Recognise this Car ????

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 13 Feb 2013, 6:55 pm

#943556

Hi All,
I am trying to get in contact with Mark the owner of this car
can anyone help
It is a 1968 1200A

If you can help with any contact details please let me know
Thanks
Silver

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Feb 2013, 6:24 am

#943600

Silver my putor at home has still crashed

we are working on 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

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AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 14 Feb 2013, 6:29 am

#943602

vw54 wrote:Silver my putor at home has still crashed

Porn overload.😂

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 14 Feb 2013, 8:17 am

#943614

thanks Dave

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Feb 2013, 8:29 pm

#943708

Hi
I spoke to the owner at the nationals years ago...
He was selling it...

It belonged to His mother [from memory]
was sold new in Sydney,

it was going somewhere else maybe new Zealand.. was taken off a boat, for some reason and sold here..

he didn't know it was rare until he was pulled up by the police for going thru a red light... and the Policeman said it wasn't a 68 model... or if it was, it was made to look like an early model... He knew the car was the same as His mother had bought it new.. [or grand mother???]

the fellow who inherited it had restored it back to original..
as I asked about the white painted 1/4 windows and front blinkers.. he said that is what they were before He repainted them..

cheers

LEE

PS: I presume its the same car.. lol ..
I think it was sold by Lanock motors??

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whathaveidone Custom Title Time!

1,559 posts · joined Feb 2010 · 14 Feb 2013, 8:31 pm

#943710

what makes it rare????

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Feb 2013, 10:20 pm

#943733

Hi

They were never sold here.

They have a basically a 1500 body with early stainless blade bumpers and being a povo pack model it would only has a hood lining in the middle of the roof and not down the sides on the body, no horn rim only a button etc.

Steve

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 15 Feb 2013, 6:31 am

#943758

Just lots of little unique features, they had a different steering wheel, it's a baywindow kombi one but Beetle sized, instead of carpet it had that cardboard boot liner material with the square weave pattern on it, late headlights but early horn grilles, 6 volt, no fuel gauge, etc etc.

THere was 71 1200 getting around here but now rusting out in a mates backyard, no one knew it was anything special, just another old VW.

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 16 Feb 2013, 2:55 pm

#943963

bump

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Feb 2013, 5:53 pm

#943987

1303Steve wrote:Hi

They were never sold here.

They have a basically a 1500 body with early stainless blade bumpers and being a povo pack model it would only has a hood lining in the middle of the roof and not down the sides on the body, no horn rim only a button etc.

Steve

Hi Steve
If its the one from the nationals years ago
it was sold new by Lanock motors in 1968 or 69
was offloaded here for some reason.. off a ship..
was supposed to go to some other country...
but the deal fell thru.?? I thought he said NZ.??
maybe one of the islands..??
a really odd one...
the 1200L was sold in Germany even in the 70s.. was a big seller there as it was cheap... lol
I'll try and find the photos I took...

LEE

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