I bought this little beast from Vic in Dec 06. The car is a one owner, garaged from new 75L with 117K on the clock. I flew down to Melbourne and then drove it back to Sydney.She cruised at 110KM/h all the way home averaging 7.5l per 100K's.
Craig Torrens ·
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Craig Torrens ·
interior..................like new !
Craig Torrens ·
seats.................like the day they left the factory.
Craig Torrens ·
the paint under the guards is as good as the outside. I don't think the car has ever been on a dirt road !
reub ·
Far out hey.... what a score.
Would love to see all the VW's you own....🙂
boristherat ·
Very tidy indeed.....wonderful pick up!
Craig Torrens ·
reub-revhead wrote:Far out hey.... what a score.
Would love to see all the VW's you own....🙂
yes very happy with this one for the collection !
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Make a great race car then LOL. Nice and clean to start with!! Only joking. Very nice and clean indeed for one of them.
Craig Torrens ·
perfect for a subie conversion !!
helbus ·
Maybe a full Germanlook conversion? LOL
Craig Torrens ·
hehehe..............no I think this will stay original !.............my wife has even told me to take the sprintstars off as they are not the "original" wheels.
Dasdubber ·
Fantastic find Craig - amazing how well it has been preserved!
Craig Torrens ·
the carpets and floor mats are fantastic.
Craig Torrens ·
engine bay................nice and original :thumb
The 1600tp averaged 7.5lt/100k's from Melbourne to Sydney and didn't burn any oil :thumb
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Craig Torrens wrote:perfect for a subie conversion !!
You COULD do that but the car would be worth squat as is any Volksy that doesn't have the original type air cooled engine.:thumb
That is one clean car man. Nice 😵💫
squizy ·
Craig Torrens wrote:hehehe..............no I think this will stay original !.............my wife has even told me to take the sprintstars off as they are not the "original" wheels.
....and they looked soooo beautiful too....
Euro_67 ·
looks real nice. Is it rack and pinion ?
kombikim ·
that is absolutely stunning. When is the museum opening ?
vw54 ·
wheres the close up of the wheels ???
squizy ·
Here you go Dave. They were the one's off my Cab if you remember that.
Craig Torrens ·
Euro_67 wrote:looks real nice. Is it rack and pinion ?
yep.
BeetleJuice ·
That'll be a real sleeper with the supercharger!:thumb
A stroker be better though!😎
HotRodMatt ·
What a great specimen of a well kept car. Congrats.
Craig Torrens ·
BeetleJuice wrote:That'll be a real sleeper with the supercharger!:thumb
A stroker be better though!😎
It has a stroker in it....................its a 1200 with a 69mm crank, bigger pistons, different case and some twin port heads :P
Craig Torrens ·
HotRodMatt wrote:What a great specimen of a well kept car. Congrats.
Cheers Matt, it was hard to believe that the owner was unable to find a buyer for it in Vic...................was on the market for several months !
The owner was a 89 year old women, and she had to sell due to her "walking frame" not being able to fit in the car.
So there's still good cars out there..........I wonder if they will ever sell to the value of a GTHO !!!!
[ Edited on 8-10-07 by Craig Torrens ]
vw54 ·
It has a stroker in it....................its a 1200 with a 69mm crank, bigger pistons, different case and some twin port heads
so wheres the pic of the actual wheels ???
Craig Torrens ·
Do you have a wheel fetish Dave ?
Squizy has posted a pic already............I have taken the sprintstars from the cab.
BeetleJuice ·
Craig Torrens wrote:
BeetleJuice wrote:That'll be a real sleeper with the supercharger!:thumb
A stroker be better though!😎
It has a stroker in it....................its a 1200 with a 69mm crank, bigger pistons, different case and some twin port heads :P
Touché 🤪
Craig Torrens ·
wheels for Dave...................don't forget to use a tissue !
[ Edited on 8-10-07 by Craig Torrens ]
Joel ·
well atleast cut a hole in that horrible plain dash board and put a CD player in....
mine was the same had never had a radio or ariel fitted
damn i didnt realise that thing was so clean
good score
-Joel
Craig Torrens ·
Cheers Joel, maybe i should put your wheels on it !!
rocknrob ·
DUB74L wrote:well atleast cut a hole in that horrible plain dash board and put a CD player in....
mine was the same had never had a radio or ariel fitted
No radio =no rust...water pours in the messy hole they cut for antenna and fills the heater tube😬
Craig Torrens ·
this was never driven in the rain !!!
VWCOOL ·
...and here it is with just some of its family
beerdoc ·
Having craweled all over this bug LOOKING for faults and finding none I am glad it went to an owner worthy of its condition
I did consider selling daughters 75L and buying it at one stage