Hi Carl n Emily,I've been waiting for Mary to come and visit and when she does I get sick, bummer she's my
favorite lady!But I hear she's gonna be running around the streets soon?you guys better keep an close eye one her cause you know there" something about Mary"!
Carl and Emily 路
Hope you're better soon Cole.
and for everyone else,...
If my car is to have a name it is Mary because that was the original owners name, and she managed to never have an accident and keep her in a pretty tidy state,.. so it's named after her.
(my girl names all our cars!!!馃お)
The story goes that after Miss Mary D. passed away, the relatives were going to turn this into a paddock basher!!! what the!!!馃槵
matberry 路
Paddock basher......that's when we got to check her out.
Lucky save, that's for sure.
tar76 路
Thats a nice bug mate!
Carl and Emily 路
So is my car registered yet Matt?馃樀
matberry 路
Sorry mate, first thing tomorrow. Had a few jobs creep in today but they haver been finished now. Mary is starting much easier now being charged up, also have found another Bosch (German) regulator I'll be fitting to test and hopefully improve the charging system, otherwise I'm afraid she'll need a new regulator....just trying to keep the old look.... 馃檪
Carl and Emily 路
That's totally ok.
Just curious.
We are in no rush at all.
Emily and I love the way you take your time with her.
She needs a gentle hand like yours to wake her up,.. she's been asleep for a while.
Keep her as long as you want/ need.馃檪
Bob down 路
great lookin car, what u got planned for her?
5lam 路
Nice patina. I can't believe how solid it is!
matberry 路
BlackBug wrote:I can't believe how solid it is!
Me neither.
The hoops have been jumped through and I can now say Mary is now registered. 馃憤
Carl and Emily 路
Bob down wrote:great lookin car, what u got planned for her?
Thanks, we love it.
Plans are just to clean, preserve, and enjoy.
Other than clean, eventually we want to get the correct muffler and reconnect the heaters back up. Then she will be totally stock as left the factory.
Action day at Wynum will be it's debut on the club scene.
We are going up in the morning to pick it up from Matt, can't wait to go for a drive.
See you tomorrow Matt.馃憤
Bob down 路
sweet cant wait to see some pics of her on the road, congrats!
tar76 路
Saw Mary on friday and looked good now she is wearing some black plates. Really is a special bug!
Carl and Emily 路
So, my girl and I picked up our car from Matt yesterday.
How lovely it is to be able to go for drive in an old volks.
It's like stepping into a time machine.
We love it.
matberry 路
toomanybugs wrote:How lovely it is to be able to go for drive in an old volks.
It's like stepping into a time machine.
We love it.
Hope you've been for a cruise to the shops Carl.
Mary is a special dub, that's for sure. Soooo sweet to drive. Enjoy
Carl and Emily 路
matberry wrote:
toomanybugs wrote:How lovely it is to be able to go for drive in an old volks.
It's like stepping into a time machine.
We love it.
Hope you've been for a cruise to the shops Carl.
Mary is a special dub, that's for sure. Soooo sweet to drive. Enjoy
Nope she is still on the trailer actually.馃槉
We can't rush these things.馃槀
Besides,.. bad things happen in those carparks,.. and no one ever leaves a note.馃槵
Carl and Emily 路
So,...
Our trip to Action day has begun...
The starting problem seems to indeed be a doggy battery.
I stole another from a mates MG and she started up with no drama's. Thank you MR English MG for your donation to your German friend.
For the first time since rego I drove her from our storage shed to home.
It's been a while since I've driven an all drum brake car. Scary at first,.. but I'm used to it again now.
Then tomorrow it is onwards to Action Day.
See you there!!!
Bob down 路
looking forward to checkin out your rig! catch ya tomorrow!
tar76 路
Carl and Emily wrote:So,...
Our trip to Action day has begun...
The starting problem seems to indeed be a doggy battery.
I stole another from a mates MG and she started up with no drama's. Thank you MR English MG for your donation to your German friend.
For the first time since rego I drove her from our storage shed to home.
It's been a while since I driven an all drum brake car. Scary at first,.. but I'm used to it again now.
Then tomorrow it is onwards to Action Day.
See you there!!!
Great she is about to stretch her old legs! Looking forward to tomoz
matberry 路
See ya there guy's. 馃檪
Carl and Emily 路
What a lovely day.
Bright sun shine and lots of volks and folks.
It was great to cruise down with Marcus and family in their red kombi.
Our little time capsule of a bug made it there and back with no problems at all on her maiden run since rego.
Hope everyone else made it home safely too.
matberry 路
馃憤
Glad you, Emily and Mary enjoyed the day, and of course happy you FINALLY have been out for a drive. 馃檪馃槈
vassy66T1 路
It was great to meet you today guys
Hope to catch up again soon ... and don't wash it 馃榾
NUG637 路
never got to meet you but i loved your car... that patina is just unreal 馃槑
5lam 路
Was good to see this in the metal yesterday! I love the original look.
Carl and Emily 路
Thanks we are glad you enjoyed seeing it.
Next year it will be cleaner.
Carl and Emily 路
One other thing.
I thought 'flash bugs' weren't very common.
I counted 5 on the day.
Add those to the others on here,.. and one could say they are 'common as'.
One thing that does not seem so common is,...
Bugs at factory ride height.馃お
Bizarre 路
Carl and Emily wrote:I thought 'flash bugs' weren't very common.