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Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:26 am
by Watercool
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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Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:31 am
by Watercool
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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Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:37 am
by Watercool
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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Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:43 am
by Watercool
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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Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 7:34 am
by Tony Z
Epic!! Just a pity the story ends here....
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:46 am
by Watercool
I will update as the project continue.
Oh I forgot, Big Red will be powered by an AIRCOOLED engine
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Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:18 am
by Retrobug
now the project just got cooler!
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:30 am
by beetlefanatic
F...king awesome!
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:41 am
by DR WATSON
Yanks really do go BIG!
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:14 pm
by Golfmad
WOW
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Thats so AWESOME !!
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Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 4:24 pm
by Loopy
Fantabulous! I love it!! Some more info on the "lil bus" please?
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:07 pm
by CooP
Brilliant!
I'd also like more on the bus, pretty please...
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:10 pm
by Ron&Gill
Like it...
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:29 pm
by karmakoma
Go big or go home
Re: Big red baja
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 7:08 am
by vw59beetle
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.