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Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740019
This is what happens when you drive like a dickhead.

Popped a crest on a dirt road at about 75km/h when it landed things went pear-shaped and she swerved to the right up the embankment into the trees then rolled onto her left side and ended up on it's roof. Myself and the passenger are both completely fine. Unfortunately the car needs a bit of work.
Drove this car 1000km down to Warwick and back last week and this is how I repay it for being so reliable, I'm such an idiot. 🙁

Smiley (not quite as much)

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Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740020
A few more.

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#740026
F.M.D.!!

Glad you are ok!
Futue te ipsum!!!

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740027
Yeah, seatbelts work incredibly well.

Does anyone know of a torsion bar front body in the central Queensland area? If so I'm interested.

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

Gringo_54_oval Officially Full-On Dubber

240 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#740029
thats not good r.i.p bug
good thing your fine to restore another one
sorry to hear about your bug

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740031
I'm going to fix this one!
Already chasing down another body. 🙂

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#740032
I have one down in Gladstone that i can get u cheap, a 54 pan with a 61 body with the baja kit(bugeyed) peco wheels, was mine 6/7 years ago and its gone down hill since i last owned it. Mate picked it up and will sell it for cheap as he has no time, there is another one thats totaly complete that he wants about 3 grand for if thats of intrest to. drop me a line on 0413 135518 and i'll let u know more details

steff........
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#740033
whatever happens, dont baja another beetle.... find a baja already done.

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740034
Why not? I know of a body sitting at a wreckers that might be avalible, with no floorpan. So why can't I Baja it?

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#740035
baja's are cool........glad you and passenger are ok

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740038
hellbugged wrote:baja's are cool
Agreed.
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#740039
oh on a slightly different angle i mite be removing the 4 point rollcage from mine if ur intrested in buying it 😂

good to see u walked away...

steff.........
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740046
Might be interested in the cage lol.

The buggy I'm building at the moment is definately getting a full cage through it.

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#740049
Looking again at it - i cant beolieve the sceen isnt broken with the twist in the body
Futue te ipsum!!!

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740050
Yeah, I can't believe th only bit of glass to break was the back window. Even the window in the passengers door is fine!!
They sure made these old girls tough.

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#740063
glad your ok, woudl of been a hell of a ride 😉

itll buff out.. right???

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740065
I just topped the oil up and she starts first flick of the key, like always. I love this car.

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

Midlife crisis Nartispuddlejumper, Bureau of Toxicity

2,282 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#740091
OMG....couldn't believe it........when a friend rang and said to have a look.

We met you at Warwick.......have the blue and white Baja and parked behind you!

Glad you and passenger (if you had one) are fine! Looks like you will be doing lots of work, but didn't you say you were building a buggy? Good incentive to get it done!!

Marc and Kathy
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#740095
helbus wrote:Best car to cut up is an undamaged unmolested one owner with no rust. Chop it I say.
Grrrrrr.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#740102
colonel mustard wrote:
helbus wrote:Best car to cut up is an undamaged unmolested one owner with no rust. Chop it I say.
Grrrrrr.
chop chop chop........even less to rust after you cut the nose and tail off 😂

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#740103
nooooooooooo

Scarab Wolfsburg Wizard

646 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·

#740123
Hey Smiley....sooooo happy you are OK and live to play another day!!

Sad to see the Baja all banged up, but if you walk away, its not that big a deal, its only a car after all and cars can be rebuilt.

Guess its another parts car for the buggy eh? 😂

djnee Officially Full-On Dubber

341 posts · joined Mar 2009 ·

#740124
Damn...that not good at all 🙁
At least you got out ok, thats the main thing.

As for the baja thing, i'm with Mr Mustard on that one...but that's only because i've never really "got" the whole baja thing. The shape of a bog standard bug is so curvy...sexy... and elegant...a thing of beauty!!...so why anybody would think it's that bad to want to change it i will never understand!? At least we still share the same engine i guess? lol

Good luck with the new project though. 😀
It May Never End

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#740149
HOLY CRAP!

Even with a roll bar the body would have been totalled no doubt. would have been pretty scary mate, i feel for ya. Find a clean body👍 , otherwise it'll take ya three years to restore a well used, salt water subjected, rusted, dinted and scratched baja

I'm sure your as keen as ever just to get it back on the road. I would be...
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

ibmoknegawsklov Seriously Crusin Dubber

164 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#740185
🥲, sorry for your loss, but chopping beetlles into something useable such as a baja is easy so you'll be going again real soon .

Oh Yeah, at least that bloody coil stayed on 👍

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#740192
hope the drive home was uneventfull mate, make sure u keeps us updated with the rebuild.

Good to catch up next time lets be taking our Baja's out :o)


steff....
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740350
Yeah, got home safely. Thanks again for all your help Steff.

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#740361
did you drive it home?

Imagine the attention you would pull at hte lights :P
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#740382
No, plus there are no lights in Yeppoon, lol.

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.