Hi to everybody,
Traded our MB in on a "new Beetle" a couple of years ago and just love driving it.
Used to have a Porsche 911E many years ago and worked on them and other high end cars. retired mechanic.
I never worked on VW's or Beetles.
A fortnight ago I decided after driving the wife's "new Beetle" I would like to buy a project car for some fun and because I like driving the NB so much I would hunt down a genuine Beetle.
Purchased a 1976 STD Beetle Herbie replica.
It was owned by a young women when asked to describe it, replied:- "It has a wooden steering wheel and a wood thing on the gear lever. That's all I know, I am a girl."
On inspection the front suspension was non-existent, leaky muffler, rusted bumpers, LH window not functioning, oil inengine blacker than tar, little braking effort, etc. I'm sure you get the picture.
Have been working non-stop on it for the past two week and loving it.
Have found a huge amount of information on this site and thanks to those members who have helped me so far in the "Bugs" section where I first posted.
With the stripes and numbers on the car I am now being accused of being a seventy year old boy racer.
Ken
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290 posts · joined Jun 2014 ·
