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Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:40 pm

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/1754701987.html

Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:39 pm

If you notice - aside from no doors - the previous owner cut into the body to lower the sill height...kind of like the original metal examples were set-up

Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:33 am

Ok - so as you may, or may not, know - the original 1300 engine in my Shalako took a crap and I have been working to replace it - well the replacement (Not really new) engine (1,500) is finally in the car...thanks to the help of a few friends (Lifting...carrying...moving the engine around with me).

Right now I'm waiting for the new starter cause I broke the other new starter I had ready to go...ugh. Just a little other odds and ends and I turn the key and start the, "Why won't it run?" quest...of course I could get lucky and all I will have to do it adjust the timing but - that's not likely to happen...lol

Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:09 pm

=D> Oh yea, Steve! Looks great! Perfect weekend for that job!

Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:26 pm

Couple of shots on the road from last weekend:

Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:41 pm

Is that Tom behind you? It's funny how some cars look funky from some angles - that side on shot shows just how tight that cockpit is. And yet the head-on shot the car looks low and wide... and mean!

Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:53 pm

Letterman7 wrote: Is that Tom behind you? !
nope... Tom's "Rainbow Bright" is off the road since the accident.

Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:12 pm

Yeah - the Shala does look wide and low - I have always wondered at how Dick Dean achived that "look" - something about the way the nose is contoured. ...And yeah - It can be tight inside - don't forget - it's waaaay tiny. I'm only 5' 6" I don't think anyone any taller could fit in this sucker - my seat is against the rear bulkhead so no room to place the seat any further back

Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:46 pm

10ovr wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Shala-Ve...9754wt_939

Even though it comes with a title stating that it's a "72", I don't believe it IS a "72"... Quote from the posting "Built with a ball joint front end, swing axle rear and wide 5 lug drums". Now who in their right mind would go & change to a swing axle in an IRS chassis? :roll: Esspecially that it's street "buggy".

Ahh what do I care... I'm not going to be buying it. :lol:

Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:37 am

Saw this for sale on-line

Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:21 pm

Is thet rear wheel set normal?
Corvair?

Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:28 pm

60-64 Corvairs had swingaxles. 65-69 had IRS. That looks like its swingaxle, one or the other.

Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:39 pm

Is the ad current, do you happen to have a link?

Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:59 pm

Check ebay

Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:34 pm

I came across this a while back is this a Shala-vet from Dick Dean

It sure looks like it

Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:03 pm

Yes - that is a genuine Shala-Vette...where is it located?

Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:41 pm

On top of a cargo container :D

Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:06 pm

Gmiee5 wrote: On top of a cargo container :D

But where is the cargo container, and is this Shala-Vette for sale? Think I recall seeing something like this in Salem, maybe it was an old carnival ride and not a Shala-Vette that I saw.

Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:20 pm

34FraserNash wrote: Gmiee5 wrote: On top of a cargo container :D

But where is the cargo container, and is this Shala-Vette for sale? Think I recall seeing something like this in Salem, maybe it was an old carnival ride and not a Shala-Vette that I saw.

I am trying to buy it as we speak.

Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:01 pm

Gmiee5 wrote: 34FraserNash wrote: Gmiee5 wrote: On top of a cargo container :D

But where is the cargo container, and is this Shala-Vette for sale? Think I recall seeing something like this in Salem, maybe it was an old carnival ride and not a Shala-Vette that I saw.

I am trying to buy it as we speak.

Good reason to keep quiet about its location! :)

If you buy it, by all means, let Dick Dean's family (I think it's his son Keith that is the Shalako/Shala registrar, not sure though) know about it, and post a resto thread here on TheSamba, maybe one over at DuneBuggyArchives too.