Paul_J
Well-known member
This is my long term project that I've owned for at least 14 years. I began collecting parts and playing with different ideas for a while and started construction quite a while back. I've had build threads on other message boards and simply because it doesn't fit at any one place I think I will make RRR it's new home. My ultimate goal is to have a very dependable driver that Is way out of the ordinary, handle like it's on rails, has a lot of hot rod influence and has some shock value too.
I have always loved the crazy contraptions at the car shows and I've been to the Houston Auto Rama every year since 1978 and a few years on and off before that. So I have always wanted to build something off the beaten path.
I took a '54 Beetle body I found that looks good at face value but has issues and decided to put a chassis under it and make it mid-engined using modern drive train. I considered mounting the engine transverse but decided it HAD to be inline!
It has a modified Art Morrison MII narrowed suspension in the front and an Audi A4 transaxle in the back. The engine choices have gone from 16V VW to Chevy V8 but I think the final power plant will be the new Ecotec 4 cylinder thanks to some info from MrGussett! Here's where I left off before we started Trey's Truck. I'm still collecting parts and have some new motivation to get going again. We will get Trey's truck on the road first but I'm going to try to do something on this car at least once a month!
Here it was sitting next to Trey's truck before we moved it up to my building.
I have always loved the crazy contraptions at the car shows and I've been to the Houston Auto Rama every year since 1978 and a few years on and off before that. So I have always wanted to build something off the beaten path.
I took a '54 Beetle body I found that looks good at face value but has issues and decided to put a chassis under it and make it mid-engined using modern drive train. I considered mounting the engine transverse but decided it HAD to be inline!
It has a modified Art Morrison MII narrowed suspension in the front and an Audi A4 transaxle in the back. The engine choices have gone from 16V VW to Chevy V8 but I think the final power plant will be the new Ecotec 4 cylinder thanks to some info from MrGussett! Here's where I left off before we started Trey's Truck. I'm still collecting parts and have some new motivation to get going again. We will get Trey's truck on the road first but I'm going to try to do something on this car at least once a month!
Here it was sitting next to Trey's truck before we moved it up to my building.
