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kombi_kid - April 2nd, 2003 at 08:12 AM

hey people
have you ever heard any stories from old people who have owned VW's about what they used to own and how they gave it away???? dad hears plenty bloody wish i was the person whoi an old guy gave a 51 splitty amublance fully complete away for nothing!!!!!
cheers
rhys

Quickbug - April 2nd, 2003 at 08:22 AM

:o


My dad said KG's were laying around in the street rusting and u couldnt GIVE the damn things away!!
:(

[Edited on 1-4-2003 by Quickbug]

BiX - April 2nd, 2003 at 08:47 AM

It seems to be anybody over the age of 40 has owned a vw of some type or another. And they always have a story to go along with it. it must have been awesome back in the 60/70's when there were 1000's of them!!

[Edited on 1-4-2003 by BiX]

Quickbug - April 2nd, 2003 at 10:23 AM

I get tired of every old fart saying - "i used to drive one of those!" or " i had a real smick one back in the day!"

type82e - April 2nd, 2003 at 11:01 PM

I keep waiting for one of these old people to say to me Ive got one of those in my shed you can have it if you mow my lawn lol
marcel

SKEWtYpe3 - April 2nd, 2003 at 11:45 PM

same marcel !

hoping they say "it has a sun roof i think"

:bounce:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):bounce

whatnow - April 3rd, 2003 at 12:44 PM

in about 98 i asked my uncle (who lives in rural tasmania) to tell me if he ever comes across any beetles with a bar down the centre of the back window. he replied, i know where there is one of them, i took it to the tip for a friend a couple of years ago... of course by the time he told me it had been crushed/buried.
my dad has told me stories about traveling to the snow in a split window beetle, a friend told me her grandfather had the first beetle in canberra (another split). what happened to all of these cars?
i have also talked to a guy with vw stuff who in reply to my Q about period tuning parts replied i used to have an oval with an okrasa motor, i shouldn't have sold that.
the most frustrating thing i have heard lately was from my father who ran into a guy in a modelshop about a month ago. somehow they got talking about cars and mentioned the i was into vw's. to this the guy replied that he used to work at a vw dealership as a mechenic and still had a pile of factory tools at home... my dad didn't ask him if he was interested in selling etc. needless to say i was a little upset apon hearing this.

Pat - April 3rd, 2003 at 02:02 PM

I met an old hippy in Belgrave a couple of weeks ago, he said he used to have an oval, and later a '59 bug. He said he still had a big box of parts, with stuff like taillight assemblies, semaphores. Apparently I can get the whole lot for a slab, but I'm still waiting for his phone call. He probably got stoned and forgot.

Doug Sweetman - April 3rd, 2003 at 02:12 PM

My old man picked up a Hazet tool kit for $100 at the W.A day of the VW a few years back.......

Same old story - old dude, used to have an oval, oh yeah, I had one of them therre toold kits too - interested ?


Right time, right place, right attitude :)

70AutoStik - April 3rd, 2003 at 10:13 PM

Yeah, or you just don't have the cash at the time (or the lady who wouldn't sell me her split 'cos I'm not German.)

Shame this thread isn't spelled right.