In 1972 after a deal with Volkswagen could not be reached, Brubaker began buying completed Beetles and converting them to Boxes, selling the excess pieces.

Investors in the company tried to continue manufacturing the Box in various ways, the only success being Mike Hansen's Automecca, located in Chatsworth, California, in 1974 with its Sports Van.

The whole body was designed to bolt directly to an unmodified Volkswagen Beetle chassis.

Approximately 25 additional Brubaker Sports Vans were built by Mike Hansen's AutoMecca before production ceased.

The front windshield was from an AMC Hornet, tail lights from a Datsun Truck and rear window from a Chevrolet El Camino.