Vw Bug On Chevy S10 Chassis

We did it to a vw rabbit as a senior project in high school shop class.

Vw bug on chevy s10 chassis. The story of our 1969 vw beetle. It takes a lot work and a lot of fabrication to make it fit right. My father donated a 283 sbc at the beginning of the project and it has since evolved into a vortec head 383. It s basically a bug body on top of a modified s10 frame.

Finishing up my homemade traction bars for the s10 chassis. 1974 volkswagen beetle on 1997 chevy s10 blazer frame. My build is an 1973 super beetle. I bought the car whole for 500 parted it out found a rolling s10 chassis for a 150.

It has been done. Chevy 350 engine and 2004r trans. Pictures of me working on the rear suspension on the s 10 chassis for our v8 beetle. Getting our beetle home.

I bought an s10 on saturday with the idea of putting the frame under a bug and putting a 350 in it. Has anybody ever done that or heard of it. V6 beetle bug 4 3 vortec. Working on a a set of homemade traction bars.

I know i put food review in the start of the video opps lol but i hope you guys enjoy this short update hope to get some futage of us setting the body and. Forums groups other projects. Working on a rear cross member shocks and sway bar. I have seen bigguy s custom frame job which looks really cool but i have the frame and drivetrain rear end and driveshaft from the s10.

Our plans for our v8 beetle. Yup it s called a super beetle from the manufacturer. We used a 83 s10 2wd frame with a junkyard 305. Making a new crossmember for the s10 chassis and 200r4 transmission.

V8 bug on s10 chassis update trans cross member drive shaft by zbhover wed oct 19 2011 12 31 am i just put a quick update of our 1969 v8 powered convertible vw beetle project on my website and thought i d let everyone know and post a few pictures here. I hope you guys enjoy this short update of the little monster vw beetle bug its now has a built 4 3 and 2 speed power glide transmission we changed back t.