| Project by Bren | posted 280 days ago | 480 views | 0 times favorited | 21 comments | ![]() |
Volkswagens are my other hobby. I have a 1967 Beetle. I made this shelf using a beetle deck lid I found at our local recycling center one day. Decklid is mounted to the shelf with a couple ‘L’ brackets. The shelf is held onto the wall with a french cleat. Fun way to use some beetle parts that would otherwise end up as scrap. Have since made two others, one for my son and one for a VW buddy. Mine is used to hold my shop stereo. My buddies is used to display his many trophies.
I know it’s not woodworking but the second photo is my other hobby.
-- Bren Hartman, Battle Creek, Michigan
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21 comments so far
airfieldman
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posted 280 days ago
My wife has always been a bug nut…I think I’ll copy your efforts as a surprise to her. I’m sure she’ll thank you for the posting. Cheers!
-- Do what you love, the money will follow --Marsha Sinetar
Bob Babcock
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posted 280 days ago
Very cool…..my 1st car was a 61 bug that I bought for $150. I later had a 66….black and red…chopped in the rear, 150hp, holly bug spray carbs, erson cam, ported and polished, straight headers, goodrich all terrain 50’s on the rear made it fun in the dirt. Used to make the muscle cars mad on the street too…:)...beaten by a bug. Wish I had never gotten rid of it….wasn’t very practical for a growing family though. Guy I sold it to totaled it two weeks after he bought it….:(
I’d love to find another early 60’s to restore but I think the wife would kill me.
-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org
Dano
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posted 280 days ago
Cool, We have a 79 Triple White convertible in the garage, I mean woodshop….
-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!
cajunpen
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posted 280 days ago
That’s cool – I like it.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
GaryK
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posted 280 days ago
Very cool! It adds flavor.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
rikkor
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posted 280 days ago
That’s a fun set-up.
-- Maplewood, MN
MsDebbieP
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posted 280 days ago
what a great idea.
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
miles125
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posted 280 days ago
I like it!
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
Sawdustmaker
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posted 280 days ago
Looks like a superbeetle trunk. Very cool use of spare Vdub parts. Will that sub woofer fit behind the trunk?
-- Brian, Virginia Beach
Critterman
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posted 280 days ago
Very Cool!
-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA
David
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posted 280 days ago
Excellent idea!
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TreeBones
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posted 280 days ago
Very cool. I think you may have started a trend here.
-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3
Bren
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posted 280 days ago
What kind of trend would that be?
Thanks for the compliments. Like may woodworking projects this was not an original idea. I had actually seen it in a VW magazine. No plans, just a photo.
I have not tried to fit the sub behind it. I would guess it would rattle too much. Might try it if I find I could use the space.
I think it is from a super however my ‘73 standard deck lid looked a lot like this one.
-- Bren Hartman, Battle Creek, Michigan
motthunter
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posted 280 days ago
creativity rules
-- making sawdust....
Shopsmithtom
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posted 275 days ago
Great shelf idea. I, too, am a VW nut of sorts.-SST
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Karson
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posted 275 days ago
Very unique. Way to think outside the bug.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
tenontim
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posted 206 days ago
I like it! I haven’t seen that one before. My wife won’t let me make furniture from car parts, like porch furniture made from car bench seats. I made a lamp once from an airplane engine cylinder, but she sold it in a garage sale. She doesn’t know art when she sees it.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
mrtrim
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posted 206 days ago
very cool !
brunob
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Didn’t everybody have a VW at one time or another?
-- Bruce from Central New York
John Ormsby
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posted 138 days ago
my second beetle was a 1951 that I bought in Germany and shipped back to the US. Had it for nine years. A friend of mine sold his 51 about 2 years ago. It was a perfect mint condition one.
-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca
Bren
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posted 138 days ago
Wow, a 1951! I bet that went for high dollars. Especially in mint condition.
-- Bren Hartman, Battle Creek, Michigan