“The underside was completely rusted through – so many holes!” Modifying Volkswagens is one of those universal constants, like photosynthesis or the patterns of the tides. It’s just something that happens. As long as there have been air-cooled VWs in the world, there have been people champing at the bit to customise them, from the inception of the Type 1 through the enduring cult of the Type 2 (Kombi, Transporter, Microbus, Camper, you know the score here) and every other model on the spectrum. There’s nothing that hasn’t been done to our preferred brand of automobile – dragsters, lowriders, race cars, surf wagons, every conceivable style has popped up on these pages.
Nowadays, of course, the water-cooled VeeDub scene is equally massive, and it’s leading the charge in the modern…
