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To convert a VW Beetle into a buggy using a kit, you first need a reference address for the corresponding parts. How do you find what you are looking for?

If you put your old bug in a VW-Buggy, you will quickly run into the problem that kits are no longer being made in Germany and parts of them are very difficult to obtain.

  • In addition, it is also very difficult to get a new VW buggy registered. Some TÜV- Positions enter buggy conversions of VW Beetles with unabridged floor panels as body modifications. If the base plates are shortened, the financial outlay is immensely high.
  • In general, it is more advisable to try to get a used VW buggy (but that's not easy either!) And replace it if necessary. to restore. However, you will use this too safety Have difficulty getting some of the replacement parts you need.
  • According to Buggyland, an Internet forum with a marketplace for everything to do with VW buggies, there are still a few car bodies in Germany. The Roehnert company in Wuppertal is also named there, which probably still has negative molds for the bodies of the Maplex and Dingo models and can laminate them.

VW buggy - difficult to obtain as an original kit

  • The Hummbuggy and Sandrail models are offered by Buggyland as one-off handcrafted items made from new and reworked used parts, at appropriate prices. Also there are only the complete vehicles available, unfortunately no kit.
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  • The presence Egypt buggy, based in Egypt, also offers VW buggy bodies, whereby your own Beetle chassis can also be used here, if desired.
  • You can even get kits here, but you should specifically ask whether these correspond to the original buggy bodies or are only modeled on them, if this is important to you.
  • Another possibility to find what you are looking for is the eBay portal, whereby you should always be careful here if prepayment is required or the kit comes from abroad.

Above all, pay attention to the shipping costs and customs duties! With such a large shipping object, possibly shipped from overseas, this can be very expensive, even if the quality is then right, which is only apparent after delivery.

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