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 Joel
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| posted on October 11th, 2008 at 09:18 PM |
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who said beetles float
nope they go down with the ship
wreck of the MV Karawela
strangely with a beetle on the deck 
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but how far did it have to go in the water to reach the ship????
and any fool knows that having the engine lid off will let the water in..... lol
maybe it was cargo??
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 11:29 AM |
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What cheek. You can't even park you beetle at the bottom of the ocean without someone nicking parts off it!! 
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 12:11 PM |
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Man, the ship's deck has holes rusted through, but the beetle is still there, that's rust protection!
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 05:49 PM |
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A lot of that would probably polish out with a bit of rubbing
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 07:19 PM |
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would make a perfect rat lol.
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 09:55 PM |
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Lee, bug is down 32meters, ocean floor is 40meters
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would make a perfect rat lol.
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nah i think this one would be better
just needs a narrow beam and some red rims
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 09:21 PM |
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WoW that's so cool
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| posted on October 16th, 2008 at 03:59 PM |
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This one even has a few goodies left on it.
Sad to see this oval ragtop sitting 100mtrs below the surface but.
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| posted on October 16th, 2008 at 08:28 PM |
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with that oval all you need is 2 inflatable rubber dingies put it inside the cabin and inflate, i bet she would still run :P
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| posted on October 16th, 2008 at 08:34 PM |
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I love how the wipers were on when it went down - if only Beetle wipers worked better !!!
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| posted on October 16th, 2008 at 08:43 PM |
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cool pics, i have video proof that they can float though, obviously the ones in your pics dont though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB0lb401ZU
Floating, not sure how long it would float for.
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| posted on October 16th, 2008 at 11:08 PM |
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Such a shame to see those beaut cars at the bottom of the ocean. 
'69 VW Beetle.
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| posted on October 17th, 2008 at 02:11 AM |
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posted by Taz Devil
Such a shame to see those beaut cars at the bottom of the ocean.
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Is was a pretty common thing of the past overseas to drive or push the cars out onto the frozen lakes towards the end of winter and watch them sink as
the ice starts to melt in spring.
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| posted on October 20th, 2008 at 09:13 PM |
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a friend tried to drive his manx across the jardin river in flood, thought if he got a fast run, it would skim across. lucky his rope was tied to roll
bar so when he had to start swimmin he took rope in mouth n tied his buggy to a tree on the other side. so manxs dont float or his didnt. [made itinto overlander mag]
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| posted on October 25th, 2008 at 11:23 PM |
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Such a shame to see them down the bottom of the ocean, but wow those photos are cool.
Great finds.
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| posted on October 26th, 2008 at 12:05 AM |
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they sort of float
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HeghzeDJDRE
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| posted on October 28th, 2008 at 09:36 AM |
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cool pics |
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