In German, Volkswagen means “people’s car” and back in the 1930’s the German auto maker rolled out the first Beetle. Since then, automobiles have come a long way in technology and overall look. But the people’s car maker has, for the most-part, kept the same shape and exterior look of one of it’s most popular models…like a beetle.
In the 1970’s, people wanted the Beetle to be more ‘functional’ off-road. I know, weird right? Queue the birth of “The Super Bugger”, a cross between the Beetle and an RV built on a 1968 Beetle chassis. Back in 1975 (the year I was born) a third-party builder named Super Campers out of Costa Mesa, California built and sold the Supper Buggers for $6,000. They were constructed of fiberglass paneling and only had a small kitchen and seating area.
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