Spotted in Dubbo - split beetle on trailer

decked dubby Custom Title Time!

1,046 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Jul 2008, 9:54 pm

#657941

Got sent this pic. What a sight!

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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 15 Jul 2008, 10:27 pm

#657956

jeez!

Pay your debts, CxxT

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Jul 2008, 11:48 pm

#657989

I wonder how long ago it was crashed???

looks like a long time ago....

cross ply tyres...

what a shame...

that door may be hard to replace...

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 6:16 am

#657991

shows to go yar there still out there

looks like its in a service station dont recall that building in the back ground Dubbo ??

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

newghia stock is for people who cant think outside the square

679 posts · joined May 2008 · 16 Jul 2008, 6:54 am

#657998

Damo, it'll be back on the road in time for Glenmore Park if you get your hands on it !

Step up to get out !!!

Type3Sicko Wolfsburg Wizard

596 posts · joined Dec 2006 · 16 Jul 2008, 7:28 am

#658003

That will buff up nicely... 🙂 good score

How many is enough?

decked dubby Custom Title Time!

1,046 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 7:41 am

#658004

newghia wrote:Damo, it'll be back on the road in time for Glenmore Park if you get your hands on it !

Ha ha! I just got a 54 on monday, see how i go hey.😉

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 8:23 am

#658016

Damo any idea who has it

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 9:34 am

#658030

Hi

The plates on the trailer look like South Australian plates.

Steve

vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 16 Jul 2008, 9:48 am

#658034

obviously someone just imported it from somewhere?

1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea

greasykitchen Officially Full-On Dubber

375 posts · joined Dec 2007 · 16 Jul 2008, 11:45 am

#658045

1303Steve wrote:Hi

The plates on the trailer look like South Australian plates.

Steve

Nah, look NSW to me, judging by the colour & the configuration of numbers/letters.

'76 Golf

GASBNR Fahrvergnugen

894 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 16 Jul 2008, 11:53 am

#658047

http://www.vicsbahn.com/beetles.htm

looked similar to this one???

SORRY BOUT THAT!

decked dubby Custom Title Time!

1,046 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 12:15 pm

#658054

Wow, good spotting.

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2008, 12:49 pm

#658059

Ok so its going interstate then if the cars at Dubbo ???

11/1945 Type 51. Incomplete, as is AU$22,900 thought it looked early

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 16 Jul 2008, 1:57 pm

#658077

youd think someone would bolt that overider on the right way wouldnt you?

1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 21 Jul 2008, 12:42 pm

#659164

lots of time needed to fix that one🤪

😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

Calcool Fahrvergnugen

965 posts · joined May 2005 · 22 Jul 2008, 10:18 pm

#659492

As soon as I saw that pic I thought Graham Lees who used to own Beetle wreckers in Brookvale who was rumoured to have a Beetle from each year from the 40's till the 80's. I think this car was one of 2 sent to Australia for Assessment before official importation in 1954, and it was found on King island or a similar island parked under a tree looking out to sea!

I saw it at the Penrith Beelte Birthday celebration in 1998 I think.

Maybe he is moving to SA and taking it with him??? Or a new owner

I think there was a dream to have a Museum with one of each model Beelte on display. There were some great stories as to how he accumulated cars over the years, one vehilce was seen in the background in a story in the UK on 60 Minutes and Graham tracked the story and location down and bought the car back to Australia.

Cheers,

David

58camper Wolfsburg Wizard

591 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Jul 2008, 9:33 am

#659534

I thought the one that was at Vics and Ex Lees was LHD.

The one on the trailer is certainly RHD.
I cannot get to Vic's website- says its been suspended.

Maybe ,just maybe, another one has surfaced. Would take the number of split Beetles to 30 that are now known in OZ.

countrybuggybill

Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 23 Jul 2008, 3:20 pm

#659594

If it was on King Island, i would of known about it and it would of been complety stuffed. Cars only last 10 years there.....

ang3lsholocaust Custom Title Time!

1,014 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 31 Jul 2008, 5:58 am

#661016

1963 Empi Radar wrote:If it was on King Island, i would of known about it and it would of been complety stuffed. Cars only last 10 years there.....

Considering most of the 100 odd cars that Vic had in storage were last registered around the year 1986, I would be guessing that this thing landed in the brookvale collection about that time too.
So i would say you wouldn't know about this car Will because you probably weren't even being thought about at that time young willy.

Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 1 Aug 2008, 7:30 pm

#661240

ang3lsholocaust wrote:
1963 Empi Radar wrote:If it was on King Island, i would of known about it and it would of been complety stuffed. Cars only last 10 years there.....
Considering most of the 100 odd cars that Vic had in storage were last registered around the year 1986, I would be guessing that this thing landed in the brookvale collection about that time too.
So i would say you wouldn't know about this car Will because you probably weren't even being thought about at that time young willy.

Still would of known. Family used to live there from 1966-1992. Still might of slipped through the cracks but you never know.