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JohnnyMac - May 14th, 2011 at 08:41 PM

Hi guys, new to the forum (and vw's) but you've probably seen the car around before. Ben has done a great job improving her and she just completed the journey from Sydney back to the Latrobe Valley, Victoria without missing a beat! Short term plans are to put her through a VIC road worthy, re-register and enjoy all of his hard work! Following that, I intend to continue on from where Ben left off and attend to the tired, noisy old split case transmission and tidy up the 6V wiring or possibly even a 12V conversion. I'm sure after owning her a while and spending some more time reading about the awesome cars I have already seen here on AVD, that list will grow!

Cheers

Paulc1964au - May 14th, 2011 at 09:09 PM

Yes really like that car glad you made it home safely. I think converting the bug to 12 volts is the way to go but only my opinion. Look forward to seeing more of your progress and welcome to the forum

JohnnyMac - May 14th, 2011 at 09:53 PM

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Paulc1964au - May 14th, 2011 at 10:06 PM

Car looks so awesome

JohnnyMac - May 14th, 2011 at 10:21 PM

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Originally posted by Paulc1964au
Car looks so awesome


Thanks Paul, very excited about it-still can't believe it's mine! Rosie is looking awesome too, I've been looking on this site for a while now well I was in the market to buy and yours is always a great thread to read, always improving her which is an inspiration to do things to my new toy!

Paulc1964au - May 14th, 2011 at 11:19 PM

thanks johnny yes they are very addictive, Ben and i had become friends through this site and I recommended him to the boys at RAW who did a lot of work on your bug.

Rosie is going in for a new interior next month can't wait