mk1 boat

[gertcar]

hihi,it's good for racing on the sea [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
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[ May 26, 2003: Message edited by: gertcar ]

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[gertcar]

I'm sorry,but the photo doesn't work,and I do anything ....

[2K1Wolfsburg]

it worked when i copied pasted here it is as a convenient link. (edit: link didn't work either i'm confused) do you know how that thing puts power to the water? i've always wanted an amphicar, but a floating vdub is even cooler...sort of related topic: i've heard stories of people floating old beetles but you can't really control them on water

[ May 26, 2003: Message edited by: 2K1Wolfsburg ]

[shedpress]

monster garage did a water dub (new beetle), it failed-sank basically, but still...

[TT225]

I thought it made it to dry land and won or almost won that event. well here are the specs and some pics from that show.

Episode 3: Swamp Buggy
Get the skinny on the Buggy below, and don't forget to check out our behind-the-scenes interview with Ronnie Thibodaux.

The Team

• Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, Long Beach, Calif.
• Ricky Hsu, car designer, Gardena, Calif.
• Brian Jendro, car customizer, Temecula, Calif.
• John Krawczyk, welder and sculptor, Malibu, Calif.
• Tom Prewitt, custom painter, Damon's Motorcycle Creations, Brea, Calif.
• J.D. Streett, special-effects supervisor, Shadow Hills, Calif.
• Christy Sumner, special-effects technician, Los Angeles, Calif.
• Ronnie Thibodaux, boat designer/builder, Centerville, La.
• John Uribe, auto-mechanics instructor, Reseda, Calif.


2000 Volkswagen Beetle Specs


• 4-cylinder 2.0-liter engine
• 115-horsepower
• automatic transmission


Monster Machine Specs


• chrome-plated VW air-cooled 110-horsepower engine
• aircraft propeller
• rudders
• liquid closed-cell foam (lots of it)
• House of Kolor paint


Transition Technique


In order to turn the VW Beetle into a working swamp boat, the team needed to install an airboat engine; to create the room for this additional engine (no easy feat!), they modified the car's interior, eliminating the rear seat and most of the trunk panels. They then installed the second VW engine, with a small aircraft propeller attached. They also filled the car's body panels with liquid closed-cell foam (and a lot of it), which hardened, providing buoyancy for the vehicle.


Once its functional transition was complete, the car received a white primer sealer coat, followed by a white base coat. Then the custom painter blended three different orange-pearl base coats and one hot-pink pearl base coat and applied the mixture. Two coats of gold-ice pearl were added, and a clear coat concluded the process.


The result? A swamp buggy ready to mingle among the bayou's many gators ... well, sort of.




Well maybe he didn't make it


jon

[2K1Wolfsburg]

cars on water...just the coolest things ever. i saw on i think espn once this guy with a little 4WD gocart just floor it a few yards then hydroplane something like 250 feet in the water before it sank! [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] he apparently was all pro at that sort of thing, and had this big orange balloon attached to the car so it wouldn't sink all the way to the bottom.

[shedpress]

now that I think about it, it did def fail, it took on too much water, didnt sink, but basically stopped.

[k2jetta98]

The mark 1 boat is sweet as hell, and i remember that episode of monster garage it was pretty cool wouldn't of been better if it actually staied afloat

[tf242]

You've got to luv the color on that New Beetle Floater in Monster Garage. I mean... what a beauty. Thanks Jon for the pics and that video you sent me.

[gertcar]

this boat is testing and can normally good ride on water,but when you building a bugboat,it's not very good for the control,indeed

[TT225]

they only had 5 days and i think $5000 to build the bug bogger.
jon

[2K1Wolfsburg]

i think they always get $3000, and they get free stuff a lot too...i've only seen the one with the mini snowmobile