Squareback V8

[71covert]

I am posting for a friend that is not a member on this forum yet. This is his squareback project that he is doing. The plans fro the frame are from prostreetbug.com Here are his progress pics thus far.

[71covert]

[murphytj]

8-)Thanks for posting the pictures. Engine is 350c.i./330h.p Trannie,700R4 and a narrowed 9"Ford rear end that hopefully will be done in about a week or two. I am trying to keep the outward appearance as close to stock as possible. I am running Goodyear Eagle GT P195/60x15's all the way around on painted smoothie wheels. As soon as I can figure out how to post pictures, I will.

[V8 Super Beetle]

You're doing a great job so far Tom. Keep us updated. I like the vehicles that look stock. Sleeper...

[hellraiser]

wow lookin good

[racerman51]

interesting build here...a square-back might be a good starting point for a rear engined project..hmmmmmmm... ;D..and I just remembered a trike i saw this past summer at one of the local car shows..a guy took the front clip out of a FWD GM car(I didn't see the owner to ask what it was when he started it) and locked the steering,made a frame to attach a motorcycle front end on it,also made a deck over the motor and connected the struts together for a passenger seat..it was a wild looking beast!..so,I'm thinking of a build,not as wild as that 500 CID monster that was widened..bighoov,but something just a little tamer..like starting with a mid 90's Caddy de Ville..they have V-8's in them...hmm...this is where I need more money and a garage.. ;D

[Roadrunna]

Did you ever see the "Caddywagon" site ? It's an old one but they slotted the subframe of a FWD Caddy ('85 ish ??) into the back of a bug.

Radiator was the back of the direvers seat but it looked pretty cool.

Apparently the subframe was the perfect width to slot into brackets and a frame to fit the undersite of the bug floorpan. All went under a stock decklid but needed something like 6" oversized rear wings.

[racerman51]

I Googled that and most of what I came up with was the new "wagon" that Caddilac is putting out next year..also the only V-dub that came up was a restoration project by Alan Jones..and all that was was one photo of an older bug with no other links at all..

[Roadrunna]

I'll see if I can dig out the files and get the web page re-created

[Roadrunna]

Right then, I've found them all out and re-created the website. It was a '74 Eldorado that he used.

This is what first sparked my interest in a V8 bug many years ago. Unfortunately Caddys aren't exactly 10 a penny over here ;D

Here's the copy --> www.v8dubs.com

[V8 Super Beetle]

Thanks for putting that together. I was going to dig up the wayback link and post it, but this is much better. Also, I think the caddywagen deserves it's own thread!

[Roadrunna]

No worries,

I saved the files off wayback machine ages ago when the site went offline.

Figured i'd get it back up online one day just never got around to it. If there's any other out of date sites that you think should be archived let me know

[racerman51]

hmmmmmmmmm...Caddy Eldorado,ehhh?...damm..my son-in-law's father had one of those and i think he sent to the scrapper when the price of scrap was up last summer..heck,and he would have been up for this too..

[murphytj]

Work is progressing on my V8 Square. Hopefully, I will have the narrowed nine incher completed next week sometime. I am running a triangulated four bar. The lousy snow we have had yesterday and the day before has slowed some things down.

[V8 Super Beetle]

Awesome, post some pics as you go!