Bug Project Need Some Ideas

Hello all, I always wanted to Rod out a bug, but dont have a lot of funds. How does someone lower one of these? Also, does anyone have any ideas on this project? I would love to have this for the Hunter Car Pile Up.

 

http://www.socalook.com/socalook.shtml

 

www.Volksrods.com

 

That's a pretty rare car, don't screw it up to much. Looks like a 56 or 57. Check this site out. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/ Ask the VW folks before you screw it up. VW's aren't to popular here.

 

Gut it and put a turbonique drag axle under it. Then go to the local hardware store n panel paint it with spray bombs. Then procede to die on the maden voyage.

 

Start by putting the correct tailights and front blinkers on it.

 

Its a 1955 bug

 

do it right sell that, looks like good money many people would luv to get a 50's bug... then take the money andrun, do another one alot of started bug projects, find one of those

 

Ovals aren't worth that much, cut it the hell up.

 

To be honest, I dont know what it would sell for. The interior is PERFECT condition. I wasn't going to do anything really crazy, just lower it alittle.

 

Its a car show. Here is a pic of the interior

 

hunter car pileup?

 

55 was the first year for the karmenn ghia might find someone that wants a beetle to got with their ghia ,,, post i t up on the evil auction sight they will find you!!! then use the money to buy a new toy

i sold my 60 corvair wagon to a guy that had all the models built that year,,,but no wagon,, i priced it right

 

I agree with old chevy lose the bug and find something you can hold your head up when you drive down the boulevard.

 

How many MILLION Beetles did they make ?
"Don't cut it up!" Gimme a ****ing break.
Posie has it right:"Anyone can Restore a car,takes a real man to cut one up".


It's his car,he can do whatever he wants with it.
If it was historically significant,it would be in a museum already.
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The rears are lowered by reindexing the arms on the torsion bars.
Fronts are usually lowered with weld in adjusters,or by cutting,rotating,and rewelding the conter of each torsion tube.

Do a search on Volksrods.com

 

Cash in and build an American made hot rod.

That bug's really nice and worth lots of money.
I don't even like bugs, but don't **** it up, it's cooler the way it is. Throw it on the auction site.

Sell it and you'll have the funds for an old ford, then **** that up instead, it's more fun. And will be worth something when you're finished.

Oh yeah, get rid of those taillights. Quick, before someone sees them.

 

**** it up !
cut it up !
you've got the ball`s ! if you post a vw on here !
don`t listen to the closet vw restores . ha.ha.

 

So if I do decide to part with the bug, what do you all think its worth? Granted, its worth to whomever will pay, but I am not for sure.

 

1956

 

Any bug shop should have a "SelectaDrop" front end. The is a front end with adjustable torsion bars. To lower the rear, you can "clock" the rear torsion bars.

 

If all you want to do is lower it a bit, then a set of weld-in adjusters for the front end should run you less than $100.00. The rear is just a matter of dis***embly and re-indexing the torsions. You'll want to replace the shocks with stiffer, shorter models... maybe another $250.00 or less.

If that's too high-buck, pull the front torsion bars out of the beam and ditch a couple of the thin ones. It's not the reccommended method, but it works. Alternately, cut the center sections out of one or both of the tubes of the beam, and reweld them in after you rotate them a few degrees... figure out how many degrees difference there is between the trailing arms at stock ride-height and how low you want to go... drop some sandbags in the spare tire well if you need to for measurement purposes. This is basically the same as adding adjusters, but it without the adjustability.

 

For every 1/8" you turn the front torsion bars, the car will go down 1" Sell it and build something else.

 

Might be worth 4500 dollars. I use to make z-plates for the rear swingaxle, lowers it 1 1/2 inches. Any more than that and theres too much camber. Lower a i.r.s. frame instead.

 

dont "rod" that bug out. a vw has its own tradition, dont ruin it by trying to turn it into something it isn't.

thats a nice looking car. check out http://www.dkpcarclub.com/ for some original cal look influence...

and, yeah, i like traditional cal-look vws-- got into them in the 80's as a teen.... back when most folks were styling mullets with turquoise mini trucks or macho man camaros.

-scott noteboom

 

I would ask 8-10 but they're popular out here in Southern California, especially oval windows, check your local listings to see what they've going for, if you go with American metal your going to end up paying up the *** for a peice of **** anyway.. so do whatever makes you happy dude.
-Anthony

 

You guys have been great... I will take your advice and not rod the bug! I got a good deal on it so I picked it up. Anyway appreciate the input and not getting slammed to bad having a bug.LOL

 

Put it on e-bay with an $8500.00 reserve. Bet you get more.

 

put a 250HP motor in it and leave it alone...ok maybe some disc brakes and a cage.

 

I can't believe you've been here since Nov 06 and still had the nerve to start this thread, but what I REALLY can't believe is the warm reception it received! Somethin's fishy here, it's all a joke right?

 

Cal Look Bugs are nice looking cars. You'll get the $8500 on it if you pop it on Ebay. Nice oval windows are hard to come by.