As I mentioned during my main event coverage of Wekfest San Jose, there was a strong showing of customized air-cooled Volkswagens at this year’s show. And why shouldn’t there be? After all, it was really the West Coast VW guys that paved the way for their modern, import car modifying counterparts. Know your roots, as they say.
Also, among the air-cooled Volkswagens in plain view, there was one auto specifically that was getting a great deal of consideration – John Nguyen's intensely altered 1963 Beetle.
One of the primary things you see about John's Beetle is the profoundly low ride tallness. It's been accomplished through an arrangement of 3-inch bringing down plates in the back alongside a front pillar that has been contracted by 6 inches.
The wheels themselves are the perfectly retro Mooneyes Speedmasters, and John has mounted them with skinnies up front and M&H slicks in the rear.
But the stance is just the beginning. Inside the lodge there's a 6-point confine, an arrangement of uniquely crafted plane seats and a wide range of other cool touches. Keep in mind the flip-up Safari windshield either.
Typically, a slammed VW build like this will make do with a stock or lightly modified motor, but that’s not the case with John’s car. You’re looking at a fully built, turbocharged and methanol-injected 1,914cc setup.
I really like the fact that it’s got more than enough power to back up its radically styled exterior and interior.
Original published at "speedhunters" website By Garrett Mike.
