The baja/safari thing has gotten so big that even OEMs are picking up on the thread — Porsche had some brand new Baja styled 911 Dakar, which had some impressive and meaty 19/20inch wheels/tire combo sitting under raised wheel arches. With only 2500 examples being planned and a monstrous price tag, don’t expect one in […]
I was going to apologize for posting yet another kit car on the pages of DT, but then I remembered two of my New Years Resolutions that weren’t obliterated by COVID19 — 1) I wasn’t going to apologize to anybody for anything and 2) I was gonna post more kit cars on DT. So, here is an unapologetic and enthusiastic feature for a Vokaro, the vokiest kit car you’ll see sitting on a Bug frame. Find this 1974 Volkswagen Vokaro Kit Car bidding for $4150 in Ogden, UT via eBay with 2 days to go.
Richard Petty starting driving NASCAR a few weeks after his 21st birthday, way back in 1958 and before they called him “the King” he was known as the “Squirrel”. Petty is most famous for driving full sized Plymouth and Dodge muscle machines, but that didn’t stop this next fan from building a CRAZY VW Beetle tribute […]
Bruce Meyers wasn’t the first guy to build a Volkswagen based dune buggy, but he put his name on enough examples that he became the face for low volume VW kit cars in the 1970s. The original Manx dune buggy was developed for jumping over dunes, but in 1970 Meyers introduced the Manx SR, a […]
As Volkswagen Beetles converted into Woodie wagons go, they aren’t as rare as you might think. DT has featured three of them so far…better scratch another tally mark in the wall of your cell, dear reader, because here comes the fourth. Find this 1965 Volkswagen Beetle custom woodie for sale in Bloomington, MN for $10,800 […]
If you liked the RX-8 powered Volkswagen Beetle from the other day, you’ve probably got some issues, but that is for a professional to help you solve — but here at DT we can only offer help in the form of another custom Beetle. Find this 1971 Volkswagen Beetle here on eBay bidding for $2,550 […]
An interesting advertisement appeared on SF Bay Area craigslist yesterday for a lot of 8 classic automobiles. The full list is: 1969 Porsche 912, 1968 Porsche 912 targa, 1967 912 targa, 1963 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL W113, 1973 BMW 2002 , 1961 VW Type 1, 1962 VW Type 1, 1963 VW Type 1 and the seller […]
From Dec. 7, 2013: It is with a heavy heart, but a pragmatic frame of mind that this editor (CFlo) writes a DT feature for his own first car. This was the car I drove to high school, the car I awkwardly picked up girls in for first (and last) dates, the car I did my […]
There is something about the Volkswagen Beetle that brings out the Mr. Hyde in normally mild mannered people. Perhaps it is purgatory-slow speeds and clack-ity-rackity noise from the stock Beetle engine that drives its owners mad and convinces them to transform the egg shaped coupes into wheel-standing coffins. Whatever the reason, we can’t think of […]