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 skintsaint
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 posted on November 4th, 2007 at 02:01 AM |
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Bloody VW's
Ive started with a VW T3 Transporter...
instead of spending money on fixing the little niggles i end up with a.................
'72 Beetle
These things are addictive..
now if i only knew how to sort a bit of rust out!!
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Spook
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 06:15 AM |
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Tell me something I don't know.
I had very much the same "conversation" with Jim Gow years ago, & it went something like this;
You buy ONE, then one day you grab a "parts" car, BUT it's not that bad that it deserves scrapping.TWO. You finally find a parts car for the two
you've got & start stipping.
Someone walking past notices you have THREE VW's in the drive & tells you of an old bloke that has had one up the back of his shed for eons.
FOUR.
And so it goes.
Yes, it's an addiction. 
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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one4
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 10:46 AM |
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Tell me something I don't know.
I had very much the same "conversation" with Jim Gow years ago, & it went something like this;
You buy ONE, then one day you grab a "parts" car, BUT it's not that bad that it deserves scrapping.TWO. You finally find a parts car for the two
you've got & start stipping.
Someone walking past notices you have THREE VW's in the drive & tells you of an old bloke that has had one up the back of his shed for eons.
FOUR.
And so it goes.
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So true LOL
Richard
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phatratpat
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 11:39 AM |
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{ stands up} my name is phatratpat and I am a vw addict
oh the shame ! !
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jo_tas
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 06:23 PM |
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Hi Phatratpat!
Remember, the first step is admitting you have a problem!
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pod
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 06:31 PM |
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posted by one4
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Tell me something I don't know.
I had very much the same "conversation" with Jim Gow years ago, & it went something like this;
You buy ONE, then one day you grab a "parts" car, BUT it's not that bad that it deserves scrapping.TWO. You finally find a parts car for the two
you've got & start stipping.
Someone walking past notices you have THREE VW's in the drive & tells you of an old bloke that has had one up the back of his shed for eons.
FOUR.
And so it goes.
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So true LOL
Richard
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Same here started with a rusty kombi,now have 3 beetles in the
yard and had a t25 caravelle as well
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Joel
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 07:03 PM |
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yes the volkswagen snow ball effect
seems to get us all
mine started out when i was 13 with the 71 superbug i got 4 christmas
8 bugs later im cursing santa for that terible addiction he brought me all those years ago
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ancientbugger
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 07:17 PM |
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Insidious is the word you're looking for!
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Joel
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| posted on November 4th, 2007 at 07:20 PM |
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yep spot on the money 
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Spook
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| posted on November 5th, 2007 at 05:14 AM |
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The most I ever had on hand was 8. I've weened myself down to 5 (for the moment).
This is not to mention two garden sheds full of parts, or the 300 odd toys of various sizes, materials & quality, the boogie boards, the clocks,
the pictures, photo frames, fridge magnets & other assorted VW paraphenalia.
Addiction is the word.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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skintsaint
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| posted on November 5th, 2007 at 01:22 PM |
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I hope it stops with these 2 as i have no space left !
Also its a funny feeling after driving my van for 7months to suddenly sit behind the wheel of a beetle, feel like such a small person on the road!!
lovin it though!
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| posted on November 5th, 2007 at 06:11 PM |
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hi guys my name is jon, i have a problem, things are really bad in my corner, i came to Oz to escape the damm things, i bought a f*rd, but it soon
went to scrap.
i bought a kombi (t3) sold that to buy a syncro (t3), i bought a few splittys, was given a notch, and i'm having my uk syncro shipped out soon. oh
boy things are real bad! i forgot to mention i've just bought another t3 kombi- strictly a parts car you understand!
you guys do understand? ---- don't you??
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
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| posted on November 5th, 2007 at 08:02 PM |
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I'm hearin ya brother... my signature is evidence 
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on November 6th, 2007 at 10:05 AM |
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I think there may not be a cure but there is definitely something to help control the abuse. I've had this insidious addiction now for 35 years and although I've now three VWs I have managed to control the
urge to get more by getting a wife! So now whenever I want to get more fixes she stops it dead in its tracks. It's certainly not the kindest
situation and really I do want more- I mean there are KGs, type 3s, kombis amd 181s out there and I want them all But she speaks and I know I must toe the line or else (you really don't want to know what, trust me!).
So there you go ,if you think you can get away with getting more please go ahead and try and if you're lucky enough to manage it and get away with it
and be happy then please do not tell me or put it on this forum for my sake and the sake of other sufferers
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phatratpat
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| posted on November 6th, 2007 at 12:38 PM |
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I hear ya oh ancient one, I call my missus ' the handbreak'
she always pulls me up just in time ! ! !
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Spook
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| posted on November 7th, 2007 at 05:47 AM |
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Just bring em home on your birthday like I do..Bad form to abuse a man on his birthday 
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
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