Kill It With Fire?

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 12/14/2019 at 22:13 • Filed to: VW Beetle

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Wacko > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:20

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It’s a new better beetle 

atfsgeoff > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:22

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I dig it. Unique, well-executed, only thing I would do is raise the rear end 1-2 inches.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:22

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Nah that’s pretty clean. Needs SSR tail lights though

SiennaMan > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:22

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 I'm actually kind of surprised at how clean it looks and how not mismatched the stepside ranger bed looks with the beetle frontend..  it feels more weird than wrong to me.  (full disclosure:  I secretly long for one of those sweet little kei trucks,  so the problem might be on my end..)

daender > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:24

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I guess the owner didn’t like the S my th design!  The fiberglass step-side bed works surprisingly well but they should’ve gone with the ‘98-’00 or ‘01-’04 tail lights instead of the mid-’90s design with the amber turn signal.

MM54 > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:25

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I’m okay with this

Steve in Manhattan > atfsgeoff 12/14/2019 at 22:30

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Agreed, although the bed may be loaded with something ...

SiennaMan > daender 12/14/2019 at 22:32

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I agree about tail lights.  I think something without the turn signals would work much better..

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:32

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No I like it ur  wrong

SiennaMan > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 12/14/2019 at 22:32

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 Exactly,  it'd complete the look.

DipodomysDeserti > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:33

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That is fucking awesome.

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:38

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You are going to need a lot of matches.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 22:43

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In all fairness it is more useful than a standard beetle 

ranwhenparked > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 23:04

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I know what I hate, and I d on’t hate that.

Back in the day, they used to sell kits to convert proper Beetles into pickups. This is following in that tradition, and probably more functional, too, given the front engine allows a deeper bed. 

Urambo Tauro > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 23:10

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So is it mostly New Beetle, or Ranger underneath? Probably the latter, as I’m sure it’d be easier to drop a New Beetle cab over the Ranger frame than it would be to join the Ranger bed to the VW’s unibody.

Urambo Tauro > SiennaMan 12/14/2019 at 23:18

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Yeah, u sing the stepside bed here was a smart choic e. A fleetside bed would have made the mismatch more obvious.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Steve in Manhattan 12/14/2019 at 23:56

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I love it and I will protect it with my life. 

SiennaMan > Urambo Tauro 12/15/2019 at 00:14

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This is an interesting question I hadn’t thought about. My asassumption would  be that it’s half a Beetle with a bed and a deeply compromised structure..

Steve in Manhattan > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 12/15/2019 at 00:17

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A few if those are less offensive ... way less.

SmugAardvark > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2019 at 00:20

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Honestly, not that bad. The rear arches feel a little low, but otherwise it doesn’t look like a backyard hack job.

Steve in Manhattan > SiennaMan 12/15/2019 at 00:21

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Yeah - how did it get tags? (although they might not have tried to get it inspected as modified). A ladder frame works, unit body construction is much harder. 

Steve in Manhattan > ranwhenparked 12/15/2019 at 00:21

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Did not know this was a thing ... surprised VW didn’t do it like the modified the bus.

Steve in Manhattan > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/15/2019 at 00:22

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And that is a fair observation ...

Steve in Manhattan > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 12/15/2019 at 00:23

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You are safe here ...

ranwhenparked > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2019 at 00:29

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They did, but only in small quantities to use as utility vehicles around the Wolfsburg factory. Just never mass produced them for some reason.

Gerry197 > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2019 at 01:43

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Probably the only new style beetle I would ever consider driving or be seen in.  

SiennaMan > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2019 at 07:18

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I think in Ohio the only thing it'd be inspected on is that you purchased all of your parts, so as long as you had titles and bills of sale for everything, the state would issue a title and plates..

shop-teacher > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2019 at 08:34

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That works amazingly well.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2019 at 11:31

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I don't hate it.

Steve in Manhattan > SiennaMan 12/15/2019 at 14:44

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Every state is different. No idea what NY would require. And I’m guessing an inspector in a bad mood might send you back to the ol’ drawing board.

SiennaMan > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2019 at 15:35

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Yeah, I could imagine. My first thought hhonestly  was that they had a Beetle with a clean title and decided they wanted something.. different.  If NY doesn't do regular inspections for plate renewals,  this could go as long time without the owner getting on the wrong side of the DMV..