Hey guys,
A few of you will be familiar with this car, i gawked and drooled over it for ages, finally I got it all together and managed to nab her from SA and ship her to NSW.
A bit of a leap of faith buying her, I relied on the good word of AVD members about the car and the owner, and the photos from Splitmeister (Andrew) .. I am happy to say, it was worth it, I went and saw the car today, fired up first time and puuuuuured. Its got even more character in person, I couldn't be happier.
Its out with the guys at RAW in Campbelltown now getting ready for rego, should be cruising the roads of Sydney and the South Coast in a week or so.
These pics show her as is.. I am thinking of loosing the hub caps and dress rims, maybe polishing the drums or painting them silver and putting thin stripe white walls on .. This thing is begging for some choice ratty additions. I dont plan on changing much.
(Excuse the blurred backgrounds.. just a cautionary courtesy to the mechanic... not my workshop to be plastering images up all up over the web.)
No i'm not repainting it.
Awesome if I had known you were there I would have dropped by as I only live 5 minutes down the road
Hey Paul,
I'll shoot you a PM next week when the cars ready, Its a bit of a mission for me to get out there, so I'll have plenty of notice. Come check her out.
Did you get the new Wheels for yours yet ?
Ben.
No i'm not repainting it.
Wheels going on this morning, will post some pics, yeah let me know when you pick the beetle up and if i'm home I will drop around
Hey Ben,
Congrats on the new purchase!! Its a beauty!!
I bought my Notch from Andrew (he lives less than 5 minutes from my place). He's a good guy. Glad you are happy with the beetle mate, I wish I had the money, I would have definitely bought it if I did!) 😀.
All the best
Scarab (aka: Paul)
I love it!! I remember seeing that car (recognise the sign writing) in one of the mags a while back. Looks awesome. Hope you enjoy it mate 🙂
Heaps of character! Nice score. Look forward to seeing its progress.
hey Ben,
My Rosie is booked into RAW as soon as yours is finished. Sort of makes us related dont you think lol
Love this car.
hahaha great pics Ben, thanks for the respect.... we're not to bothered though either way, we are proud of our workshop and have nothing to hide 😀 your car is coming along well, few little nigglies to sort out yet, give you a call to pick her up soon👍
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Ben,
whats your plans for a sound system?
Awesome car dude. Remember seeing it for sale and trying to talk a mate of mine into getting it.
polak wrote:hahaha great pics Ben, thanks for the respect.... we're not to bothered though either way, we are proud of our workshop and have nothing to hide 😀 your car is coming along well, few little nigglies to sort out yet, give you a call to pick her up soon👍
Hey mate, I'm ready when you are, I actually took Wednesday - Friday off work so I can collect it sort out the rego without having to juggle work.
🙂
See ya soon.
No i'm not repainting it.
Paulc1964au wrote:hey Ben,
My Rosie is booked into RAW as soon as yours is finished. Sort of makes us related dont you think lol
HAHA.. Yeah definitely related.. albeit distant cousins :P
Sound system, Haven't decided but it is going to be tricky.. 6 volt and all that. There was a post on Samba about this guy that mods Sony Xplod amps to run on 6volt. Only problem with them was that they probably wont run a normal head unit ... but I would happily just use an iPod touch with a digital jack in the glove box. Thats probably the way I'll go.. Before the sound system I'll accessorize the exterior :P
No i'm not repainting it.
benjicon wrote:Paulc1964au wrote:hey Ben,
My Rosie is booked into RAW as soon as yours is finished. Sort of makes us related dont you think lol
HAHA.. Yeah definitely related.. albeit distant cousins :P
Sound system, Haven't decided but it is going to be tricky.. 6 volt and all that. There was a post on Samba about this guy that mods Sony Xplod amps to run on 6volt. Only problem with them was that they probably wont run a normal head unit ... but I would happily just use an iPod touch with a digital jack in the glove box. Thats probably the way I'll go.. Before the sound system I'll accessorize the exterior :P
depending what time you pick it up and what day if its in the afternoon i can give you a listen to rosie lol
nice car, i have driven it a few times when andrew had it down here drives pretty well apart form the accellerator sticking sometimes,bet you cant wait to drive it!.
mattie
stuipid beetle breaks everytime i drive it.....
Saw your beetle today when i dropped Rosie off at Adams. you might see Rosie with her new lowered front before me tomorrow
Aaaah!! Jealous, I was hoping it would be ready today, but they dropped the car off for blueslip this afternoon.. All going to plan I'll be able to drive it home tomorrow some time.
Looking forward to seeing Rosie, She looks great in the photos, but they always look so much better in the flesh. 🙂
No i'm not repainting it.
Hey Paul.. Picking my car up today.
Sent you a PM.
No i'm not repainting it.
WANT this car! Hope to see it around 🙂
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I hear you made it home ok although with a couple of minor hiccups? look forward to seeing more pics
No i'm not repainting it.
Very Nice!!
Deffo needs some rat/cal touches 😀
congrats!
schnell!! schnell!! schnell!! schnell!!
ITS ALIIIIIVE!!
Clutch replaced by RAW (Thanks Adam and Mike) In the past couple months, New bumper Brackets, New seatbelts, New Nankangs (145R fronts and 165R rears), New big logo hub cap repros.. New drivers door handle (lockable) ...
Sitting about for another couple of months didn't do it any favors, but Adam and Mike gave her a tune up after the new clutch went in and after a couple of nice 50km + drives she is really warming up to be a nice daily driver.
P.S. The Cob web is legit.. I had an infestation of red backs in the car... fumigated. .. Only the Web remains.. muahahahaha.
No i'm not repainting it.
looks awesome how much were the red belts? did you get front and rear
Hey Paul,
Ummm.. Red belts were $35-40 ea.. Got em from Classic. Just got the fronts.
Ben.
No i'm not repainting it.
*Sigh* I have dreamt of this car. Not joking either.
Glad she's finally rollin!! Love that car 😍
Hope to see it out and about.
P.S. How'd you score the RAW sticker?? I was eyeing off the one on Adam's ute when my car was there.
Kris
Barnabie wrote:Glad she's finally rollin!! Love that car 😍
Hope to see it out and about.
P.S. How'd you score the RAW sticker?? I was eyeing off the one on Adam's ute when my car was there.
Kris
You only have to ask the boys for one I have one on Rosie as well
Barnabie wrote:Glad she's finally rollin!! Love that car 😍
Hope to see it out and about.
P.S. How'd you score the RAW sticker?? I was eyeing off the one on Adam's ute when my car was there.
Kris
Thanks man,
The sticker.. Adam actually asked me if they could put one on after they did some work on my car, I was more than happy for them to slap it on there. Like Paul said , just ask and they will be stoked to give you one I am sure.
🙂No i'm not repainting it.
