[GH85Carrera]

Back in 1970 when old bugs were just throw away cheap, my brother bought a 65 bug that had rolled over for $100. The body was trashed. We unbolted the body, and only kept the instruments and the seats. We cut it in half, shortened the wheel base to what was supposed to be 6' but it ended up at 5'11" and certainly close enough to weld old salvaged handrail and fence pipe from a prison that was torn down. Tack welded sheet metal to the fenders to keep some of the mud off of us. Dual rear tires, and engage fun level 10. I learned to drive in that thing. It was street legal in Alabama as there was no such thing as safety inspections. It was a safer road vehicle than many piles of junk driving around.

It was ugly, but indestructible, and we tested that regularly. One road through a wooded area was tree lined. We would ricochet it off of the trees when we got going too fast. My brother managed to roll it on it's side and it did truly zero damage except get some mud on the roof roll bar.