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Post by dasreich on Oct 22, 2013 19:53:41 GMT -5
hi, i am wonder if it wud work as a first car i was looking at kubelkar sit and was thinking about making my own to use as fmy firstg car woud it be possible too use a vw thing??? my uncle has a thing and it looks alot lik a kube thanks
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2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Oct 22, 2013 22:02:10 GMT -5
there are kits to convert a vintage VW bug into a viable Kublewagon and if well done they look and function well. Brutally unsafe as a street daily driver but very very cool. Buying the kit and doing it yourself is expensive, time consuming and not something you're likely to end up using as a daily driver. Your best bet would be to shop and buy one that someone else can take the hit on with regard to time and expense. Used they don't bring much. insure however that everything works and it was assembled properly. VW things have a following all their own and have actually gone up in value over the past decade which means they are no longer and inepensive car. The demensions and shape are way off from a Kublewagon but close enough that they were used in lots of movies. It would kind of be shame to repint one to replicate a KW and though we would find it cool done up that way, odds are it would substantially devalue it.
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Post by volkssturm on Oct 22, 2013 23:45:19 GMT -5
There's a guy around here who converted a VW Thing to an ersatz Kubelwagen. Basically he replaced the fenders with rounded ones, replaced the bumpers, replaced the lights, and put a fake fuel tank hump and filler in front of the windshield, and painted the whole thing something approximating field gray. Not accurate enough for a stitch Nazi, but it looks pretty good. It's not his everyday vehicle, obviously.
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