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Build Off Bug

Levi Weir runs Pandraggers in Phoenix, Arizona (www. pandraggers.com), a company that manufactures a range of products for air-cooled VWs, and whose inventory runs from narrowed beams through to Beetle front safari windows. He builds plenty of cars to showcase his products, but the usual recipe is slammed to the ground and, well, dragging, with a plethora of accessories for added bling.

Phoenix isn’t too far from Las Vegas, so Levi was familiar with the Elite and Just Clean VW Show, and its Ultimate Build Off concept. However, committing to enter that, and then doing it justice, all while juggling the demands of the business and a young family wasn’t going to be easy. But, with so many ideas buzzing around in his mind, and a ’58 Bug that was sitting in primer awaiting some attention, he decided to throw everything up in the

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