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Demon Bugs: VW Customs and Cruisers |
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Book Description
For years, VW Bugs were simply cheap transportation: fuel efficient, easy to work on, a boon to young families and college students. Then something about the quirky little car caught the imagination of a generation, and the low-cost, utilitarian Bug was suddenly sporting a custom paint job and fancy wheels--and tricked-out engines.
This book provides a fantastic overview of customized Bugs. It shows the scene from which the demon bug emerged, and focuses on specific styles, from the mild to the wild. Cruisers and dragsters, sleepers and monsters--all are captured by Stephan Szantai's unmatched photography.
Accompanying these remarkable pictures is the how and why of each cars build. Painted, re-equipped, modified to taste, these are the Bugs of a generations dreams, a most humble vehicle suddenly and magnificently transformed.
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Just Customz Review
Demon Bugs by Stephan Szantai is a great book that will appeal all the aircooled loving petrols heads out there. It consists of 11 chapters each dedicated to a particular genre of customisation of the much beloved Volkswagen Beetle and Camper. Each chapter has just the right ratio of pictures to text - the pictures are plentiful and the text is short and concise which just the right information.
The first chapter deals wih how the scene developed from the 1960's to the present day. It is intersting to see many of the cars that adorned the pages of magazines like Rod & Custom and eventually, in 1975, Hot VWs - its a real blast from the past!
The next 10 chapters deal with each genre in turn from the Resto Customs with their subtle detailing and period parts through to the Monster Power bugs that are used for drag racing. Some of the monster power 'dubs are capable of over 300 BHP and running low 10 and high 9 second ETs on the drag strip. The final chapter features a few select vehicles that have gone the extra mile where the attention to detail is phenominal and would probably be overlooked by most people. An example is in Darrell Baker's 1958 Sunroof Beetle where the ribbing in the firewall follows the contour of the fan-housing.
 1955 Sunroof Beetle  1956 Sunroof Beetle  1965 Westfalia Camper  !973 Volkswagen Buggy About the Author
Stephan has always loved cars since he was a young boy living in France travelling in the back seat of his auntie's Beetle. In 1979, at the age of 12, he started reading an obscure magazine featuring many hot-rods and custom cars. He eventually moved to Southern California where he hooked up with the local VW enthusiasts belonging to the high-performance VW club. It was around that time that he started writing freelance articles for various VW magazines. This book was born out of some of the pictures that he has collected through the years.
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