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Generation Bug Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2016 Posts: 10 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:31 pm Post subject: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Hi guys,new the,fourum i need help,figuring out exactly what i,have. Its two 71 vw convertables,combined to make a limo. First car is like shofur has no,top and is shorter. The one behind it is from the firewall back and attached to,the,front. It has a full top. Its almost complete . My grandpa loved VWs he had over 20 when he passed. Neeeless his passion runs in my blood we are both great mechanics. We both have the same name. So i,got this,given to me by him hence generation bug. What i cant figure out is what type of,fiberglass front end and rear is.. i have pics ill post. It has a,lincoln front grill! Please anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. Once i figure out how to pst photos ill tell you guys where they are thanks. |
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Generation Bug Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2016 Posts: 10 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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I put photos in,the vw kit car category this one wasnt in the list where you post photos so pleaae check em out tittle is generation bug limo. Thanks |
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Generation Bug Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2016 Posts: 10 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Just trying to find parts for the ftony end and want to know if there is more like my limo or if its one of a kind.
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Generation Bug Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2016 Posts: 10 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Here is the pics
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Letterman7 Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 3198 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:47 am Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Well, that's different. "Hood", fenders and engine cover were all commercially available aftermarket fiberglass parts back in the '70's to mimic the Rolls Royce look. I"d get it running and hire it out for high school prom dates.. |
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andk5591 Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2005 Posts: 16757 Location: State College, PA
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Before you get too far, I would evaluate the structure under the car. "stretch VWs" have been done quite a few times. Some much better than others. Some you actually can see the sag.
I have a stalled project that involved adding 14 1/2" to the car and pretty sure I went way overkill with the added bracing and supports, but you just want to make sure the car doesnt fold in half. Had the car been completed and driven or was is never finished? _________________ D-Dubya Manx clone - 63 Short pan,1914.
Rosie 65 bug - My mostly stock daily driver.
Woodie 69 VW woodie (Hot VWs 7/12).
"John's car" 64 VW woodie - The first ever
Maxine 61 Cal-look bug - Cindy's daily driver.
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2true Samba Member
Joined: December 13, 2004 Posts: 1218
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:59 am Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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This would be fun for an Uber ride.... _________________ AKA Destroyer of the Rants...... |
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Generation Bug Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2016 Posts: 10 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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I was thinking the same thing about uber. It was almost done when i got it . I had to conpletly wire it hook up the steeeing check the brakes and break in the motor gas tank and few otger things but now it runs great and is very solid. My grandpa was a pro at vws so its put together very strong. Ill take running board and take pics of how he combined em. I just cant find anything online about the front end but im sure its a kit you can buy . But its sweet ride it hauls but too . |
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Generation Bug Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2016 Posts: 10 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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It runs really good and is fast. The whole engine is chromed out i think he built the motor. The only thing left is the rear car interior and a convertible top. The top i have has little latches you hook and pull down to lock but it doesnt fit my car has two little holes that the top is supposed to drop into so im trying to figure out what model it supposed to be also. Any help would be appreciated thanks guys
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SBD Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2012 Posts: 3269 Location: SOUTH DAKOTA
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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I think a company called AA Fiberglass or something like that used to make a couple of different nose and tail kits. One with horizontal headlights and one with vertical headlights. Might have been in the Speedway Motors catalog back in the mid 1970's? That was a LONG time ago!
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Generation Bug Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2016 Posts: 10 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Cool thanks for that info guys ill check into it, and yes i have another thread in kit cars im trying to get as much exposire and ir falls into other vw and volkrods snd also vw kit cars. So im following yhe rules please unlock the other thrwad. This vw limo is awesome there not another one like it anywhere as far as value its pricless to me my grandpa,started it and im goinh to finish it like he wanted . |
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Generation Bug Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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From what i understand no one knows that ive posted any of this unless they search in my category so i was just trying to get more people to see it so the chances would increase on rinding out about thay front kit.. thank you,guys Iam knew to this forum so any help on getting the best exposure would be awesome. |
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kitcarguy Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 431 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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It is custom and not a kit. Most likely the grill etc came from one of the many companies that made them back in the 70s/80s . BGW spectre made a rolls front end for example _________________ www.fiberclassics.org |
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Generation Bug Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Hello everyone thanks for the replies. I did find out AandA fiberglass made 3 kits a 42 ford a 32 ford and the least sold rolls royce the buyer could choose diff enblems rolls royce limcoln and mayb one other im not sure. Unfortunatly rolls royce sued them and won so they shut down pretty quick so not many were made. I have yet to find anything about the heqdlights though i saw one or two pics where only one headlight was used. Mine has dual horizontal . The bulbs are five inch and easy to find the rings are little harder but possible. But the chrome bezel ill never find .im not sure if its an actual RR set up or if they used something else and not even sure if,they came with the kit. The pics of RRs looks identical but just one bezel is like 350$ because its an OE piece from the 60s believ it or,not a pederbuilt 349 or 359 from 85 to 01 look about the same and plastic chrom,so,its cheap. If anyone knows more,about the lights please let me know or ill just have to fabricate it. But the VW is running great and hauls ass the engine,is all,chromed out and has,bolted,valve covers and crank pully and exhaust and, single,intake. I dont know,how to find out what size,it is but if i know my grandpa he def built a bad ass engine it has nice cam you,can really hear it. Itll drift around corners with a throttle snap lol . Just re did the ball joints and shocks . Have some interior and top work left in the back car and detail finish in front cab.thanks everyone ill,keep you updated and post pics of the engine so one of,you can help me find out the CC. Happy wrenchjng. |
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eyetzr Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2013 Posts: 1425 Location: Toronto, Ontario. Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 6:33 am Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Cool project, you may find some headlights and bezels at your local auto wreckers. They may have something from a 70s era car, maybe a Monte Carlo. Good luck and keep up the posts _________________ I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done" |
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Bob Brugge Samba Member
Joined: April 09, 2015 Posts: 721 Location: Missoula, MT
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Generation Bug wrote: |
Hello everyone thanks for the replies. I did find out AandA fiberglass made 3 kits a 42 ford a 32 ford and the least sold rolls royce the buyer could choose diff enblems rolls royce limcoln and mayb one other im not sure. Unfortunatly rolls royce sued them and won so they shut down pretty quick so not many were made. I have yet to find anything about the heqdlights though i saw one or two pics where only one headlight was used. Mine has dual horizontal . The bulbs are five inch and easy to find the rings are little harder but possible. But the chrome bezel ill never find .im not sure if its an actual RR set up or if they used something else and not even sure if,they came with the kit. The pics of RRs looks identical but just one bezel is like 350$ because its an OE piece from the 60s believ it or,not a pederbuilt 349 or 359 from 85 to 01 look about the same and plastic chrom,so,its cheap. If anyone knows more,about the lights please let me know or ill just have to fabricate it. But the VW is running great and hauls ass the engine,is all,chromed out and has,bolted,valve covers and crank pully and exhaust and, single,intake. I dont know,how to find out what size,it is but if i know my grandpa he def built a bad ass engine it has nice cam you,can really hear it. Itll drift around corners with a throttle snap lol . Just re did the ball joints and shocks . Have some interior and top work left in the back car and detail finish in front cab.thanks everyone ill,keep you updated and post pics of the engine so one of,you can help me find out the CC. Happy wrenchjng. |
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Bob Brugge Samba Member
Joined: April 09, 2015 Posts: 721 Location: Missoula, MT
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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Generation Bug wrote: |
Hi guys,new the,fourum i need help,figuring out exactly what i,have. Its two 71 vw convertables,combined to make a limo. First car is like shofur has no,top and is shorter. The one behind it is from the firewall back and attached to,the,front. It has a full top. Its almost complete . My grandpa loved VWs he had over 20 when he passed. Neeeless his passion runs in my blood we are both great mechanics. We both have the same name. So i,got this,given to me by him hence generation bug. What i cant figure out is what type of,fiberglass front end and rear is.. i have pics ill post. It has a,lincoln front grill! Please anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. Once i figure out how to pst photos ill tell you guys where they are thanks. |
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ferry Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Help! Please help me figure out what i have. Vw bug limo? |
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