Bought another air-cooled car... kind of a Porsche
01-11-2010, 09:06 AM
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Very nice!
My first car was a well-used '66 Beetle (6v).
Andreas
01-11-2010, 09:27 AM
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To add to the Vee Dub power, I'll post a couple pics of a friend in Germany's car. He went with the group on our Alps tour and hung pretty well! Kinda like the Blues Brothers, it has Porsche wheels, Porsche brakes, Porsche suspension... And the engine is a 914 engine that's been, uh, tuned. (*the black one is one that my friend built at his shop)
01-11-2010, 11:32 AM
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I like your taste Jason.
01-11-2010, 11:33 AM
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Here is my buddies shop that built the black one above:
http://www.elnatec.de/
01-11-2010, 11:43 AM
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Very nice!
My first car was a well-used '66 Beetle (6v).
Andreas
Looks like you hadn't yet discovered Xenit... I love old pictures and the stories that go with them...
01-11-2010, 11:44 AM
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To add to the Vee Dub power, I'll post a couple pics of a friend in Germany's car.
Leave it to Zee Germans!!!
01-11-2010, 11:46 AM
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Sweet Car. My first car was a 72 bug, second 73 THING, Third 73 Bus. I did not have a radiator until 1995! I sure miss working on those cars....
01-11-2010, 11:50 AM
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That's clean, I had a 62 with the same color combination.
01-11-2010, 12:11 PM
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anybody have more photos of the crazy brown speedster vw ??
01-11-2010, 01:08 PM
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Without the spare tire you don't have "power" to the windshield washer system since the air from the spare provided the pressure.
01-11-2010, 02:48 PM
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That is a little jewel. Please don't do any modifications that can't be reversed. There are plenty of others not so pristine to customize.
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Truly cool car, but it looks too clean to start modding. I vote you keep it stock.
01-11-2010, 02:52 PM
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Very nice!
My first car was a well-used '66 Beetle (6v).
Andreas
The original "Dung Beetle"?
01-11-2010, 04:18 PM
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+1!
knowing him he's going to keep it stock.
01-11-2010, 04:25 PM
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+1!
OK, OK... Only wheels and tires... and maybe some bolt on exhaust... I want the car to look like it rolled out of SoCal in 1964. No large diameter wheels or fake carbon fibre!!! How about a period correct roof rack?
01-11-2010, 05:08 PM
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How about a period correct roof rack?
Of course...with an old red Coke cooler on it
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