Hey I live in Tampa, well now it's Wesley Chapel, I'v been trollin the forum for a while now.
Been thinking about this since the late 80's saw a VW Truck in Hot VW's called the Quick Step, so 30 years later I bought a 65 to C-D-W, got started in 2013, at a friends house, after cutting the back off and chopping the top 4" got delayed for about 4 years (just more rust no biggie). So I just started back up a few weeks ago. Luckily I found Marks Bug Truck around 2014 and it gave me some ideas I hadn't thought of before, so going the Mark-ish route.
I've been a Baja'er since forever and hate to say I've cut many a classic, but never made a full custom.
As for Bugwhat, when I mentioned a "Bug Truck" to anyone they ALLWAYS said a "Bugwhat?"

so I/it became Bugwhat.
here is what I started with and where I'm at now.