The "Antique" Compact Camper... and 1974 VW Beetle?

[Tig]

 

[12Pack]

I find the above utterly fantastic

 

[Gary Blanchard]

That is really wild. I'd rock that! (It needs flowers or a psychedelic paint job, though)

 

[jp_nyc]

Gets better milage than my 2009 SUV.

 

[BlackCat]

Never seen one of those.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Never seen one of those.

I haven't either. I have a feeling they never saw mass production. I would think that it would be a bit unstable.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

I’ve seen that video before.
It’s actually very stable since the majority of the tongue weight is in the middle of the vehicle.
It means that the trailer pushes the whole car down rather than just the rear end.
When a trailer is attached to just the rear hitch, it means the rest of the car is a sort of cantilever to offset that weight and the suspension, frame, and everything else had better be up to the task.

 

[mongooz]

i would have that in a blue second.

 

[Rick 381]

Uphill it would do 4 mph. Flat out.

 

[DFB]

Uphill it would do 4 mph. Flat out.

Less if you turned on the heater.

 

[mongooz]

Less if you turned on the heater.

the 'heater' in a beetle is nothing more than a flap in a tube that leads to the exhaust manifold. no other moving parts.
if anything, opening the flat would be better air flow.