VW Sand Rabbit

"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano) 04/08/2014 at 16:21 • Filed to: None

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Merkin Muffley > Goggles Pizzano 04/08/2014 at 16:23

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A VW powered VW! Who'd have thunk it?

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Goggles Pizzano 04/08/2014 at 16:26

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This would also be a great way to twin-engine one of these, haha.

Jason Torchinsky > Goggles Pizzano 04/09/2014 at 00:19

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Man, I love this thing. There's something so delightfully twisted about a rear-engined, air-cooled Rabbit.

grubbalicious > Goggles Pizzano 04/09/2014 at 00:49

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oh my. I'm a fan.

Goggles Pizzano > Jason Torchinsky 04/09/2014 at 13:12

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Twisted, but not so twisted it turns off the purists. It is really great.

foodeater > Goggles Pizzano 04/09/2014 at 15:53

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I remember seeing something similar to this but using a cabriolet instead of the hatchback a few years ago. It wasn't lifted and rode at stock height, it looked almost like it came from the factory. The motor was sitting behind that little trunk flap.

Goggles Pizzano > foodeater 04/09/2014 at 16:19

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I did a bit of looking, but no luck.

Did find these though:

Mk1 built on a bug pan.

And a Golf

Qurtyslyn > Goggles Pizzano 04/09/2014 at 20:44

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Should have used a Type IV motor, for more flatness in the back.

Land-Rover Matt > Goggles Pizzano 04/10/2014 at 12:39

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Reminds of when I lived in Berlin in the '90s and came across a MK2 Golf Synchro but much higher ride height on a tubular steel separate chassis! It seemed factory made, apparently a sort of early crossover prototype.

Goggles Pizzano > Land-Rover Matt 04/10/2014 at 12:54

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It didn't look like this did it? Golf Country (3000 produced).

Land-Rover Matt > Goggles Pizzano 04/10/2014 at 14:06

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That's it! Well done.

Somehow I like the look of that better than modern soft roaders/crossovers. (Miss my MK2)