- Location
- The Village of Kay
I just listened to the latest episode of Dark Net Diaries. Scary how true that could be...
Lighten the mood
- Thread starter rholbrook
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- Location
- West Jordan
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DAA
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- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
I'm almost too old to get that. But not quite.
Just this weekend, while rolling deepest darkest Nevada, a buddy confessed to me that the first concert he went to was Boy George. There was a long uncomfortable silence after that...
- DAA
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
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- Vehicular limbo
Some of you are nerds and will appreciate this.
DAA
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- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
Maybe I'm a nerd. Maybe not. But I'm well read.
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- DAA
- Location
- The Village of Kay
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- Location
- Vehicular limbo
I feel violated.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
I married a trebuchet.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
Who's up for dinner?
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
I've got a couple neighbors who bought those Tacomas, but in single cab. I think of them and laugh every time I see this one.. because they have no desire or need to replace the truck.. so they just keep on keepin on. Another neighbor has the same model 4-runner. All 3 are one owners, low milage, garage kept. Probably worth more than they originally paid.
- Location
- The Village of Kay
Zombie
Random Dead Guy
- Location
- Sandy Utah
So that's why they installed bollards in front of the doors at walmart...
TurboMinivan
Still plays with cars
- Location
- Lehi, UT
Giant VW Built On Dodge Ram Chassis
Richard Tupper built a Volkswagen Bug that’s 40 percent larger than the real thing.
“I have a sheet metal shop and one day I just decided to make a bigger VW,” says Tupper, who lives in Gardena, Calif. “It wasn’t that difficult to do because we have really good equipment at our shop.”
Tupper started with the chassis of a 2010 Dodge Ram pickup. He used 3,514 different parts to assemble the Super Bug, which is powered by a Dodge Hemi engine. To exactly size the parts for his giant bug, he used digital images from what he describes as a ‘very cherry’ ’59 Volkswagen Beetle that he dismantled. When he made the parts all 40 percent bigger, they all bolted together really nicely, Tupper says. There’s not one original VW part on the vehicle. They’re all new and handmade.
Tupper figures building his special Bug required about 3 years from start to finish. He has a good friend who did the upholstery and his son helped with the body works and the welding, so it was a team effort.
Even though there’s a Ram engine under the front hood to power the car, Tupper built a “phony” 1200 cc motor for the trunk so it looks proper. The fake motor actually serves as a muffler for the Hemi engine.
Like the outside, the interior of the car looks amazingly like that of an original Beetle. The one major difference is that where the original had only a speedometer and a fuel gauge, Tupper’s has a drop-down digital console that includes a tachometer, speedometer, gas, electric and coolant gauges.
Tupper says driving it is just like piloting a 2010 Dodge Ram truck, except “everyone’s taking pictures of me or filming me.” The vehicle has AC, power steering, disc brakes, cruise control, and Ipod hookup. "It’s just a Texas-sized Volkswagen.” The vehicle weighs about 6,200 lbs. and the hood alone weighs 200 lbs.
Reflecting the over-sized chassis and engine, Tupper changed the Wolfsburg badge on the car to a Ramsburg logo. “I tell people it was made in Ramsburg and it’s the Super Beetle,” Tupper says.
Tupper’s Hemi-powered Bug now joins a large stable of vintage cars that he owns and stores in 2 climate-controlled warehouses. Says Tupper, "when I was a kid I used to walk to school and see all those old cars and told myself if I ever have any money, I’m going to have some of them." He became successful and now owns 109 cars built in 1959 or before. His favorite car color is red and he has about 25 in that color ranging from Porsches to Corvettes to Cadillacs. He says all of the vehicles in his collection are in top running condition and he has favorites for going out to eat, driving to Las Vegas, going to the beach or going racing. Tupper says he’ll never sell them because they’re like his children.
“I have a sheet metal shop and one day I just decided to make a bigger VW,” says Tupper, who lives in Gardena, Calif. “It wasn’t that difficult to do because we have really good equipment at our shop.”
Tupper started with the chassis of a 2010 Dodge Ram pickup. He used 3,514 different parts to assemble the Super Bug, which is powered by a Dodge Hemi engine. To exactly size the parts for his giant bug, he used digital images from what he describes as a ‘very cherry’ ’59 Volkswagen Beetle that he dismantled. When he made the parts all 40 percent bigger, they all bolted together really nicely, Tupper says. There’s not one original VW part on the vehicle. They’re all new and handmade.
Tupper figures building his special Bug required about 3 years from start to finish. He has a good friend who did the upholstery and his son helped with the body works and the welding, so it was a team effort.
Even though there’s a Ram engine under the front hood to power the car, Tupper built a “phony” 1200 cc motor for the trunk so it looks proper. The fake motor actually serves as a muffler for the Hemi engine.
Like the outside, the interior of the car looks amazingly like that of an original Beetle. The one major difference is that where the original had only a speedometer and a fuel gauge, Tupper’s has a drop-down digital console that includes a tachometer, speedometer, gas, electric and coolant gauges.
Tupper says driving it is just like piloting a 2010 Dodge Ram truck, except “everyone’s taking pictures of me or filming me.” The vehicle has AC, power steering, disc brakes, cruise control, and Ipod hookup. "It’s just a Texas-sized Volkswagen.” The vehicle weighs about 6,200 lbs. and the hood alone weighs 200 lbs.
Reflecting the over-sized chassis and engine, Tupper changed the Wolfsburg badge on the car to a Ramsburg logo. “I tell people it was made in Ramsburg and it’s the Super Beetle,” Tupper says.
Tupper’s Hemi-powered Bug now joins a large stable of vintage cars that he owns and stores in 2 climate-controlled warehouses. Says Tupper, "when I was a kid I used to walk to school and see all those old cars and told myself if I ever have any money, I’m going to have some of them." He became successful and now owns 109 cars built in 1959 or before. His favorite car color is red and he has about 25 in that color ranging from Porsches to Corvettes to Cadillacs. He says all of the vehicles in his collection are in top running condition and he has favorites for going out to eat, driving to Las Vegas, going to the beach or going racing. Tupper says he’ll never sell them because they’re like his children.
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
I remember reading about this thing years ago. Pretty cool.