just 'cause you can doesn't mean you should: '71 VW Beetle morphed into a Porsche?

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  1. jim535

    jim535 born in a Ford

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  2. ModelT1

    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    Maybe not !:slap:
     
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    Fugly, but different I suppose??? :huh:
     
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    Krash Kadillak Well-Known Member

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    "Just 'cause you can doesn't mean you should: '71 VW Beetle morphed into a Porsche?"

    Exactly...........
     
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    What a waste of time, money and a Volkswagen.
     
  6. ModelT1

    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    -----^^^^^^Well worded----^^^^^

    But don't take offense. We may be wrong. It would be a boring world if everyone had the same ideas and built only one type car....say like a 32 Ford. I've seen so many 1932 Fords that I'm beginning to hate them.
    But if someone gave me a nice one I'd probably suffer through it and drive the thing. On the other hand, maybe not this VWsche.:mad::cry:
     
  7. jim535

    jim535 born in a Ford

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    I just have to wonder about the weight distribution of this car. A Chevy V6 engine with most of the engine weight behind the rear axle? :49:

    "Less than 100 of these body kits were manufactured" Probably for good reason.
     
  8. ModelT1

    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    This was a kit? Does that mean there may be another 80 or 90 out there? :whew:
     
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    " $ 9000 invested" :rofl2:
    Great investment!
     
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    LOVE the Cavalier tail lamps, too. Maybe that is where the V-6 is from. Hmmmmm. Makes sense, after all, that engine was designed to hang out past the axle, just the FRONT axle, not the rear.
     
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    We all get lost from time to time so I tried a cup of tea and it did not work , Bugger its still an unhappy Dub so I tried a few :drink::drink::drink::drink::drink:and it still looks sad so at this time of day this Dud look like Crapo to me perhaps some more :drink::drink::drink::drink::drink:and no nothing its still the Bloody same :cheers: maybe it til be gone by New Year Hic :beerchug: :cheers:
     
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    That is vomalicious.
     
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    My thoughts exactly.
     
  14. Hanswurst von Plumpskloh

    Hanswurst von Plumpskloh Prisoner of Foo

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    Wrong engine in the wrong place. The solution:

    I'd rather have a Toronado mill in my back seat:

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    Ghias are better to hide Toro mills in:

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