Recently purchased this '56 Oval. Fitted with a 1600cc. Paint looks a lot better in photos than it is . Rust at bottom of door pillars to fix .
Need a pair of front seats, can anyone help ? Or if I use seats from another car what do people recommend ?
Needs Bumper bars too !
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Where you at? I have some seats.
saw this on ebay... congrats mate.
is this another oval import? or graft? as i see it has no semaphores either!
I am In Adelaide.
I believe it is an Australian assembled car. Don,t know what you mean by "graft" sorry. Semaphores have been filled in by a previous owner.
wow... another beetle with filled in semaphores. . been so many
lately.
a graft is another term for some body work. fitting a window etc.
i had grafted an oval wondow to a 66 beetle many years back...
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im looking for some seats for a 59. coming to newcastle soon. my phone no is 0417443334
tony
it could be... i sold it several years back, and i believe it was for sale again. that was a complete rebuild and body work all done by Hairy John
Harris.
it would be good to know if its still around.
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all australian ovals had sempahores... didnt they? i know US models used splitty blinkers mounted low on teh front guard. i did this on my ol beetle
as well...
hey vwmad... if my old ones still for sale, do you have a number? and sorry for any hijack... but hte lack of smepahore does intrigue me just a tad.
Good to see old Cat piss is still about.
hahahaha...
twoguns did you get my PM.
cheers shane.
i did. thanks mate. thanks
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Very nice work Dave. Good point about a whole roof graft, I always (incorrectly) assume most people who did this were only interested in the oval
window. I remember seeing heaps of swap meet sellers trying to sell just the oval window cut, back in the nineties. Trust you to go the extra mile
I guess we would need to see some pics of the dash to see if it's a real oval, but there are split beetles out there which have been cut & shut
with bits from all sort of beetles it would be hard to tell.
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read that thread.. what a painful job to graft ll that shite back in!
Love those wheels on the blue one above !
Looks like you have yourself a pretty nice little oval. The dash is nice, not many holes hacked into it for guages etc.
As has been mentioned in previous posts, you will probably find the pillars have been bogged/welded up where the semaphores used to go, Its also
worthwhile checking other panels out like the inside of the front guards (should have metal tubes to house the light wiring from the headlight bucket
to body, and/or no evidence of blinker holes welded up. Front and rear valance is unique to early beetles up to 60. Take some pics of them as well
& post them if you want to know if they're original oval.
Nice car.
The rear apron isn't original to the car - a 56 should have the cutouts for the exhaust.
The taillights are sitting high for an Australian bug, but correct for a US bug - which means that if the rear guards are original then semaphores may
not have been fitted either. I'd have no idea why a US oval would be over here though??
I would say they filled the exhaust cutouts on the rear apron in,if it was a us bug it would be left hand drive???.
Yes , the exhaust cutouts have been filled in !
I think the tail lights look high because of no bumpers ! Looking for some if anyone can help.
Also need two front seats or suggestions of what seats I could use from another car.
Pretty obvious the aprons cutouts have been filled
You can see the bog starting to fall out where the the right side cut out has been plated and filled.
The front guards have the tubes for the wiring to the headlight. The rear guards are from a later model, they have the over rider holes welded up.
So it's not all original, after 55 years I wouldn't expect it to be. Does it matter ? Only the Anoraks would notice or care !
I didn't buy it to do an origimal restoration, I just plan on getting it roadworthy and driving it.
This is my second oval the first was about 35 years ago and I've had two sixties beetles since.
I will be flying to Sydney this weekend to check out the cars at the Nationals. See you there !
By the way I am now 61
i went and looked at this car in welland s.a in 1999 and we couldnt figure it out couldnt believe it when wen seen it on ebay great price mate we
payed more than that for our 54 and its a huge project well done.
Matt
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Sweet oval man
Ok I bought this car with all the good intensions ,but things have changed and I am going to let it go if someone wants it. I paid $3100 for it . I have bought 2 new tyres, a set of hubcaps and some badges. I have had the headlight rims rechromed. There is a new unused adjustable front beam to go with it.Best offer?