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Hey everyone it’s been almost 3 years I guess since being here with Franknbug.Health issues almost took me out so I had to sell it,but now doing alot better I was gifted a 1950 sedan deluxe 2 door. It was in a barn for 30 years and has no motor, trans and everything else is still there. My...

Went back to rear end , changed out to a wider axle and dropped it about 6 inches , like the look alot better and now will move on with the rest of build . What do yall think ?

OK going on a wild hair here buddy of mine just called , said he had a friend that has an old flathead inline 8 . with all the room I have thinking of just getting that and using it up front , after -all it's already going crazy insane looking why not make a huge design statement lol

Head room will be a mystery till its time to mount seats, Just sitting on frame rail I still have a good 6 to 9 inches that I can build up some sort of seat bottom with a slight rear tilt for back. Body may get raised up maybe 2 inches up instead of being even with frame bottom and after all is...

Still need alot of mods but getting there

OK so far Don't like the back ride height so will be cutting to lower , but this is look so far , looks pretty wild I think .Box bed on back will be bigger just put a mock up on to get the effect . Still have to work front end but until I get motor and trans not gonna set up front suspension .

Yeah friends told me to change it's name to WildThang lol here are a few pics from Ipad think they may show alittle better .I noticed I will have the motor sitting high in the air which I will love , it will give it that cartoon look aswell , might be a little hard to see over but oh well ...

lol yeah I did it with Panoramic on cell looks funny lol

Panoramics [cl[clOK guys a few pics with the body trimmed out to set lower on frame . Now to figure out how to attach to frame and make it removable aswell.

Body ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK just for the fun of it set the body on to see what all will have to be cut off , out , added , or redone , lol I know frame looks high since I have it locked in place that way to support weight till I have all my body mounts in place. Then will remove and set frame...

Need Responses Ok after removing the body I went out today and cut the front off to what I think would be a respectable front firewall beginning . I will close in or wrap with metal to give a finished look but overall think the length will be good cause of the foot room already there , what do...

Update update OK I know it's been some time since I have reported anything , Frame has come along real well , I have since boxed it in . Got rear end set , and even added a few supports to take out any twist that may occur . Now I spent this week getting everything removed from VW and getting...

Will work more the weekend to see what else I can do and post more pics..........

Update update Ok guys with a little help from a can I got some work done , I redone the rear springs , and set front spring hangers and then set up temp. rear end , this so far is what i have so let's hear it guys . It's slow I know guys but i have to do what my budget let's me , I hope my rear...

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[S[S[S OK great , I can move the front hanger forward about 4 inch and the body will still sit pretty on the frame so that will be my undertaking for the springs. I have a straigh I-beam for front I will cut down to match rear width and already planned on doing a quarter elliptical set up with...

OK had a few days of shop time so I worked a bit on the boxing and getting the rear springs set in , I decided to run the springs on bottom of rear diff, but not sure how to measure and get the right angle to re weld the brackets back to correct specs. Any help would be great, After I got my...

Update with Pics ...... Ok I promised pics , so here they are , hope you can see what I think is progress , slow but getting there . I do love the look of the rear end having the tires sitting closer to frame , and will be cutting front beam to match, does anyone recommend me bracing the beam...

Update Ok guys , I know its been some time but wife has had a honey do list a mile long , but I have had alittle time to work on project . since last post , I have decided to go with quarter elliptical front end set up. Freind of mine tried to talk me into chopping an old ranger I have and...

I will not be running fenders , I also will be doing somewhat of a small 4x4 bed on the back of the body . I have decided to cut back off of bug and make it somewhat of a cab and 1/2 bug rod . I did a sketch about 6 months ago and liked the idea just need Photoshop to put it together to see what...