It had to happen. As soon as the beetle is resprayed all nice, Fleur had to go and run into the back of a trailer.
She was not hurt, but the beetle don't look real good anymore. Lucky she knows a panel beater.
oh nos :/
Doh!
Oh No !!!!!! Poor Fleur ! As long as she is OK is the main thing !!!!
Damn trailer ! what was it doing in the way ?
oh no...not the beetle....just re sprayed.......how much damage?
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
Sorry to hear it, hope fleur is ok and the beetle is repairable.
[Edited on 20-4-2004 by *did*]
Anyone got a really really good bonnet to suit 1970 1500 beetle. Not Superbug or L bug
Hey Helbus at least you can use it as an opportunity to detail your next "how to" article in the paint and body section - how to repair beetle front end damage 🙂
glad fleur isn't hurt
Actually I will do that. I might as well make it constructive.
If your front beam is damaged I have drum brake one, couple of front guards too (off my old 1970 1300).
oh no....
that's my worst nightmare, get ur bug nicely painted and bang, you have an accident....
Ron
lol i know what that is like my bro rolled our van after it was hand repainted only a few weeks before to get rid of rust problem, was write off!! d'oh
<hr>"I choose to Cruze VW Golf Mk1 Style!!!"
I have stripped the Beetle down and the damage is as follows
LH guard & headlight
Bonnet
Spare wheel buckled
petrol tank very small dent
LH skirt pushed in about 70mm at about headlight level
crease in LH skirt between LH door and guard
RH guard untouched
Bumper untouched
Fleur untoched
Now to get this friggin thing back on the road.
Thanks goodness for the safety of the Beetle..
Peter, do you happen to have before an after the crash pics?
THE LOWEST WITH THE MOSTEST BLING BLING WINS!!
I rang the guy she run into. He was a bit of a pig really.
Fleur hit the back of a tandem traile which had 4WD tyres on it so it was quite high, and very tough.
Scratched the paint on the 50mm RHS running along under the tailgate.
Fleur fooked her nice beetle and he was being real stand offish. She said sorry and that she didn't mean it. Quite obvious really when you see a nice car damaged.
I mean who here would like to plough their pride and joy headlong into a lump of steel?
Oh well we will get over it, I just hope he gets over his precious trailer that we will pay to have fixed.
All we can say is
SORRY
Hmmm ......buy her a tank to drive. Tell her not to brake for the trailer next time so you can get yer $$$$ worth. That ought to shut the guy up🙂:P:bounce
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We are on to it.
Got a bonnet and guard from Dean at the VWCV meeting tonight. Thank you very much.
Will have it back on the road in no time.
And I will get the liquid paper out to touch up the scratch in the white trailer so the guy who owns it will stop sooking like a baby shithead.
ha ha good stuff
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
LOL
better than a fully grown shithead tho?
*writes down panelbeater's liquid paper trick*
show us the carnage?
let sleeping dubs lie
Worked on the Beetle on Saturday with what little time I had spare.
I got the LH skirt pulled out on the rack and got the body all in putty.
Now just have to clean up the guard and bonnet we got and paint it.
Assemble and done. 🙂
