New and Old Beetles side-by-side - PICS

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 22 Sep 2005, 11:40 am

#410474

I saw a red New Beetle parked down the road from where I live, so I parked my '59 next to it and took some pics for comparison...

1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

Sandy Officially Full-On Dubber

254 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 22 Sep 2005, 11:46 am

#410475

To tell you the truth mate, I think it just makes yours look even better:thumb

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598 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 22 Sep 2005, 12:15 pm

#410481

Great pics Martin, that would look good in a frame on the wall!

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405 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 22 Sep 2005, 12:27 pm

#410483

Sandy wrote:To tell you the truth mate, I think it just makes yours look even better:thumb

couldn't have said it better myself

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3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Sep 2005, 12:37 pm

#410487

Very nice,
I agree that your older bug looks the better of the two, but the new one is nice as well.
But that first one would be cool as a poster of sorts.

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4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 22 Sep 2005, 1:02 pm

#410496

what they all said,looks bloody marvellous😎

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2,649 posts · joined May 2004 · 22 Sep 2005, 1:14 pm

#410498

thats is awesome - and with the above comments I agree 👍👍🤪

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2,282 posts · joined May 2003 · 22 Sep 2005, 5:50 pm

#410580

I totally agree about the framing of the first photo..............Such a great comparison!

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mscabrio Cabriolet Queen

2,308 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 22 Sep 2005, 6:21 pm

#410592

Sandy wrote:To tell you the truth mate, I think it just makes yours look even better:thumb

That red new beetle is actually mine

🤘

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4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 22 Sep 2005, 6:26 pm

#410596

aint it good. considering yours was deisgned in 1940ish and then built in 1959. what style character and sleek designs!

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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 23 Sep 2005, 8:33 am

#410816

Thanks for the compliments guys. I hadn't thought of framing that top one but now I might do it!

mscabrio wrote:That red new beetle is actually mine

Howdy neighbour!

(erm... are you sure? I wouldn't have expected a person located in "Sunny Victoria" to park a car with NSW plates in Canberra)

1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

mscabrio Cabriolet Queen

2,308 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 23 Sep 2005, 8:58 am

#410825

Hehehehehehehe ....... very observant. Its not my new beetle (I have a new beetle cabriolet), but could well have been. I didn't like the quoted comment too much!

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2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 23 Sep 2005, 12:05 pm

#410900

yeah... she's a little touchy on comparisons between new beetles and type 1's... i like em both.

see.... air and water do mix 😉

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913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 23 Sep 2005, 5:22 pm

#411004

hehe

Everyone has different tastes... I love my car, and if they love theirs as much as I love mine then I'm happy for them 👍

1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

Sandy Officially Full-On Dubber

254 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 23 Sep 2005, 7:45 pm

#411061

mscabrio wrote:That red new beetle is actually mine

Like I said, I was telling the truth as I see it, I love the classic look and I didn't put down the new beetle did I?
Why would you lie and try to make me feel bad? Nice one.