This car has been fully restored and re sprayed in the original acrylic paint colour CLR722 Riverina Orange # 17644. All the rust has been removed professionally and the sound deading foam has been removed to prevent any further possible rusting. All exposed areas have been fish oil treated while the headliner was out.
Mexican engine lid and bonnet seals fitted no ugly seal retainers
The engine and gearbox are stock 1600ccs and run very good achieving some 28 miles to the gallon around town, both have been regularly serviced. Early model engine mount with new rubbers fitted
All new window rubbers, and a new windscreen have been fitted, together with a new headliner, the seats and door trims are tan in colour, padded dash.
Its fitted with a late model Volkswagen cassette radio, new radio aerial, the radio has the option of a external CD stacker, the radio has 4 speaker fitted and a rear parcel shelf houses 2 x 6 x 9 speakers.
The car is fitted with stock wheels and tyres
The current registration is NSW valid until September 2008
Saw this at the Nationals ....Very Very Noice ....where are you Craig Torrens???
zeroaxe ·
nice looking car
Euro_67 ·
love the '76, and hard to find in this condition.
Moving on to a new project Dave ?
vw54 ·
yeah well it was stand in car for the 12 months i was playing with the 65 smoothie and doing the Injection upgrade
so no car spaces and something has to go so i can get onto the re restoring the 56 ragtop
vw54 ·
bump
Craig Torrens ·
Volksaddict wrote:Saw this at the Nationals ....Very Very Noice ....where are you Craig Torrens???
hehe.............. bought one late last year !
Very nice car Dave, good luck with the sale.
vw54 ·
Craig
how was the rust in the one you bought
Craig Torrens ·
there wasn't any.
my 76 hillclimb car didn't have any in it either.......until I mounted the battery in the front and it spewed acid everywhere 😠
BUG75L ·
Good afternoon gents;
I am after a 76'er but have a question?
Which is the better car a 75L bug or the 76 in terms of overall enjoyability.
I unloaded my 75L to my 17 year old nephew yesterday.(dumb decision in hindsight).
cheers
VWCOOL ·
BUG75L wrote:Good afternoon gents;
I am after a 76'er but have a question?
Which is the better car a 75L bug or the 76 in terms of overall enjoyability.
I unloaded my 75L to my 17 year old nephew yesterday.(dumb decision in hindsight).
cheers
yes, very dumb, let's hope he doesnlt f__k this future classic ...
1303Steve ·
BUG75L wrote:Good afternoon gents;
I am after a 76'er but have a question?
Which is the better car a 75L bug or the 76 in terms of overall enjoyability.
I unloaded my 75L to my 17 year old nephew yesterday.(dumb decision in hindsight).
cheers
It all depends if want the latest in 60s technology or technology that is still in use on today's cars
vw54 ·
or a car that rides smooth as
and dont have no rattly springs banging around
BUG75L ·
The kid wanted the 75L since he was 10, I was given a 59 bug when I was 18 "So what goes around comes around".
Hopefully he will add a few mods before he hands it back. A 76 (Dolphin Blue) has always been on the wish list. Thou I have fond memories of one orange bug thou.
I'll try and hook up a look at this 76Bug
cheers
1303Steve ·
Hi
Dave and I often sling of at one another, its a bit like squashing ants, he's a soft target. Dave's bug is a good car with all the hard work done.
Steve
Euro_67 ·
Its a purist thing, '76 was the last evolution of the Type 1 with the original torsion bar front end. You will get good debates from each side of the fence about which is better. Take it for a drive and see if it drives different, compared with your previous L Bug.
I prefer the '76, I wish I never sold mine !
Craig Torrens ·
I have both...............the 76 is better.
type3kid ·
i have neither.... go a type 3!!😀
BUG75L ·
I have'nt forgot u type 3 (good value) after the 75L sailed pass the blue slip last week.
76 sounds nice just add some nice empi wheels, rear opening windows, stainless exhaust and I'm cruizin in style again.
My 13 yo was really pissed his cousin snaked the 75L (asked for American Muscle car as a replacement?), but was happy again when I showed him the 76 er thou.
Is the bug near St Peters? so it can be viewed.
vw54 ·
i can bring it to where u want
just give me notice
I work at Matraville so day time isnt a prob
vw54 ·
more pics available if you want them
vw54 ·
bump
vw54 ·
SOLD today wish i had more space would have kept the 76
OK so now its onto a old / new update project
Bizarre ·
and my mate is very happy too.👍
Had a look at it today when he brought it in to work
pity it doesnt have struts.
Guess he will have to buy a kidney belt to drive it 😂
Craig Torrens ·
Yeah from the G forces from superb handling.😀
vw54 ·
wish i had another garage F A R K
hey Barry did u test drive you will never go back to those shitty struts LOL heheheheheeheeeeee
I got my Oval back again
VWCOOL ·
Youse blokes are on crack - my Super-dupers are much nicer to drive than my beam bombs 🙂
Craig Torrens ·
VWCOOL wrote:Youse blokes are on crack - my Super-dupers are much nicer to drive than my beam bombs 🙂
that's because your "beam bombs" are setup wrong !
1303Steve ·
Ah, brotherly love
vw54 ·
once you have driven a torsion bar u will never go back so smooth and what aride
1303Steve ·
It must be a disease, I've got a 76 now, its called torsion bar pox
VWCOOL ·
looks great Steve - what's the story
1303Steve ·
Hi
I was walking the dog and local guy I knew said your into Beetles? He started to restore it 5 years ago and lost the drive, so I'm going to finish it off. It had a bare metal respray and new motor.