Sorry Craig, no interior shots. I had heated Recaro seats with pneumatic lumbar supports, Stewart Warner gauges, a Momo steering wheel and the dash and inside of the doors were all Matt black.
Gee I loved that car. I think the wheels were Magnum Eliminators with Yokohama 002 tyres. The car drove like it was glued to the road.
Do you know if that bug was sold to someone who lived at Chatswood?
I tried buying that car from a bloke nearly 10 years ago. It was sitting in a front yard in Chatswood looking very unloved compared to the photos you have posted. I was dating a girl in the same street and spotted it. Knocked on the front door and talked the owner into selling it, but he wanted what I thought at the time was a bit to much. Looking back I wish I had grabbed it!
Alex.
The last time I saw it was a few years after I sold it and it was in a side street in Greenwich just off River Road.
The gossip I heard was that it was left on the street and was not looked after very well which was very disappointing as I don't know why you would buy a great car only to allow it to rot and not look after it.
And yes Steve... it was very much a "jet in a jam tin".
Regards
Greg
PS: and Owen, I was thinking maybe "impasse"? 😂
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
If 30 years is "passe" and I'm 55, what does that make me? 😂
I'm 55 and I feel very passé sometimes.
I used to drive with an informal group called the American Cruisers in the early 80's. We used to meet at Mona Vale Friday nights. Things seemed simpler then, you could even talk your way out of a speeding ticket. I saw a fella called Alex (mean Dodge Phoenix) do it.
Ah well,Rob.
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI
Unfortunatley this car has been scrapped....I bought the bug about 8-9 years ago from the person in Chatswood. The body was beyond saving but still had all the running gear, that was recycled to another member on the forum. Shame it was left under a tree to rot away . Powertune set a standard in the 80's way ahead of any other vw performance shop in Sydney. I too in my younger day looked up and the conversions and drooled over the cars in the powertune store on my many parts delivery runs over to Gladesville...hey Steve they were the good ol days....great memories.
