Comments on: Volkswagen Beetle – The Most Hackable Car https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/ Fresh hacks every day Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:26:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Hans https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/#comment-6025109 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:26:51 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=201129#comment-6025109 In reply to Galane.

Funny thing is a Subaru to VW bug engine swap is pretty common!

]]> By: dwywit https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/#comment-3599110 Fri, 19 May 2017 06:44:56 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=201129#comment-3599110 In reply to ZenCat.

My ’72 Ford Capri (British Ford with a sporty body sitting on a type II cortina floor pan + engine/transmission) had the foot-pump washer.

]]> By: Anna https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/#comment-3211587 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 08:57:53 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=201129#comment-3211587 In reply to Peter Williams.

Amy mods have to be done with OEM Volkswagen parts. The bug won’t take aftermarket

]]> By: Anna https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/#comment-3211586 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 08:56:25 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=201129#comment-3211586 In reply to Megol.

What Hitler did was drawing a rough scratch of the bug while sitting at a restaurant table in Munich. Far from designing it. http://www.hitler.org/artifacts/volkswagen/

]]> By: Anna https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/#comment-3211583 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 08:53:05 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=201129#comment-3211583 I wish I could have the very first version of Beetle. The modern Beetles won’t take aftermarket parts, and OEM VW parts cost through the roof. You can easily be taken to the cleaners once the warranty is up

]]> By: Brad https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/#comment-3012874 Fri, 06 May 2016 18:50:36 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=201129#comment-3012874 Any one done the Subaru conversion in a bug?

]]> By: msat https://hackaday.com/2016/05/03/volkswagen-beetle-the-most-hackable-car/#comment-3012287 Fri, 06 May 2016 04:46:24 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=201129#comment-3012287 In reply to NDB.

The engine is actually used in a LOT of homebuilt airplanes. To this day, it’s hard to find another engine of similar power in its weight range.

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