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 VEEWayne
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| posted on June 2nd, 2011 at 08:15 PM |
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Howdy volks, i'm new.
Just got the welcome pm and couldn't reply and felt a little rude if I don't introduce myself. I bought my first VW about 30 years ago, when I was
15 (guess that makes me ancient). It was a 58 bug with original paint and 36k miles on it. Sad to admit that it ended up a baja by the time it was
sold. Also has a 64 split Kombi a manx, 2 other beetles and 1 other baja and a type 3 wagon (beach machine) and a tube buggy with a 12a. Unfortunately
don't own a VW atm but my son just picked up a 61 bug with a 1600 D.P so the bug has bitten again. Cheers Wayne. |
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| posted on June 2nd, 2011 at 08:43 PM |
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Welcome Wayne,
Good to hear your getting back into the 'madness' that is veedub ownership, wouldn't be anywhere else! Curious about the type 3 beach machine, any
old photo's? I had a squareback over 20 years ago that was driven across the simpson desert by the previous owner. The original SUV I reckon.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2011 at 08:56 PM |
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I have old school photos of the type 3 on Fraser in about 92. Maybe I could scan them or take digital pics of them. It was a 71 or so model and the
IRS gearbox had too tall a diff ratio for sand. She went okay if you kept the speed up but needed taller tyres (they were about 29"diameter roughly)
and IRS Kombi box. I took the Kombi up the beach in the eighties (it was only worth $700 then) and with 165/15 radials and 1835 DP it was a lot better
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| posted on June 2nd, 2011 at 09:23 PM |
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Sounds like you have a big VW history, especially off-road. I love the looks on 4wd owners faces when you meet them along tracks that are supposed to
be'4wd only' in your humble kombi. Some people even get a bit shitty.........dont know why......maybe they spent a fortune on their cruiser to go
bush or beach and your their in the same area with your 2wd.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 PM |
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G'day Wayne and I guess from your description I am ancient also 
Don't you wish you had some of those vehicles now, they would be worth heaps.
Anyway, I am also doing up a 61 Beetle and am probably bias but I think these are the best year model 
Kev
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| posted on June 2nd, 2011 at 10:56 PM |
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posted by VEEWayne
Just got the welcome pm and couldn't reply and felt a little rude if I don't introduce myself. I bought my first VW about 30 years ago, when I was
15 (guess that makes me ancient). It was a 58 bug with original paint and 36k miles on it. Sad to admit that it ended up a baja by the time it was
sold. Also has a 64 split Kombi a manx, 2 other beetles and 1 other baja and a type 3 wagon (beach machine) and a tube buggy with a 12a. Unfortunately
don't own a VW atm but my son just picked up a 61 bug with a 1600 D.P so the bug has bitten again. Cheers Wayne.
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[size=5]WELCOME WAYNE
and 45 isn't ancient... lol
the 61 beetle was a great model but I have always liked the "new""latest""updated" beetle that was the 1968 model in Australia...
12v 1500cc proper headlamps etc... lol IMHO
KEVIN has probably got the best looking 61 beetle in Australia
lol... one of the most expensive ... lol eh Kev..
welcome to the VW World in Australia
Lee in Scone NSW
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- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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