SheToldMeSheWasLvI18 on March 4, 2026 7:10 pm There’s garages out there that can transform the VW Beetle into a pickup, I don’t think it’s a standard vehicle from them
l0ooo-ooo0l on March 4, 2026 7:10 pm If it was to carry manure….it would be a ‘Dung Beatle’ 👀
Toxicscrew on March 4, 2026 7:13 pm It’s a kit from Smyth Performance. They make them for a bunch of different cars: Chargers, Jettas, Subarus, etc. https://www.smythkitcars.com/
Fun-Perspective426 on March 4, 2026 7:14 pm One of my old friends did that like a decade ago. Used to have all kinds of sponsors. https://raceland.com/news/chopped-rabbit-into-caddy/?srsltid=AfmBOopyGe24Au7z4-71yIXI6AGPIz62KYg0pAHvq74wOEtaexTtbrgL Had a matching trailer for a matching shifter cart and ruckus.
badapple1989 on March 4, 2026 7:18 pm When the market won’t give you a small frame truck, you make your truck out of your own small frame.
d1ckj3rk1ns on March 4, 2026 7:18 pm This is called a ute. A company called smyth does a lot of these truck beds for cars, although im not sure if this is a smyth kit or not
ACcbe1986 on March 4, 2026 7:20 pm I got one of those newer bugs as a rental some years back. Driving it gave me motion sickness. It’s the only car I’ve ever driven that made me feel that way.
ThePheebs on March 4, 2026 7:28 pm Hey, my father-in-law has one of these. He did the conversion himself.
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There’s garages out there that can transform the VW Beetle into a pickup, I don’t think it’s a standard vehicle from them
If it was to carry manure….it would be a ‘Dung Beatle’ 👀
It’s a kit from Smyth Performance. They make them for a bunch of different cars: Chargers, Jettas, Subarus, etc.
https://www.smythkitcars.com/
Florida plate, so probably a Beach Beatle.
One of my old friends did that like a decade ago. Used to have all kinds of sponsors.
https://raceland.com/news/chopped-rabbit-into-caddy/?srsltid=AfmBOopyGe24Au7z4-71yIXI6AGPIz62KYg0pAHvq74wOEtaexTtbrgL
Had a matching trailer for a matching shifter cart and ruckus.
Not a bug. The bug has the engine in the back.
When the market won’t give you a small frame truck, you make your truck out of your own small frame.
This is called a ute. A company called smyth does a lot of these truck beds for cars, although im not sure if this is a smyth kit or not
I got one of those newer bugs as a rental some years back.
Driving it gave me motion sickness. It’s the only car I’ve ever driven that made me feel that way.
Utes are dope
insanely cuteÂ
Hey, my father-in-law has one of these. He did the conversion himself.