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 Mountains Greg
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| posted on December 6th, 2008 at 11:18 PM |
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My 1965 Beetle
Here's a couple of pics of my 1965 Beetle. I gave it a rebuild with the intention of it being a daily driver back in 2003 and it was driven daily up
until April earlier this year. The fact it was in daily use was starting to show and I decided to give it a semi retirement.
It still has the 1200 and is stock standard except for a 009 Distributor... Which I'm not exactly sure if it does provide any extra power to a 1200
I have taken it on many trips across the state without any major problems. I am however going to give it another rebuild in the not too distant
future... A fresh respray in Gulf Blue again but with Ivory below the swage line and maybe a change of wheels and an adjustable front beam and a
rebulit 1600 twin port for some better hill climbing ability.
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Camo
A.k.a.: Kev
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| posted on December 7th, 2008 at 12:01 AM |
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Wow, I thought in the first photo it already had a full resto recently and it looks great. Good luck with the future plans.
Kev
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Mountains Greg
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| posted on December 7th, 2008 at 09:49 AM |
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Thanks Kev, I'm just fussy... At the time of buying it some years ago now, it sat in my garage for 12 months before I started tearing it apart for a
resto. Soon after I saw a UK VW magazine with a so-called "Rat Look" Bug in it! I could not believe it, this bug would have made a perfect rat look
with a nice set of wheels but, it was too late. Now I'm struggling to find the look I like.
Greg
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niejls
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| posted on April 10th, 2009 at 06:28 PM |
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Love it. Nice color.
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eraser
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| posted on April 10th, 2009 at 08:21 PM |
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love the bug and the trailer just makes it awesome :P
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hellbugged
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| posted on April 11th, 2009 at 07:57 AM |
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nice ride  .......just strap on some chrome BRM's and it's happy
days for your new look
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Mountains Greg
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| posted on April 15th, 2009 at 08:03 AM |
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Hey guys,
The colour is the factory original VW Gulf Blue. I sprayed it myself back in 2003 in acrylic and I then drove it daily up until 12 mths ago. I am
going to respray it again hopefully over the next summer in two pack. Acrylic just isn't as durable. I have found it chips very easily from stones
etc. I would love to get a set of BRM's and lower the front-end but, I am also about to start a build up on a 62 Bug which may end up being a Cal
Looker
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