Rides & Roadkillers
This HEMI-Powered VW Beetle is a Real Life Hot Wheels
This classic VW Beetle has been chopped, sectioned, and slammed on a full-tube chassis and is powered by a late-model 5.7L HEMI. [More…]
Volksrod
Builds and Examples
700hp 6.6 liter V8 1952 Volkswagen Beetle
Austria’s Hotrod Hangar built this 1952 Volkswagen Beetle equipped with a V8 6.6 liter Chevrolet racing engine with 700 hp. [More…]
Ideas
Volksrods and VW Beetle Rods
Volksrods are modified Volkswagen beetles. VW Beetles are affordable, easy to find, and easy to find parts for… [More…]
Hood Rides & Hoopties
Velvet Cherry ~ Jerry Dunbar’s Volksrod
Jerry Dunbar’s 1954 Volkswagen oval window beetle turned radical volksrod dubbed “Velvet Cherry”. [More…]
Builds and Examples
Building The Berlin Buick ~ A V8 Volkswagen Beetle
The motor is a 1961 Buick 215 cubic inch aluminum block, fuel injected V-8 engine mounted where the rear seat would have been located. [More…]
Hood Rides & Hoopties
This Hot Rod VW Doesn’t Follow the Rules
Jamie Lathwell tells the story behind his home-built Hot Rod VW and where his inspiration came from for “Shear Heart Attack”. [More…]
Builds and Examples
1962 Volkswagen Beetle to Volksrod Build by Father And Son
The top was chopped 4 inches and the body fitted with suicide doors. The chassis is set-up with 1972 I.R.S. and the front-end was extended 10-1/2″ and the trailing arms were flipped. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
The Gladiator ~ A Rat Rod Project by Otoresto
Meet “The Gladiator” ~ A radical rat rod dually Volkswagen project by Otoresto… [More…]
Hood Rides & Hoopties
1957 Volkswagen Bus Pulled from Lake in Norway After 36 Years
A 1957 Volkswagen bus was found underwater in a Norwegian Fjord following a tip from the guys who actually put it there in 1973. [More…]
Hood Rides & Hoopties
Rat Stab ~ Blake Tourville’s Volksrod
Rat Stab was a winter Volksrod project of Blake Tourville, welder/fabricator at Sparks Speed Shop in Bethalto, Illinois. [More…]