gday all, iv seen some awsome bugs on this site. loved some, liked some, and contemplated over others...

but now its time to show my bug, and well i guess, keep a progress report on it..

so here it is!... i call it Mr Beetle when im talking to it!! but i dont kno if its a male or female... but i love it none the less!!

My '69 1500cc. ..








their just the images i have already uploaded from my intro page, but if u like them, i have a folder full of images im uploading now... only casue im too lazy to upload them all on imageshack as tehres like .. 170+ photos!! im uploading to rapidshare now... should take a while :S

EDIT: ok so rapid share sucks!!! it didnt let me upload .. so ill add a few more tonight ..
so Enjoy!!

NuZo

Nice ride mate. I also have a 69 which is being resprayed.

Love the two-tone

Cheers

Adam

Cheers man, i also love it!!! wouldnt have it any other way!!

some more photos!!













this is both mine and my sisters beetles,hers is a '72 semi-auto 1600 DP, same colour scheme with the beige doors! when we go driving to the same place! its so awsome! and thats my dog!! her names Mintie!!




i love my car!! as u can tell, i take a photo of it almost every day, iv removed the rear bumper, and replaced the front bumper with a newer one with no dents and no rust! AND!!! the only reason i had superman covers on was i just took my dog to the vet! and didnt want her nails to cut the vynal!!... i hate em!!! the seat covers i mean!

i love my car

great to see you're enjoying your bug so much! I was the same when I had my first bug (also a fat chick like yours) All the best with it!

nice car mate, great to see such a great example on the road

Fat Chick is what people call post-1967 VeeDubs.
Just a bit of VeeDub slang.

*bump* ok guys i need help here! iv been wondering for a bloody long time and justcant decide!!


i need to choose weather to lower it, or sway bar, or exhuats n stuff? whats the best value for money mod i can do with looks/handeling/power...


its killing me!!! i wana lower with rims, i want a rear sway and i want better carbie + manifold n stuff! i dunno where to start :S

work with brakes and suspension first
no point making it faster if it cant hold the road or stop

mmmm good point..... but any ideas on what to do?


its a 1969 1500, doesnt have all the fancy super beetle struts that my sisters has so i dont really kno what to look for or even do!!! sigh .... im so noob at old cars! but i

Nice ride a bit new for my liking but a good looker for sure

good start is do all the bushings, some good quality shocks and maybe a front swaybar
running on stock width tyres is abit limiting to but u gotta draw a line somewher or it just never ends
but yea listen to Barry, go talk to Richard he'll sort u out

also ... does any one kno of Stephen Natoli @ burwood/concord? apparantly hes a VW specialist? has any one been to him b4? he owns an awsome bug and psat wagon turbo! looks awsome! both of them!


ALSO!!! my father is trying to sell my sisters beetle... once agian! im trying to stop him!!! i want it, even if she doesnt!!!! HOW DO I STOP HIM!!! all my loved cars are being sold off like cheep china @ an auction!!!! i want them to stay

mabye i can use her car as a run around while i fix mine up? either way! i dont want him to sell ....agian!

You could always buy it off him.
Simon

i said that.... he laughed and said! oh yeah! with what money! sadface

i had a talk to him tonight ... and he kinda agreed with me... so .. progress is progress!

I own this one
I am up in Hampden Road

Steve is on the forum here sometimes.
Mainly in the drag section.
He lives down the road opposite the shops ob Great Nth

Leave your car alone. If nothings been done to it, leave it!
Buy you sisters car and do it up, but leave yours alone!!!!! (not that i can talk)

i was actualy thinking the opposite to you!

i was going to mod my car and leave my sisters alone! keep her '71 super semi-auto as a run around as its a 1 millinth anniversary eddition, and then i do up my '69

and yes i kno where stephen lives! hes a mate of my brothers!!

AND ZOMFG!!! i see ur beetle so much! every time i go down hampten rd i always look out for it!

u'll find its 15millionth and it will be '72
that is if the 15millionth glovebox lid really belongs to that car

1 millionth was an oval in 55

Nice, great to see it's a family affair.

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u'll find its 15millionth and it will be '72rnthat is if the 15millionth glovebox lid really belongs to that carrnrn1 millionth was an oval in 55

ok update! getting the my beetle serviced this week! (YAY) cheers to steve!!!

and for the time being in gona be using my sisters beetle .... iv drivin it b4, and wow ... the auto box it really shit!!! but owell! better then driving the auto peugeot's...


Hopefuly the bug comes back all refreshed! ready for some mods

cheers all!

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this is both mine and my sisters beetles,hers is a '72 semi-auto 1600 DP, same colour scheme with the beige doors! when we go driving to the same place! its so awsome! and thats my dog!! her names Mintie!!

hehe awsome! what year model? auto or manual? photos!!! k mon

1970 manual Im still on my Ls because the fam didn't have a manual car I could learn on to get my Ps Ive been driving soooo much cos I just wanna take her on the road without a licenced driver as soon as possible :P

p.s. that photo was the one taken by the lady I bought it offf... I've lost my camera battery recharger so I dont have any of my own shots yet stupid camera lol

bahaha awsome! iv had mine in my family for years! it was the very first car i ever drove! iv loved it since the day we've owned it!

Very nice sir!

I am going to buy a '69 myself

Is is good to see people take pride in their rides!

Always remember: wax on, wax off. That'll keep her/him good!

Cheers