Many people are building Porsche replicas using a VW pan. Pelle Havn did it the other way around, he turned his 1985 Porsche Carrera in to a split window bug.
The story of Pelle Havn's 1950 split started 15 years ago when he got his first job. After receiving his very first pay check, he celebrated it by buying the old family car from his mother for the modest sum of £65. It was a 1950 beetle in original condition with the normal rust in the bottom. Pelle took care of the rot and replaced the trusty old 25 horsed with a more vivid Porsche Super 90 engine. As one can imagine the 1950 gearbox didn't like its new companion and soon gave up. After solving the problem by dropping in an IRS transmission from a bus he was soon out on the road again.
Pelle kept this combination until the carbs decided to overflow, thus creating a fire in the engine compartment. Luckily a police with a fire extinguisher was nearby saving the car. The engine was however heavily damaged by the powder from the extinguisher and could not be saved. After literary putting the Super 90 remains in the trash Pelle tried to find a good replacement power plant. He did soon find out that restored Super 90 engines had turned very expensive. The project slowed down while Pelle thought about how he could continue.