winter.  I also had to take the engine apart and do some repairs.  I bought an old junker Beatle and used parts from that engine.  I had no idea what I was doing and there were parts left over when I finished.  Amazingly, when I tried to start it, it fired up and he drove it for another couple months before we sold it to a guy from Kalamazoo who came with a flat bed truck because I told him he had to take the junk VW with the Baja Beatle.

[Tuco]

Nothing in this thread seems unusual, it all makes perfect sense.
Carry on, I'll check in from time to time.