BAD BUG by Richardphotos

Photography • Transportation • posted on Oct 10, 2008

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this a VW Beetle that has a maybe a small block Chevrolet in front, and it still has the 4 cylinder.I suppose it was left in for weight and to fool some people. It was at the Texas Speedway custom car show.first one I have seen in person. the driver and passenger sits nearly back where the rear seat belongs thanks for viewing and any comments

Comments (84)

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Darkwish

5:00AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Great shot! Very well done!

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Unitic

5:01AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Is that a black 67 mustange to the left. lol. I really wish I could see this puppy jump off the line.

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carlx

5:06AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Very cool find and capture, Richard!!!

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Ravenlady

5:10AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

It´s a splendid capture Richard!!!!! lovely shot

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tetsu-pino

5:13AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Cool Beetle!!! very nice capture!!!

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Anain

5:14AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Wonderful shot and beautiful car. Excellent work Richard! :)

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B_PEACOCK

5:23AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

That is pretty cool .Nice shot Richard

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sazzart

5:24AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

My cousin, while we was in college, dropped a Covair (remember those?) air cooled engine in a Bug, the torque to weight ratio was such, ended up putting 600 pounds of pig iron in the trunk to balance off the engine weight; keep the front end down. I'll NEVER forget the night we went to "Airport Road," 4 miles of flat, straight pavement to do a standing start 0 to 60 time run; it was like "rev-rev-pop-the-clutch," in 2nd gear mind you, & the front end was half way up between horizontal & vertical before Craig could ease off the throttle, DAMN, what a ride. anyways, this is a SWEET picture! BTW Richard; I (your comment under my Horn O Plenty design yesterday ^^) never realized you liked my Surrealism before, due largely to the dearth of comments I get here on R'osity...NOW, I'm finally realizing WHY so many good artists leave. :(

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Meisiekind

5:27AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Nice one! I was just telling Bruce earlier this week how my mom only drove VW Beetles in her life. Obviously not souped up like this puppy, but nonetheless!!! :)

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tallpindo

5:29AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

The hood is one of those fibreglass reproductions of a 40 Ford where you could have had a Rolls Royce if you checked a different box in the order form. To decide if it really was a Chevrolet engine I zoomed in. The water outlet on the intake manifold is in front, the alternator brackets off the water pump but it also mounts on a sleeve directly to the head (old Chevrolets mounted to the exhausst manifold). It has an airconditioner compresser on the left of the photo that ties into the condensor with the electric fan in the front. The heater hose comes off the water pump top correctly. The water pump pulley and flat belt with idler under the compressor is newer. Power steering pump on the right of photo. The way the radiator hoses come off tells me the radiator is in the back.

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Alz2008

5:36AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Wonderful capture Richard, i know a few boys that have beetles and they have been putting impreza engines in them..

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pops

5:37AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Awesome photos

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mapps

5:42AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

I thought the engine was suppose to be in the back :-) Awesome :-)

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VDH

6:05AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Great shot! My first car Richard!!(1967)

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LinaraTar

6:13AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

I love that car! great shot =)

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ShadowsNTime

6:30AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Great shot Richard! I like the flames and that license plate says it all! I remember thinking that no one could fit into these small cars but they were actually quite roomy for being so compact!

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kasalin

6:31AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Excellent presentation

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pennykay

6:49AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Great shot Richard!!!

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NekhbetSun

7:00AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Cool shots Richard :o) H u g s

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RodolfoCiminelli

7:01AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Excellent doubel shot my friend......!!!!!

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magnus073

7:11AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Always like the little Bugs and this is so cool that they did so much to the little guy. I can't get over the small block crammed in the front and can see what you meant about the seats being back so far. Great one Richard !

NytsMom

7:12AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

cool, very cool..

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fredster66

7:38AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Very cool work!

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allnaydi

8:30AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Great capture and very neat car Richard. This one even looks like a fairly early model, aside from the modifications, of course.

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huismus

8:45AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

I saw a Citroen 2CV one ( we call it a duck) with an 8 cilinder engine in the middle of the car. It was the powersorce so the engine was in use. Beautiful captures!

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