Volkswagen Type 171 SchwimmBeetle. Finished Pics pg 6

[Captain Canada]

Schwimmbeetle Schwimmbeetle on the SIG stand,
Have a ball from Blitzkrieg to surrender.....

Sorry 

[kerick]

Is that to the tune of jingle bells?

[kerick]

Room for a Hemi in there, just................... 

Just rip out the seats! 
Is there a four cylinder hemi? Sacrilege I know....

[Wardukw]

A HEMI??? ,,,nio no no ,, Porsche flat 6 cyl twin turbo   

[PR19_Kit]

Is there a four cylinder hemi? Sacrilege I know....

Proper Hemis, with a capital 'H', just have to be V8s, but there are numerous 4 cylinder engines with hemi heads, specially these days.

On the other had it could be possible to chop off one bank of the V8 and fit a balancer shaft maybe. Certainly GM did that with a few of their engines, but I'm not sure if Chrysler ever did it for real.

Fred might know.

[Captain Canada]

Is that to the tune of jingle bells?

Beach Baby lol

[jcf]

Room for a Hemi in there, just................... 

Just rip out the seats! 
Is there a four cylinder hemi? Sacrilege I know....

The DOHC Miller/Offy four-cylinder in supercharged form are mostly two-valve per cylinder hemi engines, the naturally aspirated versions are four-valve per cylinder pentheads.
The Offy was developed from the Miller 150 racing boat engine, a 150 cu.in. four cylinder, so you'd double up on the amphibious part.

[zenrat]

IIRC the cylinder head Harry Ricardo designed for Triumph in the 1920's had a hemispherical combustion chamber.
Making it a single cylinder hemi.

Here is a mock up of the Schwimmbeetle.  PSR is ongoing.

Schwimmbeetle WIP 03-01-2026 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[buzzbomb]

Can I do the BananaSplits theme while I look at this ?
Nice beatnik 60's vibe 

[Old Wombat]

Don't know about the Banana Splits Amphicat six-wheel drive all-terrain buggies, but it mildly reminds me of the old Baja buggies.   

[zenrat]

[zenrat]

Now I can't work on this without humming the Banana Splits theme.
I blame you Brian Buzzbomb.

[Rick Lowe]

Now I can't work on this without humming the Banana Splits theme.
I blame you Brian Buzzbomb.

"A problem shared, is a problem shared." 

BuzzBomb Industries - sharing the pain is just another service we offer.

[buzzbomb]

 

Agree about the Baja thing. Wow there is a kit I had when in my early teens, some manufacturers Baja Bug kit.

Probably why this build evokes the whole banana splits thing, all around the same time

[NARSES2]

I know the Banana Splits were out there, but never saw it, or remember anything about it. I'm more the Andy Pandy and Flower Pot Men generation 

And that's before we even get to Muffin the Mule......was it ever legal btw ?