Automotive accessories for the styling enthusiast

Retro-Designs celebrates the choice of today's auto manufacturers to blend classic automotive styling elements and modern engineering principles to produce vehicles that are as beautiful as they are fun to drive. Their admirable results have reignited public interest and brought us again into an era of classic automobiles.

Retro-Designs strives to compliment these efforts by making available accessories for these cars that will enhance their looks and simply put the fun back into owning and enjoying a fine looking auto.

Faux- Rolls Royce kit for post-1998 VWs now shipping

Announcing a Very Unique Accessory for Owners of The New VW Beetle

These conversion pieces are so easily attached and removed that they can really be considered a part of your vehicle's wardrobe. For any special occasion your VW Beetle can, in just thirty minutes, take on the appearance of the most luxurious car going. In this mode the reaction it makes upon those who see it is one of happiness and amusement at how effectively your VW can assume the regal manner of old England. You may be so pleased by the response of bystanders that you leave them attached for extended periods, or even permanently (to which their securely designed attachments are entirely suited).

Rolls Royce / "Bentley" boot
"Bentley" type front end
"Rolls-Royce" front end
Click on photos to enlarge
Each component is complete with all attachment hardware necessary for installation. The exterior finish will include a gel-coat surface of either white or black color as per purchaser's request. Final finish and color by purchaser. The brightwork at radiator area provided by Retro-Designs (high-polish stainless) and is included in purchase cost.

Both the front and rear fiberglass components require four stainless steel attachment points that will secure them to the original front hood or trunk lid. These attachments are fastened to the underside of the hood and trunk with self-tapping screws, and if required may be removed quickly and without damage to the vehicle. After installation, all functions of the original hood and trunk remain operative with exception of upper center rear stop-light which will be hidden behind the new trunk lid. A substitute after market upper brake light can be installed on the interior surface of rear window by purchaser where required by law.

Not yet available and still in development are the four wheel covers that compliment the kit by giving the wheels the solid look of the classic RR's and have a color scheme to compliment the kit.

Please specify "black" or "white" gel-coat in the "Optional Instructions" box of the Pay-Pal form. Unspecifed orders will be delivered in white.


US$ 725.00 Rolls-Royce style front end
US$ 675.00 Bentley style front end
US$ 350.00 Rolls-Royce/Bentley rear end
Prices do not include shipping


Now in production and immediately available

Rear Fender Skirts for VW's New Beetle
(Click on photos for an enlarged view)

Price per set with prime paint coat only
US$410 (shipping not included)

These skirts are guaranteed to enhance the already excellent good looks of this vehicle with the added advantage of streamlining that promises better gas mileage at the higher speeds. This product is attached with three quick-release stainless-steel clamps, requiring no alterations to the vehicle.


New Product for Air Cooled (Classic) Beetle!

By popular request we are reproducing the original Beetle and
Super-Beetle Rolls Royce hood and trunk lids.

Hood and Grill for a Super Beetle

Rear Deck Modification for both
Super Beetle and Regular Beetle
(note: visor for license plate removed
and can use standard VW visor)


Classic Beetle Rolls-Royce Hood: US $575
Hood for either the Super or regular Beetle is unpainted but includes all metal flange work on underside to attach it to a VW.
Classic Beetle Rolls-Royce Grille: US$ 250
Grill for hood, chrome painted and ready for installation. The typical name plate is left blank for you to supply (like RR or your initials).
Classic Beetle Rolls-Royce Hood Ornament: US$ 35
Hood ornament as shown.
Classic Beetle Rolls-Royce Trunk Lid with Chrome Plated Vents: US$ 575
Rear deck can be made as shown, or the air vents left blank and the air intake vent located just under the license plate (license should then be projected about an inch away. This is a proven method of ventilation and our feeling is that it gives a regal look more deserving of a Rolls-Royce.
Classic Beetle Rolls-Royce Trunk Lid with Vent under License Plate: US$ 500
Prices do not include shipping. Items are finished in white gel-coat, ready for painting.

Bill Woudenberg

Bill Woudenberg
Retro-Designs
2-4 Potter Place
Weehawken, NJ 07086

Email: bill@retro-designs.com