i moved from england to the states in 97, had a nice and lovely Arctic White 74 Euro styled superbug which i had to leave "unsold" at a garage the day before i left [ i was gutted], and had an even nicer 67 [ white too ] before that which unfortunatley had a meeting with a fence post... anyway, after 6 years in the states and 4 years in Australia, and not driving ANY car for 10 years, Jean [ john] was kind and extremely gracious enough to let me buy this off him. i think Dave Becker built it, would love to know more...
my name for her is Francessca. [ the 67 was called Fred, the 74 was called Frank ]
_me_ [ happy to be back amongst it ]
looking forward to the big NSW show in April 馃檪
pangalactic 路
Hello _me_
very nice bug. Whats its history?
cheers, chris
pod 路
just to make it easier to view
bond 路
such a beautiful car
well done
nick
crazyfiggi 路
Wow, thats nice.
Alex.
whatnow 路
noice
54 or 55? a good way to come back to the fold, you have to be pleased with yourself
i love those blinkers... very subtle
[ Edited on 4-3-2007 by whatnow ]
h 路
hello _me_
liken your ride.. Francessca..
so what year is it yeah??
cheers h
_me_ 路
thanks for all your nice comments...
Its a '54 on a '69 IRS pan. 1641cc Twin Kadrons, Disc Brakes front, type3 rear. Those wicked little indicator blinkers are from a Harley Davidson Electroglide but i'm going to get the pop-ups working again too.
Having just spent my first weekend with her I'm still grinning.
In the future she may get a 1914cc put in her and some new rims, but at the moment i love her just the way she is.
boristherat 路
That is a beautiful thing! A glorious machine.
Oasis 路
I LOVE it. Thanks for putting it up..
$2.63 homebrand baja 路
Oh my..thats luvley 馃樀
Speed Bump Hit Squad 路
Very nice indeed. Geez Becker builds some shit cars. :thumb
_me_ 路
Took her on a trip up the Blue mountains this last weekend...
Caught by a mate doing some illegal parking maneuver... 馃檪
mscabrio 路
Wow! She is gorgeous! Guess that you have a thing for white bugs hey ?????
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westi 路
cool
love it
thugbug 路
In keeping with your using of the letters "fr" ( francessca,fred,frank), fruck me, that`s sweet. Be nice to see it at the show on 25th May.
_me_ 路
Francessca got some Dynamat action the other week...
_me_ 路
couple of random shots...
Camo 路
Like the others, very nice ride and love the photography.
Did you notice much difference to the noise level with the Dynamat in.
Kev
_me_ 路
Camo wrote:Like the others, very nice ride and love the photography.
Did you notice much difference to the noise level with the Dynamat in.
Kev
hey camo, cheers,
the dynamat was an ok/good, yet quite expensive addition. TBH i don't know if it was worth the cost i personally paid for it really... [ although i did get it fitted too - the actual cost of the sheets on their own was around $500 ]
it does lessen the hums and rattles of the old bug, i do notice a difference over rough road, potholes, bumps etc. and when i close the doors its definitely less vibrate-y/echo-y giving the sense of a much more solid car.
As for overall noise - it hasn't brought it down as much as say my wife was expecting [heh!] - transmission whine is down a bit but it certainly doesn't get rid of the engine/exhaust noise [ but i was never really expecting it to... ]
i dunno i spose i'd give it a 6/10 - i know other people have put 2 and 3 layers of it in and their cars are like vaccuums, almost silent, but i certainly couldn't go to that kind of expense...
vassy66T1 路
Very, very nice!!! A 54 on a 69 pan is the same as my old girl. Is the 69 pan a semi auto converted to manual or is it a swing axle rear? Love the car, very clean.
_me_ 路
Got onto the Opera House forecourt yesterday 馃榾 - wouldn't make a bad garage!
colonel mustard 路
Looks really awesome!!! how did you get onto the opearhouse forecourt??
Aslo... what is the pan setup/brakes and suspension wise??