How to Build a Drivable Half-Beetle

Assembled in less than a week, the seemingly subterranean VW borrows hardware from a go-kart and a Honda scooter.

You have almost certainly seen it cross your Instagram or TikTok feed: a VW Beetle, sliding along the parking lot as if it's half-submerged, roof like a shark fin in the shallows. What is it? Who built it? Why?

Dubbed the "Half Ass," the build blends Lodi's interest in all things VW with his love of wild fabrication projects, the latter of which began in the early 2000s when he decided to turn a Honda Civic sedan. "That project really got me into the idea of changing cars up rather than just modifying them, and turning them into what I wanted them to be."

"I had initially planned to use the go-kart chassis, but once I started taking measurements for everything that needed to go inside the body of the car, I realized that none of it was going to work. I actually had to shrink things down—it's much narrower inside than you would think because the front wheels need to be able to turn inside of the body."

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