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January 17, 2008
Herbie’s Twisted American Cousin
By Sean
Editor
I stumbled across PonyKiller’s ride page after he joined the Dubb Life group, and when I saw what he’s working on, I almost fell out of my chair. He’s turning this once humble "peoples’ car" into a tube-chassis Pro Street monster—and he means business. Just check out the huge blower and gi-normous Mickey slicks stuffed into the rear! With all the trick bits he’s installed, Ponykiller estimates the car will put down an amazing 550hp! Yikes! I’ll be following this build pretty closely, and let you guys know when he gets a little further along.
Comments
Frank
Jan 21, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I did always know something about herbie was missing!!
roadrunner01
Jan 21, 2008 at 1:12 am
DAMN herbie is on steriods
HUEROS
Jan 20, 2008 at 8:26 pm
HOLLY SHIT HERBIE’S ON CRACK
Anonymous
Jan 20, 2008 at 3:42 pm
oh man thats a load of herpies
Jason
Jan 19, 2008 at 9:38 pm
There’s a bug in the picture?
JP
Jan 19, 2008 at 9:01 pm
At least he used a Chevy motor
Anonymous
Jan 19, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Jesus! Its so hard to share my excitement w/o swearing. death to the ponys! lol
Anonymous
Jan 19, 2008 at 8:54 pm
JESUS!
perry
Jan 19, 2008 at 6:34 pm
looks like herbies been working out!!!
t-sizzle
Jan 19, 2008 at 6:32 am
thats what you get when herbie mates with a 69 camaro
Justin
Jan 19, 2008 at 4:06 am
i mistyped that lol, not sleeper rather a Rat Rod cruiser
Justin
Jan 19, 2008 at 4:04 am
That bug needs a steroids test
whatever happens once your drive line is put up, forget the paint for a while cuz that would be a sick little sleeper cruiser 
Jeff
Jan 19, 2008 at 3:38 am
HOLY SHIT!
shitface
Jan 19, 2008 at 3:33 am
daaaaauuuyym awesome!!!
Tommy
Jan 19, 2008 at 12:34 am
That is InSaNe a mutated bug.
Tommy
Jan 19, 2008 at 12:34 am
That is InSaNe a mutated bug.
alex
Jan 19, 2008 at 12:10 am
that is awesome, i want one.
-alex
jason
Jan 19, 2008 at 12:04 am
very awesome indeed. i think the motor must be more for show than go. 550 horsies out of that much plumbing? 550 on a v-6 isn’t that rare anymore. But anyways, it looks awesome and would shurely be a wild ride!
Anonymous
Jan 18, 2008 at 1:32 am
I imagined it at least more than once..until the realization that it already had one of the worlds most incredible drivelines in the history if humanity…and let my imagination go back to the heathen it came from.Couldn’t he do that to a newer trnasverse beetle? that one desrves a hack from american hell.
Josh
Jan 17, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I’d totally rock that Beetle.
redneck
Jan 17, 2008 at 8:08 pm
that was the GT 40 not the beetle it getts pushed on to the pavement this isn’t the first time its been done. they also get the 4 banger VW motors into the 9’s
retroman
Jan 17, 2008 at 6:07 pm
I heard somewhere (from a drag racer I think) that the odd thing ’bout Beetles is they’re shape. They look exactly like an airplane wing and tend to come of the ground at a much lower speed than any other car would. I think when a bug hits 130mph, it starts to fly, really. My guess here is that he has ‘nough aerodynamic hindrance to keep that from happenin’.
kap0w
Jan 17, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Something tells me that hood isn’t going back on.
Evan
Jan 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Let’s just hope he can keep those front wheels on the ground. I had a friend here in town that had a hopped up beetle with a Porsche engine under the bonnet and he could pick the front wheels off the front end.
I guess with the weight of that burly V8 keeping the front wheels down, shouldn’t be a problem.
Highspeedhijinks
Jan 17, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Brad: Im gonna guess 550hp is plenty of power for a 68 BEETLE in his mind. Plus thats a homemade chasis, Im guessing he doesn’t want to twist that either.
Brad
Jan 17, 2008 at 5:29 am
he could get way more juice out of that motor. WAY more. first off he’s running carbs! you can get more power with an injected motor even if you were running dual quads. and the pulley on the blower is huge! throw a smaller pulley on there and you’ll get way more boost. throw a nice gear in the rear end with a turbo400 short tail and you’re good to go and have the tranny to handle it! very nice start though! motor looks great in there
Stewart
Jan 17, 2008 at 12:31 am
That Type 1 is INSANE!