The base of my 'ute' that I bought from Dorus in may 1986, is a basic 1969 VW Beetle (Kever in Dutch). Drive train is a 'flat 1600-engine', from a VW Ponton. The engine is modified for lead-free so she may be old, but she's not more polluting for thatv reason.
The engine purrs fine on a Volvo 164 carburetor, attached to the engine on a Saab 96 manifold. Exhausts are stainless steel Dune Buggies, seats from a Ford Ghia, tires are Vredesteins 185-70 on American Eagles light alloys, front suspension lowered a full inch. Which means you have to be careful; oversee one pothole and you're lucky if you're only losing a teeth-filling or two. It also has a Webasco heating that is fueled by a bottle of natural gas. 'Dorus', as we call her, in honor of her builder Dorus, sounds and drives like a four wheel Harley. Through the years we've been taking her on trips to Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and through the former Yugoslavia all the way to Athens and the Peloponnese. During that which trip we drove her to almost the top of Mount Olympus, to the point were the goath-path became to steep. However, as nobody was selling stickers up there, we put the 'This car climbed Mount Washington' sticker up her back. That was another trip - to New Hampshire - and another story.

Link: Photoalbum Dorus The Beetle