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Originally Posted by Chance
It doesn’t sound too difficult to me. 
Didn’t VW use the same design concept about 80 years ago; just not electric? The body was bolted to the chassis, and while I’m not certain they were identical, the basic chassis was used with different body designs, not just the Beetle.
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Yes, I had a 1972 VW Karmin Ghia (for 19 years - wish i still had it but it was becoming a pile of rust - I live on the ocean.) it was a VW chassis and engine with a fancy convertible body in place of the bug. Looked like a real sports car (body by Italian designer Karmin) but the same engine, transmission and chassis as the bug. They supposedly bench tested the engines at the factory and put the best ones in the Ghia’s. In the early 90’s I could still buy a new fuel pump (or new engine if I wanted) from the bug production line which moved to Mexico. A fuel pump was $9. Had 150,000 miles on it and the engine still ran like a top, didn’t burn any oil, never been rebuilt. Body parts were hard to come by and most of the body was Bondo. I sold it to a car museum in Canada for more than I paid for it - 19 years later. .
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