1975 Vw Beetle Volksrod *normal is boring *

I love the fenderless look.

My '28 is fenderless, and its pretty low too.

But I did keep it at a rideheight that will clear speedbumps.

To balance out the body, visually, I used 16" wheels.

In a way that some old pre war racecars did ( in my mind, anyway... ), with some salt racer influence thrown in.





As far as Volksrods, I believe the very first one in that style was built by a guy who was connected to the SoCal Speedshop.

I've seen it in person, and I was really impressed.

It was completely different from anything else, at the time, but it was done with a lot of respect for existing (traditional) styles.






I loved it...

So much so in fact that I have considered building my own version.

But to take it to a next stage, the picture in my mind was as a Roadster, with a Duvall windshield frame ( would have to be a custom made one-off ), Ford Ibeam in the front ( like that first one had ), the roof cut off at the beltline( going all the way back to where the decklid was ), with the big open space behind the seats taken up by a V8 60 Flathead mated to the original VW box ( turned around for a mid engine configuration), but still using the stock rear fenders closed up with fenderskirts ( no front fenders, or maybe just cyclefenders made out of '36 Ford spare wheel covers ).

So because I've spent some time thinking about it, I'm really interested to see this one getting built.

Cant wait to see it getting done.


Edit.

BTW, I'm not a fan of Rat Rods either.

To me that style lacks the form follows function that successful builds usually have.

And it really makes me cringe when people call my '28 that...

( its not a Rat Rod, its a Trad Hot Rod in bare metal).

'Look' wise I'm pretty much following this old build thread over here as I've come back to it several times now;

www.volksrods.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5617&page=6







Style wise I'm pulling inspiration from everywhere

Really like that one . ⏫⏫⏫⏫⏫

You’d be surprised how low some will go static .
Have seen a few Americans running v low , but they seem to have very good roads in some areas .

If you’re going for wheel fitment like the one above , you need to think about engine/transmission raising .

I remember one beetle convertible in a magazine over here in germany that had some wedge shaped steel profile welded into the so called rahmenkopf (= frame head), the part where the front beam mounts to (which often needs to be replaced in many restorations anyway), so that it was bend upwards a few degrees.

That way the owner got some additional lows and he even had this tested streetlegal.

Something like this, on both sides of course:

It was the only time I read or heard of that, certainly not the usual lowering method over here. You could buy adjustable beams and also altered knuckles back then, sometimes even TÜV certified.

So as above with the pie cut could you not add wedge pieces to the bottom of the beam extender?

Sounds plausible to me.

2 or 3 inch drop in the extender plus 2.5 inch drop spindles .

If more is needed you can adjust your beam .