Click on the VW names for a larger picture of the individual cars!

 

Customized Diecast VWs
Big Nazzty's Orange Super-custom! The BEST by far to have emerged from the hobby house of Big Nazzty. Ya gotta see to get inspired...Check-out other shots of the engine mods, the rear-end, the body off the chassis, and a side-by-side comparo to the white CD-Rom Bus, to emphasize the customizations done. You can reach Big Nazzty here!	Big Nazzty's Tribal Bus! Big Nazzty takes a popular graphics treatment and adds that "Nazzty" touch to it. There are also photos that show inside the "Tribal Bus", the rear view detailing, and the engine mods.
Ben's Slide-Loading White & Purple VW set! Ben has made a nice set showing some matching customs! See the following photos, also: the ramp sliding out, close-up of the 'Vert NB on the ramp and a side-view of the set, loaded-up and ready to go!	Chopper 7777's Maroon Jammin' Monster Bus! Some more photos of this deceptively-simple looking custom show: the rear-angle, the front-end detail and showing the flip-open body. Always a nice feature!
Enani's Flamed & Skirted Bus! Enani hand-painted those beautiful flames and hand-formed the skirts. Believe it! See some more photos of the display case, the bare chassis, the top-side and the chassis and body next to each other. Well done!	Milkman's Farfiglusion Bus! Milk man pulled-out all the stops on this bad boy. Inspired, obviously by Vince "Big Dawg V-Man" Moseley, it adds some crazier bodywork and the always popular ChromaLusion paint. A few more photos of this custom can be found: here's the bottom of the chassis, showing the rear-end, a shot of the bare chassis' front-end, showing the rear of the bare chassis, the wonderfully detailed front-end, a top-side view and the bird's-eye view, also! Excellent concept & execution.
WWKustoms' Shorty Bus! WWKustoms is breaking onto the customized VWs scene with a barrage of mild customs that have a seamless execution. This short bus is just one example. WWKustoms also provided this side shot. Please send greetings and shouts of encouragement to WWKustoms (aka Wil--with one "L"--and William) at this e-mail address.	WWKustoms' Hyped-up New and Old Beetle Limos! They took a VW Bug Hot Wheels® casting and a Concept 1 Matchbox® casting and, like Aunt Fannie after Thanksgiving dinner, added a few inches to their size. The Concept 1 is painted purple while the VW Bug casting is painted pink. Individual photos are listed as follows: the pink Bug limo and the purple Concept 1. Nice, seamless customs once again WW Kustoms!
WWKustoms' Hyper Bug! WWKustoms had a crazy idea to take a Hypermite® engine and cram it into the engine bay of the VW Bug! This very well-done modification is a great execution of a determined customizer's imagination. Kind of falls along the lines of a CarToons-style rendering (remember that 'zine from the 80s?	WWKustoms' Hyper-Tubbed Bug! With the name referring more to how tubbed-out this thing is rather than engine choice, a fairly popular theme of shortened wheelbases appears here and is again: flawless. Another, side-view is available here! Thanks again for your mild-custom contributions!
Beavershack's Lowered Spectra-Green Bus! Simple, but still a nice one. See a couple of other photos HERE and HERE	lonewolf31's 1:18 scale Riddler Bus! Very well-done. Clean graphics and a fitting paint scheme. Bet the Batman fans are chomping at the bit to get their hands on this one!
Gaffy's Cloud Bus and Hauler! Seem some more angles of this attractive, conservative beaut. Here they are: the set loaded-up and ready to go, just the Bus, the rear-angle of the set, the Bus' bare chassis	Milkman's Flamed Purple Hot-Rod Beach Bomb Bus! Milkman went all-out on this bad-@$$ Beach Bomb. He took a beater Bomb and turned it into this flamin' Bomb that will beat any other rod outthere. More angles: the rear-end, looking down, shot of the front-end, bottom-side view, and the front, looking down!Be sure to check-out his latest creations at Milkman's picture-filled gallery. You can reach Milk Man here.
thr13's Award-Winning Mural Bus and Blast Lane®! This is a beautifully-done picture on top of the Bus and some further artwork on the Blast Lane® to complete the set! Just to prove it, see the trophy. Well deserved.	RA2's Super Bug! So you think it's simple, try copying this custom! To help, see this side view. Nice-looking and deceptively simple in appearance.
Rod's Customs' Matchbox-based Color-Changing Magenta Bus! Very well executed. That sneaky magenta changes colors, according to its creator and can only be appreciated in-person. More spectacular views: the chassis from a couple of Hot Wheels® dragsters), front-end, the top-side look, and the side-view.	Milkman's Streeeeeetched MB Bus! Milkman has also contributed to the stretching of the MB Bus with his school-bus yellow piece. Also, don't miss the photos of the front-end of the body and the body sitting beside the chassis. Sorry the links are not available right now. If you know where I can get photos of this bad boy, please e-mail RPM ASAP.
Smurph's Kustoms' Muscle Machines®-inspired Muscle Bug! Excellent fit-and-finish on this job. It looks so flawless that you'd swear it was made by MM themselves. Check out Smurph's Kustoms.com!	Smurph's Kustoms "Retro" Pink Beach Bomb! Another star from the workbench of Smurph's Kustoms. Some more photos are provided of: the rear-end and the body opened-up.
KB Kustoms' 1:43 scale Bus! Very well-done custom on a larger, more difficult-to-pull-off scale vehicle. See some more shots of its rear-end, front-end, top-side, back-end of the engine, front-end of the engine, and the original model that KB Kustoms started with.	Chris'Bug 2 Fast! Very nice execution and wheel choice. This is one of the customizers' favorite combination of cars.
Semaphore's Bug 'Vert! Check-out this other view. You can e-mail the artist at this address!	Red's Bus Hauler & Surfcrate®! One of the best-done customs of the Surfcrate®, then you look at what's haulng it around... Wheels donated by JL "Frightnin' Lightnings" and a few other cars used for parts. You can contact Red here!
Vince Mosley's Pink Bomb and Super-Custom Hauler Duo! It features a highly modified Bus with the detailing you've come to expect from customizers of V-Man's caliber. Please also see this additional pose provided by V-Man!	Kustom City's Puerto Rico Bus! Take a look for yourself at the following: Puerto Rico bound Bus 3/4 view, top-side view, passenger-side photo/a>, engine detailing, another engine detail photo and the unbelievable display box!
Two-toned Bug Wagon! Please e-mail the creator about this unusual piece!	ScaryMr1's Thunder Bug Dragster! View the other side of it. ScaryMr1 really hit a home run on this wild mixture of parts. Click to see because a description would take forever.
Hotrodical's Flamin' Fun Bus & Bug Dragster! Hotrodical has done an outstanding job on these two. See also this rear shot, the body-off-chassis and a final photo. That Bug alone is a definite centerpiece, then to have that Bus hauler!! You can e-mail Hotrodical here.	Beetle Men's Scalloped/Chopped Bug! Some more views of it: showing the rear-end and comparing the original to the customized!You can e-mail Beetle Men here.
Chopper 7777's Custom/Lowered Sunagon! More of this sleeper custom? Well, click on: the rear-end and the front-end	Chopper's Magenta 21-Window MB Bus! Expertly done, down to the flawless pinstriping. The surfboard adds a nice HW Beach Bombish flavor to it. The novice collector probably would not even notice this was a full custom. Another couple of photos can be found of: the rear-end and the front-end
1 Bad VW! This one is courtesy of 1BDCUSTOMZ. Check-out that wicked white/gold-splattered paint with RC 5-spokes!	1BDCUSTOMZ' Green MB Bug & Waverunner set! Nice color-matching set with custom display box! Sharp light green color and RC 5-spokes top it off.
1BDCUSTOMZ' Pink Bug 'Vert! It has features such as bumperless front & rear and rhinestone headlights. Look for yourself! Also, here is the rear-end photo and the top-side showing-off the stereo equipment.	Goobs' McDonald's Bus! Beautifully-done version of the Bill Elliott NASCAR entry for the 2000 racing season. It is almost overshadowed by that cleverly-done display that is an actual McD french fry container with a light inside! Please e-mail Goobs here.
Hot Wheels Guy's Red Bus! It has a red base coat with the world-renowned "Hot Wheels®" flame. The black wheels add the extra racing touch! Another view is here. The creator can be e-mailed @ this address.	Greg Green's Funnycar Beach Bomb®! Nice work, indeed. Be sure to e-mail Greg with the praise!
Greg Green's Red Fastback! One of those rare times you'll see this casting customized, which makes it even more desireable. Those shiny RC wheels help, too.	Greg Green's Black Crew Cab! He undertook a tough task and performed some mods to this Type II casting. RC wheels are again the shoes on this one.
Greg Green's Brother of Herbie -- the Crew Cab! Simple design on this custom, with a can't-lose theme of the Herbie graphics!	Greg Green's Bug Dragster! He took the Hot Wheels® Bug body and added the chassis from a dragster by that company famous for their quality and craftsmanship. Makes for a killer looker.
Gold Love Bus! More angles & poses can be seen with it opened-up and looking at the top! Artist's info is needed, please E-Mail RPM with it.	C Haupt's Bug/Fiat 500 Mutant! Very clean lines and a match made in heaven. Who else pictured this marriage when the Fiat 500 first came out? Here's another view of this custom. Please e-mail C Haupt here!
TerryL's Pink Hyper Bug! TerryL once again does a perfect job of mating two otherwise different castings together. This pavement-destroying Frankenstein car is made up of half Hypermite® and half VW Bug. It's 100% Hot Wheels® and 100% cool. You can see the back end of it here.	Terry L's Bugiat! One of the first to emerge with this match made in heaven. One of the finer examples is a click away!
Terry L's Seriously Blown Bug! Using the Fiat's engine and a '32 Ford's grill gave us this classic-lined custom. Rubber wheels from JL combine to make another hit. Try this other view.	Terry L's Bug/Baja Bug 4x4! Very well-done combo using the regular VW Bug casting for the top 1/2 and the Baja Bug for the lower 1/2. Hard to tell it didn't come that way!
Terry L's Bug Funnycar! Terry L's next showcase car involves a classic theme of combining the Firebird funnycar back end with the Bug casting. A can't-lose car by anyone's standards. Next step....paint!	TerryL's Purple Hammered-In-The-Sand Bug! TerryL continues the tradition that made him famous with the Way-2-Buggy, and has a new agenda for cranking-out beauts like this Hammered Coupe®-meets-Bug purple rod. Keep those combos a-coming.
TerryL's Vulture/Bug Combo! Very nice work and seamless marriage of the vulture with the VW Bug casting to create this speed machine. Check out the back end of it as well! You can e-mail Terry L to learn more about these and some of his other customs here.	TerryL's Purple '57 Chevy-Meets-VW Bug! The back comes courtesy of a '57 Chevy and the back seat forward is all VW Bug. It's a good fantasy car that shows what would happen if the VW Bug joined the trend of 50s fins! Well-done, TerryL!
TerryL's Evil Weevil® with Skull Paint! Very attractive-looking custom paint job made up of a skull pattern. A lot of man-hours went into that perfect shine!	TerryL's Evil Weevil® with Snakeskin-inspired Paint! Another nice paint job to go right alongside the skull paint job to the left. Thanks for these wonderful customs Terry L!
Bob Powers' FDNY Tribute VW Bus! Bob also provided a great photo of the back of his Bus as well. Please let Bob know how great and honorable a job he did at showing his appreciation for the sacrifice of our firefighters on September 11, 2001 by e-mailing him here. Actually, Bob's e-mail address has since expired and if you know how to reach him, please have him send me a note or provide it to me yourself. Thanks!	Bob Powers' 1:18 Scale FDNY Tribute VW Bus! A great addition to the 1:64 scale FDNY tribute Bus profiled to the left! Thank you for your efforts in showing our brave men and women your appreciation in such a creative manner, Bob!
Rickochet's Bug/Fiat 500 Funny car! Also, here's another angle provided by the artist! The creator can be e-mailed here.	KBKreations' Blue Hyper Bug! Keith is the newest member of the customized VWs pages ranks and has come out swinging with a batch of conservatively cool customs! Yet another hot-engined car that borrowed a little (yeah, isn't that an understatement!) horsepower from the Hypermite®. Very nicely done. Sorry, folks, no rear photo is available. I'd sure hate to look in the rear-view mirror and see this bearing down on me.
KBKreations' Blue/White Two-Toned Surfrack Bus! Nice over-sized chrome wheels and elaborate surfrack! You can contact Keith by e-mailing him here.	KBKreations' White-Wheeld Herbie! Up there with the surf-rod idea, Herbie® is always a good theme to draw inspiration and fun from when making a custom. The white-walled, white-rimmed wheels are a cool touch Keith added to make his own statement.
KBKreations' Coral/White Two-Toned Ramp Truck! A great way to display some of the collection of customized VWs you have! Why not a customized ramp truck tot make the other collectors even MORE jealous? Nice detailing on this one, with the decals.	KBKreations' Coral Bus And Green Bus Customs! Yet again some recently popular customized VWs design themes. Good choice of colors for the eye-catching look most well-done customs deserve. We hope to see many more from you, Keith! Keep up the great work.
KBKreations' Green Beetle Cup Car! One of those subtle customs that looks good enough to come straight from Hot Wheels ® themselves!	KBKreations' Green Bug Woodie With Surfboards! We've seen this woodie surfwagon theme before, with Carl Kwasnjuk's Wavemaster Custom. You can never have enough haulers for those surfboards. The VW theme is a welcome bonus, at that! Nice job, Keith.
KBKreations' Bug/Tire Fryer® Funny Car Combo! Straight from the creator himself: "This is my latest "kreation". I stretched a Bug body to fit the Tire Fryer® chassis, hinged it at the back and I'm off to the races!!! My next project is the "Stub Bug" which will result from the VW that gave up its mid-section to stretch the "Drag Bug"." Excellent execution, even down to the Empi® sticker on the roof! You can also see the front 3/4 view	KBKreations' Stub Bug! ...coming soon...
Bad @$$ Diecast's Tiger Eye Duo! You can visit Bad @$$ Diecast's eBay store to check-out these and many, many more customs that focus on Marvel comic characters. Very nice theme customs!	Bad @$$ Diecast's Batman Bus! The graphics are out-of-this world in their detail. Very well done with just the right size given to the Batman signal on the top of the Bus.