This Volkswagen Beetle-Based Pickup Is All The Weirdness You Need Today

You do see some weird things in the American classifieds, and this is right up their with the strangest. It’s a Volkswagen Beetle, believe it or not, that has been treated to fibreglass bodywork sort of in the shape of a classic pickup.

We found this oddball on eBay US, up for sale in the town of Mendon, New York. Underneath the interesting additions it’s a 1969 Beetle with, sadly, very little history listed in the advert. The seller implies that it was converted a few decades ago and says that it has lived most of its life in California before being bought and moved to the East Coast.

It’s in excellent condition, we’re told, with a recent refurbishment on its books and wheels and tyres that are in as-new fettle. There’s apparently no rust on the chassis (we’d definitely want to check that) and several small, niggly jobs have been carried out. The seller says the total mileage on the car is unknown, though, because the Beetle’s five-figure odometer might have been around the block a few times.

There’s a radio but it isn’t connected, and the heater and windscreen demister aren’t working. The seller says they only used the car on warm, dry days anyway so never got them fixed. The buy-it-now asking price is a fairly steep-seeming $8800, with an opening bid invited at just $500 less than that.

Much as we like the chunky wheels and tyres, the air intakes in front of the rear wheels and the two-tone paint job, the bonnet is as awkward as a fart at a beauty pageant and the price is a little off-putting. What say you, CTzens? Do you like, or do you not?