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Big red baja

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Ok what do you do when you are a big VW nut and all your company's contracts are done and out the door. You jump in one of these
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and start tearing up the nabourhood,
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But that gets old after some time too. Well you got a shop full of craftsmen that is doing nothing so you start tearing into or apart your fire engine, till you end with just a frame
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Give the "big boss" a try in the driverseat
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Then you set your craftsmen to build you a mold of your beloved car out of foam, only a few times enlarged
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So then you call a few friends that owe you and they whip you a frame up, turned a few heads on the highway, but oh so nice..
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It looks so sweet sitting in the shop
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So the great moment when we put the frame on the chassis, oh mother of g... this is freightning.
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We then covered the frame with plastic just to get a feel of how it is going to look, Sweeeeeeeeeet
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This is as far as we got with this build, but I will sure try and keep you updated as we make any progress, and we need to hurry Burning man will be apon us before we know it.
Just a pic to show that this is not the first BIG VW we have created, more to come....
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Epic!! Just a pity the story ends here....
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I will update as the project continue.

Oh I forgot, Big Red will be powered by an AIRCOOLED engine :mrgreen:
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now the project just got cooler! :hangloose:
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F...king awesome! :hangloose:
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Yanks really do go BIG! :hangloose:
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WOW
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Thats so AWESOME !!
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Fantabulous! I love it!! Some more info on the "lil bus" please?
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Brilliant!

I'd also like more on the bus, pretty please...
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Like it...
1964 T34 - The Razor: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10290
1956 T2 1b - Gill's bus: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10948
1967 T316 - viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10931 & viewtopic.php?f=23&t=15977
2000 beach buggy - viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10915
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:hangloose: Go big or go home :shock:
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I always wanted one of those when I lived in Atlanta. Would of shortened my drive time and the cars in front of me. Looking good.
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