I finally got 1 of my 54 ovals home on the weekend, this is 1 of 2 i purchased of a fella i know who does not have the time to finnish it, i actually done a sandblasted full body off on rotiserie resto on this car for the previous owner over 10 years ago,the resto took approx 2 years,it sat untouched for 10 years in his shed, the previous owner bought heaps of gear for it over the years but never assembled it.
Purchase included:
all new upholstered interior except carpet
all new rubbers
new running boards with new wide strips
new chrome bumpers
new heart t/light lenses
powdecoated seat frames, column, gearstick etc
spare reco gearbox
spare low klm 54 engine
spare 54 car
Work still needed:
the body was recently lifted back on, i need to remove it and paint the pan
the previous owner had a heap of blankets covering it, unfortunately a couple of those blankets must have been used to mop up a liquid of some sort which has started eating into the paint a little on half the roof and rear apron so i will try to denib it and polish it out but not sure if its too late, i may need to paint the roof again...BUGGER!
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vwsteve ·
This is it coming back from the sandblaster 12 yrs ago
jamiec ·
Sweet mate yes it is a lot like my 55 oval when i bought it 👍
cam070 ·
I am so jealous of you guys who find things like this lying around
vwsteve ·
This is what the resto started as, it was used as a farm hack for many years.It was also owned by the 1 family i think since new from memory.
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jamiec ·
Do you have any plans on getting it finnished and will you be going stock or custom rebuild?
vwsteve ·
i ned to extend my front deck out first and build in under it for more garage space, once that is done i will have the space to lift the body back off and finish it, it will remain 100% stock standard.
555bug ·
Hey did you get this from Mr Been? I ask as I think I picked them up from your place and moved them to his shed, i did not think he would have ever got round to fixing them up.
Stephen
vwsteve ·
nah mate, these are not beans ones, as far as i know he still has my old ones
vwsteve ·
heres the other 1, dont know what the future holds for it, its pretty rusty, missing front seats, fuel tank, a couple guards and the bonnet is a 60s one
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whathaveidone ·
drag car????????
66brm ·
These things are falling out of the sky at the moment, here is a 57 I picked up a couple of months ago
jamiec ·
Yep oval beetle's showing up every where and i thought i had a not very common car not anymore😉
wolfgang54 ·
good to see they are all getting good homes and not chopped up by guys wearing backward facing baseball caps or 1kg of metal in their faces 😁