Aha! The Rometsch Beeskow A.K.A. "the Beetle Banana"!Hi, a rare VW-based sporty car... :
Not a Beetle fan but wouldn't mind a Thing (or a proper Kubelwagen!)
I remember back in the late '70s/early '80s seeing a Beetle with a double row of intake trumpets poking out of the front bonnet. Saw the same car a while later with the one piece (presumably fibreglass) body flipped up, revealing a large V8 of some sort on a clever chassis. At the same show was a Frogeye Sprite with a Rover V8 - the seats were almost over the rear axle!
I've seen someone get a RangeRover stuck in a similar situation to that. Possibly a bit wetter but not really bad (until he started gunning it and digging in!) Might be capable off road but not in those boots!