By Robert Emslie
This Australian VW Beetle based “Porrera” is an incomprehensible mashup of both extremes of the rear-engined air-cooled spectrum and a perfect close to an April Fool’s Day. Enjoy the weekend, Foons!
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I like that. Then again, I’ve always wanted to build the reverse ’70s hotrod. A C3 Corvette body on Model T frame, wheels, and drivetrain. It would be simultaneously glorious and hideous.
Like this: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/news/a28606/turn-your-rx-7-into-a-corvette-for-some-weird-reason/ ?
Egads…
It could be much worse…not what you think.
http://assets.hemmings.com/uimage/43640854-770-0.jpg?rev=1
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/mazda/miata/1750580.html
Z-ata… Why would anyone with the time and money to do that, do THAT?
Ooo! Did they make those for Miatas, too?
I scoured the internet for a few…minutes…looking to see if someone made a Corvette kit for Miatas, but all I came across were a few Miata pickups, a guy who dropped a SAAB 96 body onto a Miata, a guy who has a blog dedicated to stuff on his Miata (cleverly titled “Stuff on My Miata”), a guy who made his Miata look like a ’57 Corvette with paint, rims, and badges, and some neat Miata karts (like the Vette Kart Roadkill made, but Miatas instead).
Drift van!
Yes! No! Yes!
N…YESS!!
As mentioned in the “Piles of Nostalgia-Shaped Rust” comments (https://hooniverse.com/2016/03/31/showdown-piles-of-nostalgia-shaped-rust), put an early 356 drivetrain in it, and then go to Porsche meets.
The slammed dually truck chassis with (most of) a 911 shell that engineered mentioned in that thread would also be a fantastic way to piss off the purists.
Anyone else up for a convoy?
Oh, that poor Beetle! I suppose worse things have happened.
A weather proof Seven! I like it.
Do you like it more than a difficult to park Beetle?
So…does it have two engines?
It’s actually packing a Buick 215 Aluminum V8
http://aluminumv8.com/Home/Aluma
Yep.
Edit – 30+ years ago I had a car mag with illustrations of what a 935 Beetle would look like. It was pretty strong… Imagine this with a chopped roof and 3-4″ sectioned from the middle.
http://img10.deviantart.net/0880/i/2013/162/d/9/vw_beetle_typ_935_take_2_by_914four-d68nxlw.jpg
And from Isdera, the makers of the Imperator and Commendatore…
The Autobahn Kurier AK116i, with two W126 5.0 litre V8s, one for each axle and a piece of bodywork from somewhere else in Germany
Who said Germans don’t have a Sense of humour?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Isdera_Autobahnkurier.jpg
http://www.madle.org/og06ak2.jpg
http://auto-database.com/image/isdera-commendatore-2006-models-191094.jpg
Early Esprit submarine prototype.
So the Euro-market 914 was not the only official Volkswagen-Porsche.
Let’s not forget the nine-four-four!
i think that’s the nine-two-four you’re thinking of
But the 924 and 944 were sold only under the Porsche name, unlike the 914.
I suppose that’s technically true, although the 914 was badged VW-Porsche.
Let’s not.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Volvo-940.jpg
When I see things like this my brain make Don Martin Sound Effects.
Spa-Wangawangawang! Bleeroont! Fnoobledoop! Glerm.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads24/Isetta+Whatta+Drag+un+pot+de+yaourt+de+730+ch+686671426432647.jpg
Mad Magazine and Hotwheels.
Pretty much my childhood.
http://www.ioffer.com/img/item/518/179/014/Wfcjhot-wheels-2000-213-whatta-drag-orange-isetta-5sp-1-64.jpg
Remember friends and neighbors
Do not drink and Drive…….
I, uh, kinda like the way that looks.
Better looking than a New Beetle, fer shur.
Neuebeetl Iz Beszt Beetl!
Nein.
http://i.imgur.com/a8jwy8c.jpg
Another for Hooniverse Asks: What cars have a CLMSL instead of a CHMSL? I’d never noticed one until stuck behind this on my way home.
http://i.imgur.com/tQyOr1b.jpg
Those GM designers having a joke at the expense of the NHTSA.
The entire dustbuster-design was a joke, no?
‘Successfully’ * selling them in France against the Espace was another.
*i.e.:selling any.
Just another example of corporate cluelessness.
When did you become incorporated?
Some time in the last few weeks. It was in support of a joke elsewhere, but now I’ve got to deal with shareholders & it’s a whole thing. Probably better to dissolve the corporation, but the board members may feel otherwise.
Don’t forget to have an open and involving process. And cookies. Always cookies.
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but the proper presentation can be convincing.
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