VW Vortex member Thecleaner likes his VWs watercooled, but still pines for the days when the aircooled cars had their grills in the back. Having come across a clapped-out Cabriolet that was missing its top, he decided to set things right. He initially wanted to convert the car into a roadster but instead added a gas grill and made it a roaster- Kenny Rogers would be so proud.
Having grill in the back makes this one special rabbit- it has both fuel injection, and a single Weber! So, if you see Thecleaner at your local H2O Show, give him a shout out, and let him know you like yours medium-rare.
Source: [VW Vortex Forums]
VW Car-B-Que Puts the Grill in the Back, Where it Belongs
By Robert Emslie
Oct 19, 2009
William Byrd 
Jeff Glucker
Medium Rare? Speak for yourself. Show it the stove.
The number of people who refuse to eat anything but ruined steak is a tragedy of our time.
I’m with you – he’d need no more than a shot glass of fuel to prepare steaks properly. As for the carbeque… pure awesome. I loved my 1980 Rabbit Convertible and will have another. This mod goes on the list.
Dearthair and I were facebookin about this last night. I had to cook a T-Bone well for my girlfriend last night. A T-Bone. Well.
Fu*k it. Culinary school for two years and I end up with a women who wants to ruin a $20 piece of meat.
Woman. Although women would be pretty awesome.
This is the best use of a Cabriolet since “Gotcha!”.
I must have begged my parents to rent that movie at least five times.
Never seen the movie but I owned one of these cars. The best use of a Cabriolet involves the roll bar and a flexible date with minimal dignity.
pics or it didn’t happen…
I keep hearing the “Real Men of Genius” jingle every time I look at those pics.
The only thing that might make it better is to convert the car to run off CNG/Propane, so the car and the grill could use the same tank. That and somehow get an extra high setting on the grill so you could drive down the road with 3 foot high flames shooting up from the back of the car.
Now you’re thinking. That would be classy. Actually, all you’d have to do is throw on a bunch of greasy hamburger patties and let them flare up. Mmm, I love me a greasy burger. Had one for lunch at a dive bar today. Devastating.
I love this and I’m terrified all at the same time. But I’d totally rock it to a tailgate party! Too funny.
Anybody notice how the woman behind the dude has had her head replaced with a keg cup? That’s no happy accident.
I’m getting a big kick out of the fact that adsense has scanned this and decided what you all really want to see are ads for BBQs. Need to double-check the “medium sized cruis ship” post to see if it’s got ads for trips to Puerto Vallarta.
I knew a guy in college who had a white-on-white-on-white Cabrio. He was in a metal band, knew enough martial arts to ruin you in 30 seconds flat and had a rather attractive girlfriend. I’m definitely not making this up.
I looked at the ads and wondered ‘Are car grills really being made as readily available aftermarket parts?’ and actually had to click through before I got to the *facepalm*.
Don’t mind me.
Click away! We’ve got bills to pay.
This gives me a killer idea for a Rabbit Pickup. You think a grill in the trunk is a novel idea, I’m thinking full kitchen.
Came for the fire. Left disappointed. Not even a single fire truck. Clearly, no one was trying hard enough.
If I ever buy a mid-engined Italian car, I’m screwing a grill between the flying buttresses or in place of a rear window. If the thing’s going up in flames, I’m benefiting from it.
Someone made a joke once on TurboBricks that ‘if your car had any more grill, it would run on propane’. Well.