Not sure where else to put this:
Ad says it has a 1.6 air cooled flat four...
Ad says it has a 1.6 air cooled flat four...
VW beetle camper on BAT
- Thread starter J_dude
- Start date
The Cream Dolphin
Veteran Member
It looks like there is not much beetle in there. I love the name though.
privateTDIjet
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2022
- Location
- Montreal, Canada
- TDI
- 2009 Jetta 2.0 TDI and 2014 Passat 2.0 TDI / Ive got a MK5 bentley manual, message me for a free diagram
Air cooled??? Hope this never gets stuck in a traffic jam
casioqv
Veteran Member
This is pretty cool, thanks for posting!
From the photos it looks like it's still a beetle pan, and drivetrain... basically everything is there except the cabin which was replaced by the camper.
Why? Air cooled VWs do fine in traffic jams... this vehicle is similarly sized to the early VW buses that had the same engine, and they work great.
Yup--so long as all the tin and seals are good, the fan will blow air over the cylinders and head to keep it cool just fine. At all speeds. No real ram-air affect on cooling when you're driving down the road.
turbobrick240
Top Post Dawg
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2014
- Location
- maine
- TDI
- 2011 vw golf tdi(gone to greener pastures), 2001 ford f250 powerstroke
It's a cool novelty vehicle, but the aerodynamics are truly godawful. Probably ok as long as you don't ask it to exceed 45 mph for any length of time. I doubt the motor would last more than an hour or two at 60+ mph. The old breadloafs are actually pretty aerodynamic for a brick.
The Cream Dolphin
Veteran Member
Haha I just meant visually, it looks like a little bit of beetle tacked onto an RV.
dieseldonato
Veteran Member
It's actually pretty cool. Never ceases to amaze me what people turned bugs into over the years.