4 door bug , interesting

[lookingforbug]

came across this on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNIQUE-VW-Beetle-with-4-open-doors_W0QQitemZ220563206216QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item335a977048#ht_500wt_1182

http://www.vwfourdoors.hit.bg/

looks pretty cool , is it a custom job ?

 

[Bugnut]

Way cool !

Wonder how much the reserve is ?

 

[trev]

I think some coachbuilders in Europe used to convert them, Beutler maybe?

still though, for a '61 it's a fair mash-up of parts from different years.

 

[Aidan]

There's a couple in the VW museum - they were used as taxis

I must have a better photo than this:

http://www.eircooled.com/deforum/album.php?albumid=136&attachmentid=2114

 

[Endfloat]

Very cool!

 

[beetlebug]

nice car, great colour

 

[RattyOval]

I seen that lat year and under the paint there is a few dodgie looking areas
I think i have photos of the funny looking "painted metal"

 

[beetlebug]

I seen that lat year and under the paint there is a few dodgie looking areas
I think i have photos of the funny looking "painted metal"

intresting, try to get a few pics up here..

 

[Brian Raftery]

I seen that lat year and under the paint there is a few dodgie looking areas
I think i have photos of the funny looking "painted metal"

It was definitely a bit ruff around the rear pillar and arch for the back door. i've no pictures

 

[BRENDANGOBRIEN]

There is after been a few of those four door beetle made as of late. The original four door beetle was first made by Rometsch, as a taxi, 28 or 30 of them were ever made as they were to costly to make, there is only four left to-day

 

[Rez]

I posted this http://www.eircooled.com/deforum/threads/2086-Eircooled-Pic-of-The-Day/page64 (halfway down page) up a while ago. I thought they all had suicide rear doors. That one on ebay looks very different

 

[BRENDANGOBRIEN]

That one that you are talking about Kev,is one of those resent builds, and yes they did have suicide doors in the rear door.there was a feature in Volksworld in Decemder 2008 issue

This one.

 

[RattyOval]

Sorry only remembered this now

 

[oldspeedvws]

Brendan is right, the "original" were build by Rometsch in Berlin. They were beautifully crafted but expensive to make as Rometsch was not authorized by VW to produce them and hence they needed to buy brand new beetles from the dealerships to build the taxis rather then sourcing parts / chassis / bodies directly from VW.

 

[beetlebug]

Sorry only remembered this now

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saw this in this months volksworld mag in the classified section...6,800 STG ono.....

 

[Marko]

I remember Emilios were building one a couple of years back, maybe 3 or 4 yrs actually. just doing it for themselves, don't know if it was ever completed though. He told me it took 3 beetles to sacrifice for it!!