Lot Shots Find of the Week: Volkswagen Beetle Baja Bug

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…until a totally righteous, super-gnarly VW Baja Bug ba-braaaaps! into the Summit Racing retail store parking lot while we’re standing nearby.

Then, of course, we lose all restraint and pour into the parking lot giggling like pre-teens.

Let’s go down the checklist of awesomeness here:

• Bass boat candy paint
• Roof-mounted KC HiLiTES
• Tube bumpers
• Suicide doors with shaved handles
• Oversized tires
• Bullet hole wheels with Wolfsburg center caps
• Dual hi-rise carburetor snorkels
• Winch
• Hood-mount tachometer
• Stinger exhaust
• Quilted vinyl rocker panels

Seriously, the only thing that could possibly make this Beetle more awesome is Buddy Hackett behind the wheel.

Never heard of a “Baja Bug?” It’s what happens when you take a humble VW Beetle, strip it down, and convert it into a desert-streaking, hill-hopping dune buggy.

The practice started in the 1960s and soon sprouted a cottage industry, in which you could purchase fiberglass body parts, performance upgrades, and tons of other smile-inducing yee-haw accouterments.

Where we’re located in Northeast Ohio, you don’t see Baja Bugs much, so this Lot Shots was a bit like spotting a unicorn.

That said, we’re far better at identifying vintage Detroit muscle than we are at heavily-modified VWs.

The only thing we know for certain is that this Bug is all sorts of rad—if you are a Volkswagen pro, please tell us what you see in the comments below.

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