The Ragster....this may be of interest to some| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

JThw8 PowerDork
8/20/13 8:09 p.m.

http://www.volksforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116723

Vintage beetle being grafted to a Boxter chassis.

chandlerGTi Dork
8/20/13 9:04 p.m.

I'm interested!

petegossett UberDork
8/20/13 9:10 p.m.

GameboyRMH UltimaDork
8/20/13 9:18 p.m.

That could be one of the world's top sleepers with a few mods

Woody MegaDork
8/20/13 9:25 p.m.

I like this idea, though I'd prefer a Thingster.

carguy123 UltimaDork
8/20/13 9:37 p.m.

That would cause a few raised eyebrows from the stop light!

DavidinDurango Reader
8/20/13 10:30 p.m.

Sube it!

better yet (and I hang my head in shame) . . . .LS.

novaderrik UberDork
8/20/13 10:42 p.m.

Woody wrote: I like this idea, though I'd prefer a Thingster.

Busster...

ransom UberDork
8/21/13 12:14 a.m.

novaderrik wrote:
Woody wrote: I like this idea, though I'd prefer a Thingster.
Busster...

Fast Baxter!

Mr_Estrotica Reader
8/21/13 3:37 a.m.

ransom wrote:
novaderrik wrote:
Woody wrote: I like this idea, though I'd prefer a Thingster.
Busster...
Fast Baxter!

Ooh, we could do my Fiat, too.

The Spidster! No, that doesnt have a very good ring to it. The Fagster! We'll sell millions.

ValuePack SuperDork
8/21/13 3:45 a.m.

I'll be laying awake thinking of this for DAYS.

BoostedBrandon Dork
8/21/13 4:05 a.m.

Oh... Oh my.....

novaderrik UberDork
8/21/13 4:41 a.m.

Mr_Estrotica wrote:
ransom wrote:
novaderrik wrote:
Woody wrote: I like this idea, though I'd prefer a Thingster.
Busster...
Fast Baxter!
Ooh, we could do my Fiat, too. The Spidster! No, that doesnt have a very good ring to it. The Fagster! We'll sell millions.

only if the brand badge is a multi colored flag..

SVreX MegaDork
8/21/13 7:03 a.m.

Same builder, more love!

1.8T powered 1960 bug

He ran a 13.54 in his first attempt at the 1/4 mile.

RossD PowerDork
8/21/13 7:08 a.m.

My first thought would be to get some old beetle wheels and strip the paint off of the calipers. Incognito. But on second thought, I don't know if I'd be able to do that if I was using my own money...

jdbuilder New Reader
8/21/13 7:23 a.m.

Herbie still kicks ragsters butt hands down. Very cool though.

MadScientistMatt UltraDork
8/21/13 8:04 a.m.

carguy123 wrote: That would cause a few raised eyebrows from the stop light!

Raised eyebrows? I was thinking front wheels.

NOHOME Dork
8/21/13 1:15 p.m.

This has some relevance to me in that I was measuring up a BMW 318 to fit under a 1967 Volvo Amazon.

Where the unibody graft runs into trouble is in the pedal placement department. More often than not, you are slicing away width in order to get the classic bodyshell over the later subframe. Something has to give, and unless you can relocate the pedals inboard by a similar amount that you narrowed the subframe, it can get "weird".