Found an old photo of my '52 Beetle, just before I sold it [around 1981].
HappyDaze Superannuated
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I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Old photo......'52 Beetle
sander288 "Bolt-on Master"
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That's some patina!
What's its story?
What's its story?
cnfabo Custom Title Time!
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Why those later tail lights
HappyDaze Superannuated
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The car was like that when I bought it from the original owners, who lived in East Maitland, NSW. They brought it with them from Germany, where they bought it new.
It had been 'modernised' [tail lights, etc.] here and there, and the sun-roof was coverd in by pop-rivetting a turret section from a Beetle over it. Apart from that, it was very original.
Anyone guess what the car next to it is ?
It had been 'modernised' [tail lights, etc.] here and there, and the sun-roof was coverd in by pop-rivetting a turret section from a Beetle over it. Apart from that, it was very original.
Anyone guess what the car next to it is ?
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
sander288 "Bolt-on Master"
1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·
I've got nothing on the car next to it..... something British? or other body on VW chassis?
bat69 There is no status
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Austin?
White Knuckle Racing Team [/i]
"Drive it like dirt"
"Drive it like dirt"
oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber
329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·
Nash Healey?
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI
HappyDaze Superannuated
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It is Pommy, and they only made 254 of them....in 1954. Chassis is chrome-moly tube, and the body is steel and aluminium. Engine, and other mechanicals are Triumph TR-2.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
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Nash
HappyDaze Superannuated
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Really shouldn't expect you 'young fellas' to know.
It's a Swallow Doretti...had it for nearly 40 years. Actually my son, David, has it now.
It's a Swallow Doretti...had it for nearly 40 years. Actually my son, David, has it now.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber
329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·
Wow, never would have guessed that mate, going to have to look that up,.........nice looking car from the images I've seen so far.HappyDaze wrote:Really shouldn't expect you 'young fellas' to know.
It's a Swallow Doretti...had it for nearly 40 years. Actually my son, David, has it now.
Rob.
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI
Undis Casual Dubber
38 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·
Thanks for posting the picture. Looks like it was modernised quite a bit. Seems the rear guards together with the lights have been exchanged for ones from mid-sixties. Also the engine lid is from a late oval if it's the same as on the car now. I do wonder what had happened to the original parts considering the owners had the car since new.
Pastit Seriously Crusin Dubber
150 posts · joined Feb 2008 ·
I have seen another one of those, I thought it was Italian. A bloke in the bush has two TR2's and the Doretti. I haven't seen it in a few years, I thought it had aluminium panels.oldskoolguy wrote:Wow, never would have guessed that mate, going to have to look that up,.........nice looking car from the images I've seen so far.HappyDaze wrote:Really shouldn't expect you 'young fellas' to know.
It's a Swallow Doretti...had it for nearly 40 years. Actually my son, David, has it now.
Rob.
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
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Going by the major height difference in the tail lights between the 2 sides I'd say its a pretty safe bet the RHS guard is original, just the LHS is a 60s guard.Undis wrote:Seems the rear guards together with the lights have been exchanged for ones from mid-sixties. Also the engine lid is from a late oval if it's the same as on the car now. I do wonder what had happened to the original parts considering the owners had the car since new.
Might have been in a light accident going by the wrong guard and decklid.
Undis Casual Dubber
38 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·
I see what you mean Joel. however the picture seems to be a photo of a photo and there is some serious distortion going on as it seems to be taken at an angle. Original split guards should have an indentation behind the tail light. This area was always covered when later model tail lights were installed resulting in a strange positioning of the lights. This can be seen on many updated splits in Europe.