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…until a totally righteous, super-gnarly VW Baja Bug ba-braaaaps! into the Summit Racing retail store parking lot while we’re standing nearby.
Then, of course, we lose all restraint and pour into the parking lot giggling like pre-teens.
Let’s go down the checklist of awesomeness here:
- Bass boat candy paint
- Roof-mounted KC HiLiTES
- Tube bumpers
- Suicide doors with shaved handles
- Oversized tires
- Bullet hole wheels with Wolfsburg center caps
- Dual hi-rise carburetor snorkels
- Winch
- Hood-mount tachometer
- Stinger exhaust
- Quilted vinyl rocker panels
Seriously, the only thing that could possibly make this Beetle more awesome is Buddy Hackett behind the wheel.
Never heard of a “Baja Bug?” It’s what happens when you take a humble VW Beetle, strip it down, and convert it into a desert-streaking, hill-hopping dune buggy.
The practice started in the 1960s and soon sprouted a cottage industry, in which you could purchase fiberglass body parts, performance upgrades, and tons of other smile-inducing yee-haw accouterments.
Where we’re located in Northeast Ohio, you don’t see Baja Bugs much, so this Lot Shots was a bit like spotting a unicorn.
That said, we’re far better at identifying vintage Detroit muscle than we are at heavily-modified VWs.
The only thing we know for certain is that this Bug is all sorts of rad—if you are a Volkswagen pro, please tell us what you see in the comments below.
carb intake sucks if it don’t have pre up to the base of carb.
Not needed unless you drive in cold weather. Which I’m sure this doesn’t.
Love this article – it happens to be my car !
Beautiful car,Sir!!! You could write your own article on this. Maybe a how-to book.
Any way you would pass along the specifications of your build as I am wanting to do one and yours is a great platform and probably the best one I have seen. We are doing it as a project in my high school automotive class. Appreciate any help you can offer as to lifting, parts, gearing, and or places to get stuff
What is the size of the rim up front?
How did you do your fenders like that they are sweet.
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