At the 2025 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, we saw a variety of impressive builds, including this 1950 Volkswagen Beetle in the MST display area. It was customized by The Old Dub Shop of Bristol, England, but before company owner Spencer Pritchard and his crew could even start, they had to fix the preexisting damage to its roof and other areas. Once they did that, it was time for modifications. Those included a custom paint job, four-corner Air Lift air bag suspension, RHD conversion, roll cage, and power rack-and-pinion steering setup. Pritchard and his team also upped this Bug’s performance, installing a fuel-injected 2.1-liter turbo four-cylinder engine and altering the original steel wheels to fit wider tires. There are a lot of vintage VW Beetles out there, but none of them are quite like this one.
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