Never found one myself but when at Uni late 80s early 90s and not yet an owner or value smart of the various VWs I did tell VWCOOL about a split window Beetle just outside Wodonga Victoria. It was in the shed nearly completely covered in hay bails, been there since it broke down, along with his FX ute in the other shed. My gf's father ended up taking the FX ute and restoring it.
And some of those photos are just rude 😂 only wish I was that lucky or even knew what a split window Beetle was 20 years ago.
Geeez almost forgot why I was posting, where is the shot of the Notch taken, is it outer suburbs of Brissy as I drove past and what I thought was a black Notch caught my eye and I think that is me in the black CX-7 at the lights 😂
1971 Type 3 Fasty - EJ20T
I love 242HP sleepers. 🤪
How many sets of lights does it take a $229k Carrera S to learn? 😂 UPDATE: Cayman S, M3, B4 now added to the list.
I think its still sitting around some where in the Newcastle area
I didnt need another vw.
😂🤪😂🤪😂
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. 🥲
Hey GTMac, I heard of a split beetle out in country Vic 3 or 4 years ago - I think it was surrounded by hay on a property - was a one owner - story was that the old German owner's father brought it out with him when he came to Australia and never parted with it. I believe that it was kept for this guy's nephew/s that never came for it. Not sure what happened with this car in the end, but was a complete, driving, one-family-owned split beetle, and rust free at that. A friend of mine was enquiring about it at the time (often!) but it seemed that the disinterested nephew/s won that battle - never heard about it again - I think it was a '50. The pictures of the black notch were taken outside the workshop at Mick Motors on Brisbane's northside, where I work. It was pretty dusty when found, and I thought I'd impress more pulling up at home in a SHINY black car! Fresh 6v battery, oil, fuel and fuel lines were all that was necessary for this one after 20yrs of sitting - quite remarkable.
I love hearing about these sorts of finds, and I still can't get over the amount of original low-milage (20k-50k mile) examples that seem to still be out there waiting to be found - these are certainly the nicest cars to drive in my opinion, and are the cars that interest me the most personally. There was a nice birch green '62 beetle at the Gold Coast show last year - very original (repainted exterior) - does anyone know this car? Without knowing for sure, it presented as a car I missed out on a couple of years ago from Warwick - as described one-owner with 31k miles on the clock and was one of the first batch of 100 Aussie cars made at Clayton (missed it by 10 mins - I drove from Brisbane to purchase AND the owner was expecting me...argh! not happy about that one. What made it worse was that it left town in the opposite direction so I never even saw it on the road!).
Another good offer I had personally some years ago was a collection of 25 Country Buggies - all complete rust-free country cars. The only catch was that I had to buy all 25 in one hit, and the logistics of transporting (from way out in in the sticks - WAY OUT) and housing this number of cars made it impossible for me to even think about. Please don't ask me for the details on this one as I no longer have the seller's information - I know, I'm still kicking myself over that one.. but they weren't really as 'cool' then as they are now, so please understand.. Just like the rare fixed-high-roof '58 camper I could've had with rego for $2000, that was around the same time.. but I already had too many cars! Lesson - ALWAYS have space for the next car! What else is out there? Keep 'em coming!
my mate found this one out in the staicks
Told me about it but a couldnt get the owners son do sel it
Obviously some one else managed - anyone recognise it??
There were 2 beetles as well
They are prbably still there
Futue te ipsum!!!
Rohan, Domed pistons(high comp)was only available on the IMPORTED 1500s, exactly like the unit Dallas owns. ALL aussie built 1500s's were just a standard 1500N motor with twin carbs , same dizzy with larger vacuum can to compensate for the twin carbs. Other than that, it is an aussie 1500N with an "s" bagde and a chrome strip down the side. Imported type 3's were vastly different as they were not built from the old parts bins, had more exotic interiors other than the standard aussie red, brown and black, and were painted properly. Nice find though, you don't come across low mileage cars for the right money everyday.
For what i would kill to find an old buss hidden away in a barn somewhere🥲
Dyno, I understand what you are saying, and in most cases this would be true, but as stated my black notch was a special factory order with this motor and colour (as discussed with the original owner's son who knew all the details of it's purchase - well up in his 70's himself!) which I think makes it just that little bit more special - it does have the high comp motor with the 'M' code tag on the top of the crank case, something that the 1500N motors don't have - I have a perfectly original one-owner 1500N Deluxe notch also.
Rohan, any chance of a pic of the M code tag for that engine? In the re-build of my motor with a NOS case I misplaced the tag and would like to add it on again just for that bit of originality. May even put the NOS 8.5:1 pistons back in!!! Just need the rings. One more H.P than the 1600 engine you know!! 🙅
DH
1500S, sure that shouldn't be a problem. Little touches like that really finish the job nicely. I haven't got that car stored at my place at the moment so give me a few days and I'll try and get over to it and get a photo for you. I hope you can find your original tag though - keep looking!
Been looking since 2002 for it! Too many metal shavings around my workshop to find little bits like that now. The car was apart from late 1999 untill around Dec 2001 which was interferred with 8 weeks OS with another filthy hobby so a couple of things seemed to lose their way. Would you believe that this car started in 1995 with a NOS pushbutton switch and the search for the right car took another 4 years to find and that was only by accident. There was another one in a paddock at Young, NSW but I couldn't lock the owner into a time frame to see if it was worth getting. Wonder if it is still there? A guy called Marco (I think was his name) and for a while he had the VW workshop at Canberra (well a suburb anyway).
DH
PM sent with my email so the pic can be a good size.
Was told of a 68 kombi on a property so went to check it out,unfortantly it is a little to far gone,this is as close i have got to a barn find???
69 Beetle
66 Beetle
56 Beetle
poor baby
Checking this out later in the week 😎
One owner, full books, parked for 15-20 years.
Offers?
Pay your debts, CxxT
GTMac wrote:Never found one myself but when at Uni late 80s early 90s and not yet an owner or value smart of the various VWs I did tell VWCOOL about a split window Beetle just outside Wodonga Victoria. It was in the shed nearly completely covered in hay bails, been there since it broke down, along with his FX ute in the other shed. My gf's father ended up taking the FX ute and restoring it.
yeah I remember you coming to Uni and telling me that... wanna do a road trip?!
Pay your debts, CxxT
PartyHatCentral wrote:Dyno, I understand what you are saying, and in most cases this would be true, but as stated my black notch was a special factory order with this motor and colour (as discussed with the original owner's son who knew all the details of it's purchase - well up in his 70's himself!) which I think makes it just that little bit more special - it does have the high comp motor with the 'M' code tag on the top of the crank case, something that the 1500N motors don't have - I have a perfectly original one-owner 1500N Deluxe notch also.
Hi there, what does the "m" code tag say? and do you have an engine number? Any close up pics of the engine, distributor and tag?
Hi
Not as rare as some of these cars but this is how I picked up my 1303 project after it was stored in a shed from 1985 until 2003.
I knew about it the whole time and was in the right place at the right time when the owner sold it to V Force and they gave me the rolling shell.
It has almost no rust and an uncracked dash.
Steve
gotta love those dealers..
i found a 54 single cab
well at least the hinges havn't rusted up, nice score, I think.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
a mate found my 56 in mt beauty victoria we have preserved its original patina but everything mechanical was replaced in a 9 day rebuild by me and a couple of close mates
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
the old boy
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
now
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
well this is my find out the other side of marulen in a shed , about 14 klm's from anything he fired up after 2 turnes and was driven onto the trailer but he has spat 1 motor out due to a rag caught in the fan.and now a valve doing things that they are not made for
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heres my 82 GT cruiser barn find
it was ridin 2 times then sheded
this is what i found in melbourne years ago
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
found this in far north queensland
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
where in far north qld was this bus?
Nice pics rexy... looks much the same except all the rust removed and new metal in, but have kept all the original paint, just the underside restored...
recent pics... it didnt have the front bar when i found it
