last sunday morning my son woke up and walked out side to find his bug sitting on his neighbours nature strip, apparently it happened at 3 in the morning and he didnt hear a thing. and the police' response was "sorry son theres nothing we can do"

mate!!! i'd be out with the baseball bat looking for the bugger buggerers. Happened to us as well. A real piss off eh!!:cussing :cussing :cussing

This is what the car looked like before

I hope the people who did it get their karma back to them... idealy in the form of an extremely reinforced front bug ramming into the back of their car while they are in it

I hope that its not too exy to fix

I'd door knock the neighbourhood which would be an appropiate responce for the police to do if they wern't understaffed and fatarsed from manning speed cameras. They should have at least checked into parties in the area. Your paint is a fairly unique colour and dammage like that would be like a finger print. Blow up your pic, offer a reward and send it out to 100 panel beaters in a 50km radius. In the next month or so they will have your offender looking for quotes. Door knock the neighbourhood for parties and notify the police to enquire further if you find a party nearby was on that night so they can investigate who left at that time.

It bullshit that they can do nothing - your just not a priority thats all.

Thats way harsh Ian. Whats Rhett going to do now?

The car is already stripped and being preped for new paint job. he's going to do it in a rat resto custom style. as in flat paint in 2tone, slammed and heaps of period accessories!

Sweeett....

cool pic before eh!!:cussing

I had this dumb prick from a kitchen building place (new image kitchens) run into me at the Kawana shopping centre. We were in the car at the time too. We called to cops and they said that since we were in a car park of a shopping centre that there was nothing that we could do. Even though they had him charged for driving unlicenced because of the accident.

So fish if you ever see anyone from that company you now know that there boss is a bug hater!!!!

I took my old 63 to a servo for some elec. work. Mechanic smacked into a post and then parked it so I wouldn't notice. I did however notice and after some harsh words he eventually owned and payed up.
But wait theres more, my beloved '63 was not long after stolen and after spending over $2000 dollars just on engine mods The f#$%ing insurance co. were good enough to give me $700 because that was market value.:cussing:cussing
But don't worry because the service station went bust and I now have my '69 and a whole lot more experience.

DAMN. that was such a nice bug too . saw it at the show a while ago with the lorider bike, looked great. some people... ah well, sounds like the next reincarnation will be even better

Yeah was real nice.
Mongrels that hit it.........
Hope the re build goes well.

at least the flames are intact!

sorry to hear it mate...

Ahhh tough break dude!
Find da car that has small scrapings of matt green paint on it and then smash every panel on it ..... and the owner too!
Followed by alot of :cussing
Good to hear the car is on the way to repair cant wait to see it:bounce.
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This sucks big time. By looking at the pattern of the crumple on the right rear fender, would you agree that it was a 4WD with big nobbly tires - like Yokohama Dessert Duelers or something similar? As there seems to be a tire type pattern there. I know it's not much, but it may help you narrow down who you get to tip brake fluid on.

Squiz....

noticed that too squiz and agree, and a low bull bar/nudge bar involved maybe

not a stupid idea to go and check the neighbours out
go for a cruise around the local blocks and try and find the offender !
THEN ! - buy 6 packets of sparklers, keep 3 seperate sparklers in-tact. Break the other sparklers up so the material comes off the metal rods. make 3 seperate equal piles of sparkler materail. Get tin foil sheets from kitchen and fold in half, form it into a cup, put each amount into each cup. Kept hole sparklers are a fuse. Pop it on the roof, bonnet and rubber seal, front window. Light the fuses and run ! heel will understand your pain !
THERE AINT NOTHING LIKE REVENGE !
Just make sure its the right car !
:bounce

Rhett you dont know how pissed I am, youre ride didnt even get to go on a OD[oildrippers] run,man sorry I missed youre call the other day,after you give it its new look i would love to pin it and scollop it or flame it how about a metal flake tuck and roll interior.If you find the dog who did this let us knowwe will make a special trip up to settle the score,peace out brother dame...:kiss

Man that sucks! I had my bonnet kicked in not long ago overnight, and I thought that was bad, but if mine was that bad, I would have cracked some heads!

N!

PS good to see your posting KK, Hadnt seen your name on here for a while!!!

:sandrine
hi,
Been reading what happened to your son's Bug (nice bug too I might add).
Sorry to hear about what happened to it.
Can you tell us if any progress has been made to find the @!$%$#^&* idiot who did this.
Having a bug myself I would love to know who it is, as I will make sure I'm not in his
neighbourhood at any time.
I hope you get this guy, following all the leads the guys here have given you, lets hope we have a happy ending to this.
Our good wishes are with you my friend,
& hope you have many "happy" moments
in your bug to come.
Remember we are all with you.
Judy (o\|/o)

I think this would have to be every car enthusiast's worst nightmare. Like everyone else here, I feel for you. :puke

Rhett here, thanks for all your support guys and girls its really appreciated.
Unfortunately there has been no luck finding the culprit, but we followed up all the leads you guys have suggested, thanks. Ive decided not to waste any more time worrying about it and have already stripped the car down, repaired it and preparing it for paint (hopefully wednesday). Look out for the new look PHATVW later in the week.
Hey Kustom what about an Oildrippers run to hanging rock on the 25th??
Thanks again everybody, peace out
RHETTRO

PS im pretty lucky to have a dad who has about 70 VWs in his backyard for spares.
(did anybody see the article on him in last sat Good Weekend magazine in the AGE)

RHETTRO

:sandrine
good to hear from you...
Nice to see your "movin' on"
Good to see they can't keep a good Bug down
good luck.
I now know where to go for parts...(only Kidding)
Bug On
Judy (o\|/o)
aka Byron Bug

I don't suppose he'd be willing to part with a Country Buggy front end real cheap would he?

Seriously, good luch with the rebuild, I'll look forward to seeing some pictures in Members Rides. :thumb

Hi Kol,
Country Buggy stuff not for sale at the moment, besides I've only got one complete front end although I plan to build another one using a Beetle beam and Barndoor Kombi front spindles and brakes.

Regards, Ian(DB).

sorry to see and here about the beetle, what a shame it look so kool 2

Rhett, ring my mobile when ya find em, not if.

Good call about the Hanging Rock run.. Wouldn't it be cool to have ALL Vic clubs there?!? Bendigo, VWCV/ Cruises, and the OilDrippers.

sorry to hear about that rhett

best of luck with the resto.

(btw, what happened to the cool number plate light that you had on the back bumper?)

hope that wasnt destroyed.

So sorry to hear about your car ( Horrible horrible thing to happen.

On the other hand, I did see the article in the good weekend! My step mum kept it for me


Best of luck for the 'renovation'


Jay