66jack

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...ette-for-sale/

Railroadman

Not saying I'd want it, but I actually think it's cool. At least the work is not a Bubba job.

vettpapaw

When my twin granddaughters were smaller that's what they called my vett-"the corbett".

VeroWing

Love it!

Frankie the Fink

I think its cooler'n hell...
What a sleeper...Herbie on Viagara....

ifitgoesfast

Smart.

Great way to recycle an unwanted C4.

wmf62

I like it... if I already didn't have 7 vehicles....

Bill

GTOguy

I like it a lot! I would love to lurk at night up in the hills and surprise a few canyon carvers! (well, 20-30 years ago, anyway!)









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Tooth Doctor

Cool---VolksVette!

ifitgoesfast

Just think if you come in a little too hot on a curve, you'll be safe.

gbvette62

I like it too! It sure looks a whole lot better than most of those conversions of late model Corvettes, into 53-55's and 61-62's.

A high school buddy of mine flipped his Supper Beetle on it's side, zipping around a traffic circle one night. There were three of them in the car, they all jumped out, flipped it back on it's tires and drove away.

It would never have happened with that beetle!

Frankie the Fink

Remember when people put Porsche engines in beetles ?

Railroadman

Makes me think of my first girlfriend's nephew. He was only about 2 1/2 or 3, but he could identify a "Corbett" every time - and VW's too but I can't recall what he called those. This thing would be the perfect car for him. (He'd be somewhere about 50 now )

If it had been in the morning, would it have been a Breakfast Beetle?

sub006

I like it, but would use narrower fenders and tires to make it look more like a stock VW. And I'd have the aluminum wheels custom-machined to look like late-Beetle hubcaps, maybe even add whitewalls to the performance tires.

Total Q-ship, invisible to the eyes of The Law...

ifitgoesfast

Since most of the weight is up front now, vs rear engine, I wonder how that affects its handling given the short wheelbase.

sub006

With those tires, "the limit" is orders of magnitude higher, plus front-heaviness makes a car want to keep going straight forward. Rear-heaviness invites spins. Which tendency would you find more dangerous?

StingU2

I like it... A Lot!

-Bruce

ifitgoesfast

Of course, I'd want what the Corvette engineers executed.

But why is it that the Porsche 911 is what it is, though engine weight more forward of the rear wheels than the Beetle?

For this Beetle in the OP, it's an improvement. And I suppose the original design for the Beetle was storage as a selling point aside from economy and safety (as well as mass production).

This CorBette though, has to be something to experience.

SJW

My granddaughters also call mine the Corbet.

Gotta love it...

Live well,

SJW

JohnZ

The Porsche 911 has always been "rear-engine" (engine mounted behind the rear axle), just like the traditional air-cooled Beetle. Porsche then spent a gazillion dollars over 30 years at Weissach learning how to make the 911 handle.