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| posted on March 4th, 2007 at 02:11 AM |
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well, heres _me_
i moved from england to the states in 97, had a nice and lovely Arctic White 74 Euro styled superbug which i had to leave "unsold" at a garage the
day before i left [ i was gutted], and had an even nicer 67 [ white too ] before that which unfortunatley had a meeting with a fence post... anyway,after 6 years in the states and 4 years in Australia, and not driving ANY car for 10 years, Jean [ john] was kind and extremely gracious enough to let
me buy this off him. i think Dave Becker built it, would love to know more...
my name for her is Francessca. [ the 67 was called Fred, the 74 was called Frank ]
http://fallingupwards.com/48/veedub.jpg
_me_ [ happy to be back amongst it ]
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| posted on March 4th, 2007 at 05:26 AM |
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Hello _me_
very nice bug. Whats its history?
cheers, chris
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| posted on March 4th, 2007 at 01:19 PM |
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just to make it easier to view
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| posted on March 4th, 2007 at 04:12 PM |
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such a beautiful car
well done
nick
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| posted on March 4th, 2007 at 04:28 PM |
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Wow, thats nice.
Alex.
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| posted on March 4th, 2007 at 10:17 PM |
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noice
54 or 55? a good way to come back to the fold, you have to be pleased with yourself
i love those blinkers... very subtle
[ Edited on 4-3-2007 by whatnow ]
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| posted on March 4th, 2007 at 10:21 PM |
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hello _me_
liken your ride.. Francessca..
so what year is it yeah??
cheers h
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 10:09 AM |
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thanks for all your nice comments...
Its a '54 on a '69 IRS pan. 1641cc Twin Kadrons, Disc Brakes front, type3 rear. Those wicked little indicator blinkers are from a Harley Davidson
Electroglide but i'm going to get the pop-ups working again too.
Having just spent my first weekend with her I'm still grinning.
In the future she may get a 1914cc put in her and some new rims, but at the moment i love her just the way she is. |
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 08:09 PM |
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That is a beautiful thing! A glorious machine.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 08:12 PM |
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I LOVE it. Thanks for putting it up..
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 10:19 PM |
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Oh my..thats luvley  |
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 10:56 PM |
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Very nice indeed. Geez Becker builds some shit cars. :thumb
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| posted on July 9th, 2007 at 01:02 PM |
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Took her on a trip up the Blue mountains this last weekend...
Caught by a mate doing some illegal parking maneuver...
74 > 54
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| posted on July 9th, 2007 at 01:22 PM |
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Wow! She is gorgeous! Guess that you have a thing for white bugs hey ?????
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| posted on May 12th, 2008 at 09:22 AM |
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74 > 54
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| posted on May 12th, 2008 at 09:26 AM |
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cool
love it
down sharon.
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| posted on May 12th, 2008 at 10:34 AM |
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In keeping with your using of the letters "fr" ( francessca,fred,frank), fruck me, that`s sweet. Be nice to see it at the show on 25th May.
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| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 02:39 PM |
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Francessca got some Dynamat action the other week...
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| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 02:49 PM |
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couple of random shots...
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| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 04:13 PM |
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Like the others, very nice ride and love the photography.
Did you notice much difference to the noise level with the Dynamat in.
Kev
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| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 05:15 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Camo
Like the others, very nice ride and love the photography.
Did you notice much difference to the noise level with the Dynamat in.
Kev
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hey camo, cheers,
the dynamat was an ok/good, yet quite expensive addition. TBH i don't know if it was worth the cost i personally paid for it really... [ although idid get it fitted too - the actual cost of the sheets on their own was around $500 ]
it does lessen the hums and rattles of the old bug, i do notice a difference over rough road, potholes, bumps etc. and when i close the doors
its definitely less vibrate-y/echo-y giving the sense of a much more solid car.
As for overall noise - it hasn't brought it down as much as say my wife was expecting [heh!] - transmission whine is down a bit but it certainlydoesn't get rid of the engine/exhaust noise [ but i was never really expecting it to... ]
i dunno i spose i'd give it a 6/10 - i know other people have put 2 and 3 layers of it in and their cars are like vaccuums, almost silent, but i
certainly couldn't go to that kind of expense...
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| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 06:26 PM |
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Very, very nice!!! A 54 on a 69 pan is the same as my old girl. Is the 69 pan a semi auto converted to manual or is it a swing axle rear? Love the
car, very clean.
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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 09:26 AM |
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Got onto the Opera House forecourt yesterday  - wouldn't make a bad
garage!
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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 11:43 PM |
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Looks really awesome!!! how did you get onto the opearhouse forecourt??
Aslo... what is the pan setup/brakes and suspension wise??
Looks like an awesome can dude!
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