Some time ago, we came across a Volkswagen-based buggy for sale, built by Autotecnica Del Lario (ATL), a workshop specialized in prototype construction (many of you may know one in particular, based on the Alfa Romeo 1900). Riding the beach car trend, they also produced metal-bodied buggies starting from 1971. The models offered to the… Read More Reborn: 1979 ATL Explorer 2
Ok, we agree that maybe “completed” is an understatement, however, technically, the car is there. From what we understand, it is a Fiberfab Aztec built on a platform – for a change – Volkswagen Type 1 (better known as Beetle). This was probably once a running car, since the wheels, headlights and drivetrain are already… Read More To be completed: 1970 Fiberab Aztec
The 70s were very contrasted years: great creative ferment but also a lot of violence: many had to equip themselves accordingly. And so the symbolic vehicle of the Hippie culture has been transformed for a task very far from the one for which it was born. In this case it is a Typ 2 bus… Read More Bulletproof vest: 1975 Volkswagen Typ2 by Fontauto
What is more important, whether a car is fast or it looks fast? We are confident that everyone has their own answer in mind, and that this car was designed to answer those for whom the second option mattered. In fact, when I was little and I saw the ads of these cars for sale,… Read More Fast look: Puma Coupè GTE 1600
Four years ago we published an article about a similar car, but unlike the first this one looks much more complete and “refined”. However, it is very rare to see for sale these kit cars produced in the 70s and, obviously, based on a Volkswagen Typ1 chassis (more commonly known as Beetle) which ensured maximum… Read More Old future: 1961 Sportsland Concept 1
These cars, universally known as “Buggies” had their golden age in the sixties and seventies and then fell into oblivion for about thirty years. The idea of building an open body in synthetic material to be connected to the Volkswagen Beetle chassis was by Bruce Meyers, an idea that has been successful as some sources… Read More Real deal: 1961 Meyers Manx
We agree that this doesn’t look like the best Typ2 from an aesthetic point of view, yet the seller claims that rust on this bodywork is minimal. In fact apparently the bodywork seems to be made of plaster, probably this is due to the overlapping of layers of paint given over the years (even by… Read More Chalk look: 1958 Volkswagen Typ2 Panel van
Yes, we know he is mostly known as “Beetle” but we like to play the part of those who know things from time to time, please forgive us. So this car has several very interesting features: the first, as the title says, is that it has only 4,700 miles driven new and that it was… Read More 4,700 Miles: 1977 Volkswagen Typ1 Cabriolet
A universal law that no one will ever be able to contest is: you never stop learning; we continuously verify it in our niche. In this case it is the discovery of a car which they did not know existed; ok you say, it is one of the many “Dune Buggy” inspired by the Meyer… Read More Italian psychedelia: 1974 Drag II by Greppi
The fabulous (and terrible at the same time) 70s were full of many automotive design ideas, and many of these ideas also came from small car manufacturers who produced aesthetic kits for different car models. This 914 is equipped with one of these kits which, we must say, apart from the huge rear wing, is… Read More Big wing: 1975 VW-Porsche 914
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