On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 06:45:09 -0500, "Tim Rogers" >
scribbled this interesting note:

>"geoffers" > wrote in message
>news
>>
>> Wow! The majority of your questions, I can't answer. But, when you get
>> that project '65 done, you better show it off in a website or something.
>> As for the automatic tranny question, didn't the Type III line have a full
>> automatic available? Maybe you can find one from a donor Type III.
>>
>>
>
>..............The frame horns on a type 1 are too close together for an auto
>tranny from a type 3 or bus. But since he can't do the work himself and
>wants a welded tube chassis, he should probably just go to a custom fab shop
>and put down a $10k deposit and then be prepared to come up with at least
>another $10k when they're further along in a few months(?). And that doesn't
>even take into account the money for a Raby engine. If the original poster
>has deep enough pockets, anything is possible. There are cars like the
>Corvette, 911 & BMW M3 that probably are better suited for what he wants. A
>three year old M3 would probably cost less than what he'd pay for a custom
>built bug on a tubular chassis with a Raby engine.
>

Probably? Sometimes you misspeak, Tim. That is a certainty. To build
the car specified, with all the "non-stock" modifications, would
probably be somewhere above thirty thousand dollars, possibly much,
much higher depending on the quality of the craftsmanship that goes
into building the silly thing.

A car like that is no longer a Beetle, it merely looks like one since
it has the body on it. You know, how a VW Golf also looks kind of like
a Beetle from some angles...oh, wait, that's called a New Beetle,
isn't it!


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John Willis
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