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 PartyHatCentral
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 03:26 PM |
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Show us YOUR barn find!
I find all this talk about 'barn find' cars is exciting. I've been saying for a while now that at some point these stories have got to stop and
that we must be running out of cars to find, but I must admit I hear about cars that I'd consider 'barn find' status on a regular basis, sometimes
2 or 3 a week (rare and low milage to boot)! It really amazes me at what is still out there to find. So it got me to thinking, let's have a thread
for the barn find cars - let's see what you've found.
I'll kick it off. My latest 'barn-find' acquisition is an almost-factory-fresh '65 1500S Notchback (with the optional high-comp motor) special
order in Black, completely as new in every way (still has the cardboard CKD slip in the aircleaner sleeve), all books, hazet tools and spare keys
still in the little black velvet pouch! After 20yrs undriven and hidden off the road, it's now club-registered with it's original plates (originally
a Toowoomba purchase when new, hence 'P' issue number plates in 1965) and drives like new - just passed the 30k mile mark. These pictures were taken
after a wash before it was driven home for the first time.
Although I can't claim to have actually 'found' this next one, I'm pleased to say that it's taking up space in my garage, and believe it or not,
I have since met the dealer that sold it when new out of Dubbo, and know the mechanic that changed the camshaft at 30k miles in 1980. This one's an
unrestored '54. The car now has just under 37k miles on the clock. I reckon this also counts as a bit of a 'find'.
So come on, what have you found? One-owner, low milage? A rare exotic? I reckon there'll be quite a few interesting ones to add here, so get posting!
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J BOMB
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 06:42 PM |
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you lucky lucky man !
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newghia
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 06:47 PM |
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WOW !!!!!!!
Amazing score !!
I can't believe how good it looks after just a wash, Enjoy.
Noddy. 
Step up to get out !!!
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 07:37 PM |
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slam them both.
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old bugger
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 07:41 PM |
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slam the notch, chop the beetle
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PartyHatCentral
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 08:23 PM |
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You're not serious?!... I hope.. (This is why I can never sell these cars!!). C'mon guys, what else has been found out there? Let's see some more
cars!
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 08:31 PM |
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that notch is amazing Rohan! so clean and crisp looking!!!
and that '54 isnt bad either 
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warb
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 09:44 PM |
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cool man, does a paddock find count?..
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| posted on January 4th, 2009 at 10:28 PM |
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I have a buss liek that just up the road from me but the guy wont part with it (instead he leans corrorgated iron up against it.
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 07:34 AM |
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I love your truck warb. 
shame about the owner
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11CAB
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 08:17 AM |
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This was my Barn Find many years ago..... Genuine Meyers Manx.......
And now it looks like this....
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
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| posted on January 5th, 2009 at 11:36 PM |
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Most people seem normal, till you get to know them.
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vwsteve
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 06:19 AM |
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now thats the mother of all barn finds above, wish i had that barn
1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 07:49 AM |
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vwtyp2 takes the cake
My bet not Oz....
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 08:16 AM |
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well done that type 3 is amazing and factory black cooool
show us your gates
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 10:02 AM |
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Am I allowed to ask what you paid for the Notch??? Just to make it hurt a little more...
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 10:27 AM |
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The Notch is simply stunning, and I did I mention I hate you
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 11:11 AM |
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Never got to keep or even see mine - but my mate had a mate that rang me and said his mate was sick and needed to get rid of his stuff
It was a shed full of an Ascort he had pulld to pieces.
I managed to get a set of P11's for the help i gave him but i believe it is finally being restored
I believe this is the car
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Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 01:52 PM |
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Closest i have ever got to a barn find - stock standard '76 (with exception to the wheels) - paid $700 for it. Was stored in a shed for 5 years in
gympie.
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[size=3]IF I'M GOING TO HELL, I'M GOING IN A VW BEETLE[/size]
My Family's Swiss VW Buggy Legacy --------> CLICK
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 03:03 PM |
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Nice find with that Notch S. Look after it as there aren't too many OZ built S cars left on the road.
I guess all I can claim of an actual barn find is that I picked up this German assembled 1500S Notch from Eddie Lang at Barn...awartha just over the
border in Victoria about 9 years back. Only a couple of hands full of them made it to Australia and now less than a hand full left. Had 31,000
miles on it but sadly bad maintenance clapped the engine. Very little rust anywhere and came complete except the engine was the standard 7.8:1 comp
rather than the high comp. Most were changed to this under warranty to stop over heating probs in OZ (that info from VW mechanics of the day).
DH
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 03:32 PM |
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here is somthing I stumblled across in july of last year
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 03:38 PM |
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and when we dragged her into the sun,for the first time in 20 odd years
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 03:42 PM |
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on the truck back to my place........about 500mtrs
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 05:01 PM |
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This is from the mid '90's
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FAHRVERGNUGEN;
Description of a pleasurable sensation,
Experienced when a car and it's driver are in mutual harmony, A unique driving experience, Pleasure, Satisfaction,
A feeling experienced by Volkswagen Drivers.
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 06:49 PM |
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noice dave, is that the 23 that was cut up?..
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 07:05 PM |
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Found these in the bush , they still there
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noice dave, is that the 23 that was cut up?..
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Yes, the only survivor from that lot is the white Oval, I still have it, and it still looks the same.
FAHRVERGNUGEN;
Description of a pleasurable sensation,
Experienced when a car and it's driver are in mutual harmony, A unique driving experience, Pleasure, Satisfaction,
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| posted on January 7th, 2009 at 11:10 AM |
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11CAB - great to see that buggy finished after all these years!
phatratpat - That's gotta be right up there with the best of them! Has that smile worn off yet?
vwombat - Thanks to some VW enthusiast (geez!) many, many years ago, the old guy knew what he had and what it was really worth. Suffice to say that I
did my part in boosting the Red Book value for type 3s in this country! I had to have it - no question.
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phatratpat
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| posted on January 7th, 2009 at 07:47 PM |
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nope !every time I look at her I start grinning all over again...........now get back to work.I got me some bits to buy !!!
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| posted on January 8th, 2009 at 12:21 AM |
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56 oval.
It was found in a shed at a wrecking yard a few years back. Apart from the surface rust, there is no major structual or bubble rust in it. complete
with correct number engine and gearbox. Engine still runs, has the original interior.
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