By Dave Chapman

It isn’t Herbie the Love Bug.

Most Volkswagen Bugs from the 1960s were docile creatures that putted around town with their little four-cylinder engine tucked neatly underneath their rear bonnet. However this is not the case for Dave “Woody” Barsodz.

Barsodz’s 1969 VW has a 690-horsepower supercharged 331-cubic-inch small-block Chevrolet engine neatly tucked in its fiberglass 1940 Ford front end. The VW’s steel body is mounted on a tube chassis and has a Ford 9-inch rear end with a 456 gear.

On the rear of the VW are a custom aluminum wing and a set of wheelie bars, which are a must for this car when it is launched hard.

Barsodz did not say how fast the car could go, but he did say that it takes both hands on the wheel to handle it.