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!!!! A BLAST FROM THE PAST !!!!
Anthiron - April 25th, 2004 at 11:06 PM

this is a picture of my grandparents's Oval beetle which they purchased in 1956:cool: .....they kept it untill 1960 i think when they sold the oval and bought a big window ..........the woman in the photo is my grandmother...when she would have been in her early 20's i beleive, the child in the bassonet would be my uncle jim and the little girl is my aunty teresa:thumb both well into their 40's now .....i was stoked when i found this picture

[Edited on 26-4-2004 by Anthiron]

BettyBoop - April 25th, 2004 at 11:30 PM

OMG Nick.. thats SOOOOOOO KEWL! thats something you should get copied and framed for YOUR grandkids to see and tell lots of stories about! LOL

Any more pic like dat one? :D would love to see em if ya find more!

ciao
Kat

Anthiron - April 25th, 2004 at 11:33 PM

well i was at my grandparents 50th wedding aniversary today and there was also a picture in a slide show that someone did for them of their big window bug parked under their house........so i must get that one off them too and scan it......might i mention my father wasnt even born when this photo was taken!:P

Anthiron - April 26th, 2004 at 11:24 AM

bump

ducky - April 26th, 2004 at 09:04 PM

man thats excellent, I was just telling someone that vw addiction is in the genes

wacked1 - April 26th, 2004 at 09:05 PM

awsome photo!!!

Cruzin in a Golf - April 26th, 2004 at 09:06 PM

he he if i had a scanner i be able to show you a very young me, on top of a type 3, having a wee in a potty he he he he....my dad was crazy!!!

Anthiron - April 26th, 2004 at 11:07 PM

u were using a potty on the roof of a Type 3!.....ha ha now thats toileting in style

72TWINCAB - April 27th, 2004 at 11:54 AM

Love that picture. Bet you wish you could get your hands on the oval.

kombikim - April 27th, 2004 at 12:00 PM

:jesus
that is incredible, not much different from this one when I was 3, with our 1954

Anthiron - April 27th, 2004 at 12:08 PM

nice pic kombikim ......maybe we can use this thread to post old pics like these.....anyone else got some?:bounce

kombikim - April 27th, 2004 at 12:11 PM

pre Occupational Health & Safety

Anthiron - April 27th, 2004 at 01:41 PM

as long as it didnt land on you:o

kombikim - April 27th, 2004 at 02:44 PM

no, from when I was about 2 until about 8 I did every service on that car, by 3 years old I knew all the greasing points, dad used to deliberately miss one every now & then for me to pick up on him & tell him, he was very strict about servicing, even had special red plastic caps that fitted over each grease nipple protecting it from dirt & making it easier to find, in 11 years the only trouble the car EVER gave was terminal engine failure about 2km from home

Anthiron - April 27th, 2004 at 08:16 PM

awesome.....i wish my father took after my grandparents and liked VW's :(

VWCOOL - April 27th, 2004 at 09:18 PM

Top pics folks, keep 'em coming...! Mods, can we set up some sort of historical picture gallery? Our friends from OS might like to see...