Posts Tagged ‘air cooled’

VW Type 3 Wagon

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If I ever have the opportunity (and I hope I do) to travel down the air cooled VW path, my weapon of choice would definitely be a Type 3 wagon. I just love the shape, ever since I first saw one back in highschool with deep black paintwork and brightly contrasting chrome, I’ll never forget [...]

Thai Kombi Restoration

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Have you heard the one about the Thai guy who makes his own replacement metal panels for air-cooled VW’s? Well you have now! This build has been doing the rounds for a while, I always see it pop up on forums within various “best builds” style threads, and for good reason. The man with all [...]

VW Kombi + Trailer

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More crazy contraptions from our Scandinavian friends. This time it’s some Finns who have created a VW Kombi trailer made from an unused cab, complete with airbags, tubs, and some big American Racing hoops. If that isn’t enough, it actually gets towed around by a matching full-size Kombi. Thanks to Jani-Matti for submitting this one.

The KidVRod

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What happens when you’re a 4 year old kid with a father who loves aircooled VW’s and knows how to weld? Well, you get your very own scaled down version of a VRod, of course! Possibly the coolest dad in the world, Kristian from Finland transforms a regular Beetle shell into the baddest fully functioning [...]

Race Taxi 993 Turbo Kombi

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Mental Kombi’s with engine swaps are not a new thing, there seems to be heaps of them on the internet. There must be something about making a brick shaped bus go ridiculously fast that get’s peoples creative juices flowing. Here’s a neat one from Race Taxi powered by a Porsche 993 biturbo engine, with a [...]