# Huge (59 Volkswagen) Bug Weighs In At 3 Tons! Custom Fabrication

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/huge-59-volkswagen-bug-weighs-in-at-3-tons-custom-fabrication/94154>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** beetle, volkswagen\
**Created:** [July 30, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/huge-59-volkswagen-bug-weighs-in-at-3-tons-custom-fabrication/94154 "2016-07-30T14:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/huge-59-volkswagen-bug-weighs-in-at-3-tons-custom-fabrication/94154/1 "2016-07-30T14:15:51Z")

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**Check this out! What an undertaking!**

I saw it in USA Today, today, in a story by Chris Woodyard. Link below:

> **[Just Cool Cars: Massive VW Bug is size of a pickup truck](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/07/30/just-cool-cars-massive-vw-bug-size-pickup-truck/87770700/)**
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> We see a lot of extraordinary vehicles through our Just Cool Cars series, but we've never seen anything like this. 

Some of you guys are looking for a _“project car.”_ This guy made one.

This is truly a head-turner!  
_ **“if you don’t move, nobody moves,”** _ is how the builder describes stopping at an intersection when he’s out for a ride. I believe it!  
_ **CSA** _

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/huge-59-volkswagen-bug-weighs-in-at-3-tons-custom-fabrication/94154/2 "2016-07-30T15:25:34Z")

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I LOVE it!! I did, of course, own a '61 Beetle way back then.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/huge-59-volkswagen-bug-weighs-in-at-3-tons-custom-fabrication/94154/3 "2016-07-30T17:30:19Z")

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I also love that thing. There’s a lot of homebrew engineering and thought went into that thing.

Back in the 70s a good friend of mine built a '61 VW on a tube chassis. It has a Ford 9" rear axle, a Powerglide transmission, and a Buick 401 Nailhead engine in it. That engine puts out about 440 Ft. Lbs. of torque so you can imagine.

Quiet mufflers, 4 or 5 shades of primer, and it didn’t look like much. It sure fooled a lot of people at the light when the light turned green though.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/huge-59-volkswagen-bug-weighs-in-at-3-tons-custom-fabrication/94154/4 "2016-07-31T16:53:21Z")

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For what it’s worth…  
Yesterday when I was at my son’s house, he searched and found a **video** of this car showing a guy talking to the **builder/owner of the huge bug**. It gives a bit more detail of the endeavor.  
_ **CSA** _