Herbie in Da Hood
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:38 pm
Got my Herbie today. It's pretty cool, I'm really happy with it.
Notice the matching controller. Pretty cool, I might just have to leave it a Herbie now.
It's nicely detailed. A VW purist might argue that the taillights are too large for a '63, and the handle is too high on the front deck lid. The side morror is no where near close to accurate, they should have left it off. I could go on, but nit picks aside, this is one of the nicest looking Zip Zap bodies I've seen.
It has the newstyle motor and motor clip. I vaguely remember someone mentioning these.
So by now I bet your wondering how it looks on the chassis. So here ya go.
It sits suprisingly nice on the chassis. A bit high in back, but it's actually already low in front. I went to stick it on a tab lowered chassis, and immediately realized why it sits so high in back. The damn screw that holds the motor down is hitting the body. I was already thinking of raising the rear deck lid, and I think that would help here, but meantime, I'll probably dremel that screw down.
Notice the matching controller. Pretty cool, I might just have to leave it a Herbie now.
It's nicely detailed. A VW purist might argue that the taillights are too large for a '63, and the handle is too high on the front deck lid. The side morror is no where near close to accurate, they should have left it off. I could go on, but nit picks aside, this is one of the nicest looking Zip Zap bodies I've seen.
It has the newstyle motor and motor clip. I vaguely remember someone mentioning these.
So by now I bet your wondering how it looks on the chassis. So here ya go.
It sits suprisingly nice on the chassis. A bit high in back, but it's actually already low in front. I went to stick it on a tab lowered chassis, and immediately realized why it sits so high in back. The damn screw that holds the motor down is hitting the body. I was already thinking of raising the rear deck lid, and I think that would help here, but meantime, I'll probably dremel that screw down.
