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 63ragtop
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| posted on May 24th, 2007 at 04:00 PM |
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Kiwi 63 Ragtop
Hay Everyone in AussieLand, Howz it going?
been a member for a while, thought I'd post up.
I've had the 63 for about 6-7 years now, bought it
after my first car, a 67 1300 from sweden, was totaled
in a 5 car pile-up. Has had "resto" some time ago, one day I'll redo it proper.
has a warmed over 1600 TP, 1500 gearbox, leagy front seats as the og drivers is a hole. I drive this bitch everyday and love giving it shit!!
http://www.nzveedubnuts.com/viewtopic.php?t=956
http://www.nzveedubnuts.com/files/63_bumper_2_200.jpg
[ Edited on 24-5-2007 by 63ragtop ]
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Turbo54
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| posted on May 24th, 2007 at 04:07 PM |
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Welcome!
where's the pics?
T54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
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| posted on May 24th, 2007 at 04:33 PM |
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too high in the front........ 
nick
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pete wood
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| posted on May 24th, 2007 at 04:40 PM |
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nice. looks real clean.
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| posted on May 24th, 2007 at 06:57 PM |
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kroozzn63
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| posted on May 24th, 2007 at 10:08 PM |
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very nice
show us your gates
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63ragtop
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| posted on May 25th, 2007 at 05:47 AM |
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thanks peeps, yep needs 3" chunk taken ouit of the beam and some drop spindles would be nice, I'm also thinkin 175/55 would also help get it on the
deck. but most of the time just keeping it running is enuff work! got to fix my starter this weekend.
heaps of cool cars on this site, keep up the good work yo.
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| posted on May 25th, 2007 at 08:26 AM |
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Nice rag top. checked out your post on the NZ Veedub nuts web site too. Kool site.
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63ragtop
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| posted on December 14th, 2007 at 11:43 AM |
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Hi Aussiedubbers! howzit!
got some smarts on the front of the bug about a month ago, just got round to posting some fresh pic's that I took out on the driveway.
Starting to get a bit of rake now
so is it low enuff
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| posted on December 14th, 2007 at 03:35 PM |
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 nice rag top you have there
cheers jess
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| posted on December 14th, 2007 at 07:08 PM |
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havin a wee look about the nzveedubnuts site and found this pic 
what does it take to run wheels like that ?? looks hawwwt
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kroozzn63
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| posted on December 14th, 2007 at 08:00 PM |
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man dig that blue colour
show us your gates
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| posted on December 15th, 2007 at 06:56 AM |
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Hey 63ragtop, very nice. Great colour too. Looks to be a popular car by the number of hits on the nzvwnuts forum. well done.
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| posted on December 16th, 2007 at 07:19 PM |
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63 Ragtop, your red Baron is sweet as! Awesome look dude.
As for the blue one, yeah, great colour....then I am a bit biassed.
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| posted on January 13th, 2008 at 02:29 PM |
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could anyone tell me what the colour of the blue could be
looking for a colour like that for the 68
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| posted on January 13th, 2008 at 04:42 PM |
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try mitsubishi monarch
the color looks identical to blue belles
cheers
beb & tazz
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| posted on January 13th, 2008 at 06:17 PM |
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NZ probably shared its colours with aus
theres a blue from 66,67 that it looks like and given that bug looks to be those years id say its the original colour
just cant think atm what its called
it was the next gen sea blue from 64,65
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| posted on January 14th, 2008 at 11:26 PM |
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who cares about the colour 
how do you run wheels like that !?!
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| posted on January 15th, 2008 at 12:02 PM |
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Hey, are you taking it to Kumeu Classic and Hot Rod show next weekend?
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on January 15th, 2008 at 04:59 PM |
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rims are just widened stockies with white walls
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| posted on January 15th, 2008 at 05:47 PM |
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Very Nice and welcome to the nut house.
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63ragtop
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| posted on January 16th, 2008 at 12:13 PM |
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thanks again everyone, yep I live pretty close to the kumeu, will probley cruze down on sunday,
That blue car doe's look pretty cool, but your front fenders won't thank you for those wide-ass rims, that's one of the reason's I got the
smart's up front.
cheers
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| posted on January 16th, 2008 at 02:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by DUB74L
NZ probably shared its colours with aus
theres a blue from 66,67 that it looks like and given that bug looks to be those years id say its the original colour
just cant think atm what its called
it was the next gen sea blue from 64,65
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Ive been told that Boris' colour is "VW Blue" (inventive name!) from the charts of 66-67 and that there were not too many churned out.
I was considering a colour change, but now I love it!
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| posted on January 16th, 2008 at 06:42 PM |
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bingo, i knew someone on the forum had one in that colour but was racking my brains trying to remember who it was
a mate had a 68 semi auto that was vw blue too
except being a semi auto meant it was fully imported not built from CKD kits like regular beetles were so the german colour tag under the bonnet was
"VW BLAU"
heres some better pics of the same colour
PS sorry to hijack ur thread 63ragtop
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| posted on January 17th, 2008 at 06:59 PM |
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Yep my 68 was originally VW Blue but it had been resprayed using spraycans before i got it so the blue didn't look so good
now i'm starting to like it again
sorry about hijacking your thread 63ragtop.....the ragtop looks neat as
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63ragtop
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| posted on March 26th, 2014 at 03:27 PM |
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Right, long time no updates!
so things have been happening, the ragtop looks like this at the mo.
I have been teaching myself to weld and use a grinder etc..
and have slowly worked my way up to pulling the car down to it's bare bones and off the pan.
rust was starting to get a grip so I took it off the road in 09 before it got worse.
has been really enjoyable for the most part, earning how to work the metal and I'm pretty proud that i have fabbed all the replacement panels myself
bar the rear bumper mounts.
more pics and shit here on my nz thread
http://www.nzveedubnuts.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5122
I've been enjoying everyones threads on here so fairs fair!
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