This is a collection of pictures of my little KidVRod Volksrod project for my son.
I managed to finish it in exactly one year and have it on display at Bugrun 2007 in Mantorp, Sweden.
We even won the People's Choice while there.
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| First cuts and slices |
Fronthood finished. |
Now the frontcowl of the standard -74 is cut off... |
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| Cutting the quarterpanels.. |
My kid testing it. Doorpost still stockheight. |
Trying to imagine the finished product... |
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| Frontcowl lowered 6 inches |
First door finished. |
Testfitting the door... |
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| The B-pillars under work... |
An other view. |
Testing out the frontsection of the roof... |
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| Me testing the KidVRod |
The rearwindow |
Custom made 12 inch steeringwheel. Thank you Mats!!! |
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| Here the shrunk splitrearwindow is finished.. |
Me and my kid posing in front of The KidVRod. |
Just remember he is only 4 years old!! |
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| Finally got the roof fully welded.. |
Here I started to modify the windshieldframe and frontsection of the roof.. |
The roof looks like a real split now!! |
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| The windhield is lowered 30mm.. |
Tested out the headlight position... |
Begining to look like a real Volksrod!! |
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| Also fully welded the fronthood... |
Detail of the reshaped pressings... |
Just to see the size of it. I'm just 5'8" (172cm) tall myself!! |
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| Reardecklid compared with a stock decklid.. |
Mocked up the dummy Weber carbs... |
Started to make the custom made dash in split style out of sheetmetal. |
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| Dash finished!! |
Frametunnel fitted... |
Frametunnel from the side. |
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| May 13th 2007. |
Paintstripped June 1st 2007 and leadfilled. |
Primered June 4th 2007. |
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| Pinstriped 2:30 am on the way to Bugrun. |
Proud 5 year old owner. |
Rearview. |
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| People's Choice award ceremony. |
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