Hi folks, please keep an eye out for my car, stolen last night Friday 18th from Manly. Standard beetle, grey interior, Golde steel sunroof, baby seat in the back.
Sorry to here buddy but has it got any specific parts that are easy to identify if it was to get parted out , lets pray it dosn't but we need to look at all options here for a speedy recovery
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
OZ Towdster wrote:Sorry to here buddy but has it got any specific parts that are easy to identify if it was to get parted out , lets pray it dosn't but we need to look at all options here for a speedy recovery
Hi - nothing that springs to mind, just an honest low mileage original bug - nothing special or different on it apart from the Golde 'roof of course.
- I'll put pics up, can't now, it's an Aussie standard bug so blade bumpers, standard wheels & hubcaps, ruby red..
Cheers all for support.
68AutoBugBeetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
best of luck, hope it turns up unharmed
on a positive note tho thats a deluxe not a standard
someones just put pre 61 bumpers on it
stds in 64 didnt have dash trim, fuel gauge, grab handle glovebox lid, full headliner, chrome bonnet trim etc
DUB74L wrote:best of luck, hope it turns up unharmed
on a positive note tho thats a deluxe not a standard
someones just put pre 61 bumpers on it
stds in 64 didnt have dash trim, fuel gauge, grab handle glovebox lid, full headliner, chrome bonnet trim etc
Oh really? Oh.. - it doesnt have an interior light though, I just thought it was standard with that clue.
.. will be mentioned in the Manly Daily either tomorrow or Wednesday, my sister went down and asked them to put it in, made a bit of a fuss, damsel in distress etc. The photographer took a pic of them in the street where it was taken - he say's they (her and my 18 month old neice) must be big VW fans, my sister hadn't realised that they were both wearng splitty t-shirts haha
it was only the first early standards that didnt have int lights
by 64 the realised even pov pak beetles needed the int light
have a feel around above the B pillar its prob got the hole under the headliner
even by 66 the had started fitting a glovebox lid to them
an old science teacher at school had a 65 standard plus a mate had a 64 and a 66 standards
Thanks to this story in the local paper today two council workers found it in a car park not far out of Manly, the read the story before they started a job and the car was opposite them
No major damage, safe and sound now. Thanks everyone for your vigilance
great result
was she dumped and left about.
i liked the car, i think i have seen this one once for sale not so long ago, i'm sure it was that one,might of only been early last year! i wanted to buy.......but the missus. unless there are two.
Thanks for best wishes everyone, yeah my sister is over the moon, poor thing she's been in the wars lately and we didn't need this on top of it. As for the car it will be getting an engine lock and kill switch/immobilser - it's usually garaged and never left out but I'm not taking chances with any of my vehicles now. There isn't visible damage from entry, must have been started with a screwdriver and the theif took the coil/dizzy lead and vac advance pipe for some reason - it probably went a mile and was abandoned in the corner of this carpark not visible from the road. Nothing was stolen out of it, babyseat, sunnies all there. Phew..
68AutoBugBeetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
there were the standards with painted lines where the chrome strips went,
painted hubcaps and bumpers..
no glove box lid or interior light or even holes where the door switches go..
only headling in the centre , no clips near the door to attach the trim... I looked at one recently..
there was the CUSTOM later , which had No overriders as the bumpers were stainless steel which is slightly different
to chrome... it still had the headling only in the centre..
I saw a standard German 68 beetle once and it had the large glass but early headlamps and tail lamps.
the 1/4 window chrome was painted white as was the front blinker tops..
below the rear window was painted in all of them..
Anyway, glad to hear a happy ending...
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
