Blitzer rebirth or poor man's Scorcher?
Status: Runner
Date: 25-Jan-2006
Comments: 15
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Started out as a $30 eBay purchase until my LHS owner gave me this Parma Baja Beetle shell- that's right - free Beetle shell! I told him I had just the chassis for it...
Really went together with minimal fuss. Just got a drill press for Christmas, so I gave it a maiden run on the rear body mount. I decided to use the upright posts to provide some crash protection.
The paint is all leftovers from other projects. The decals are Parma offroad decals; the printing is not very crisp but they do stick well. I also used some leftovers from my Touareg.
I left the head and tail light lenses transparent (the tails have candy red paint) and fitted Led lights all around.
Initially the electrics were upgraded with a TZ motor (looks cool) and a LRP ESC mounted high in the rear window. (also thought it looked cool!) Ultimately it was converted to Brushless with a Novak 5800 system. (See link below)
How it all started...
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
Brushless for the Blitzer...
Comments
supergreg
That's a nice looking basher! I tried to get one of those Parma shells here in Germany, but with no luck :'-(
cyclepsych0
lookin' good! aren't those discontinued duratrax rear tires? i still have a few sets of those lying around..........
paint job looks fantastic!
DJTheo
Sweet tranformation!
technical.burP
This is a great looking buggy!
OCD
Thanks guys! These Parma shells look like a near exact copy of a Scorcher body, but with the width of the Monster Beetle. Great substitute to the real deal IMO. Parma still sells these direct for $25 US so I might have stock up
dunebuggy71
Lovely paintscheme !
DeeMiller
Indeed, lovely scheme!
mr_pushrod
Great colour scheme and some nice photos as well!
volksnhousin
That's the perfect paint for that wagen'... Nice job
delux
Wicked pics mate!!!
flux density
Lovely pair of beetles , also my fav runner
necronomicon
More great cars, love the white/ blue beetle, real professional paint job on it. Some great camera shots too!
3clipZ
Very cool pictures in the sunset and a awesome paintjob indeed.
tuff bug
Im very impressed vwith the detail on that Parma shell the only real give away for me is the nose cone great job
OCD
Thanks - I need to update my showroom - I still use this bug so the body looks a bit rougher than pictured
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