Was trawling the net the other day and came accross this.
Quite possibly the coolest dad in the world, Kristian From finland built a scaled down Beetle for his son to compete in soapbox derbys etc. Im just amazed that he managed to keep all the proprtions right when hacking so much out of the car. Seeing as im not so good at typing I will let the pics do the talking.
Before the transformation
cut down door compared to standard
Small door offered up to full size body
mock up
another mock up
mini bootlid vs normal
split window cool, and with snowblower engine being fitted
rear end coming together
all together
all painted up etc
sexy rear end
great sign
Kristians son with his peoples choice trophy
Everyone should check out the full build thread here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=185257
So freakin’ choice.
Man i wish i had the skills to do that for my son, good find brew
Great metal work!
I hope its just coincidence that this sounds a lot like my article published at the end of June
http://buildthreads.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/the-kidvrod/
“Possibly the coolest dad in the world, Kristian from Finland transforms…”
Well, my friend Alex wrote the article and if anything the phrasing used just shows the standard train of thought in such matters, further proof in my eye that he may well be the coolest dad in the world. I doubt Alex will have even seen your entry or your page before so I wouldn’t be too worried about it.
I know I hadn’t seen it at all before you made comment.
Hate to say it but I have never even seen your blog before today anth. first time I ever saw the KidVrod was in this picture http://www.fvwa.sitefactory.fi/data/3217.JPG and had a look around the samba and found the build thread.
Had a quick browse through your blog now and it looks quite interesting, will read again
No worries guys, i wasn’t pointing fingers, like i said i hope it was just coincidence and it looks like it was. keep up the good work