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Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:41 am

Nice! What color? Your car?

Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:02 am

themacnut wrote: 1950 11C

Congrats Jeff...The detail came out real good bro.. :wink:

Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:01 am

Splitdog wrote: Nice! What color? Your car?

Thanks Splitdog. Yes it's my car now. The car has been around for a while, but not been on the road much since it was restored in 1999 (at Koch's).

Car has well documented history with the owners back to 1975 listed. The last 3 owners are well known and active on the Samba. I think you probably know the gentlemen that had the car restored in 1999 pretty well.

Info I have listed the color as Taben Blue. I have not found any info on the color, but it is a very dark blue. Looks black most of the time. I really like the color, very unique.

Rich's 50 wrote: themacnut wrote: 1950 11C

Congrats Jeff...The detail came out real good bro.. :wink:

Thanks Rich!

Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:21 pm

The color of the car is called dark blue L32. It is very dark blue, looks black at certain angles . It's a great color and is correct for a 50 split. That was a very nice restoration. I remember that car well, as I helped build it back then. Car still shows well. Congrats.

Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:42 pm

belairman wrote: The color of the car is called dark blue L32. It is very dark blue, looks black at certain angles . It's a great color and is correct for a 50 split. That was a very nice restoration. I remember that car well, as I helped build it back then. Car still shows well. Congrats.

Belairman thanks for the info on the color, and your work on the car. It still looks very nice. I am looking for pictures of the car during or prior to restoration. If you can help, or know who might have some, please PM me. Thanks, Jeff.

Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:35 pm

:shock:

Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:35 pm

themacnut wrote:
Info I have listed the color as Taben Blue. I have not found any info on the color, but it is a very dark blue. Looks black most of the time. I really like the color, very unique.

This is the only shot I EVER got of it looking blue. All the rest it looks black.

Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:29 am

My '53 Zwitter as found/purchased yesterday.

This is going to keep me busy for a while, but it's remarkably solid, and complete... except for the engine and glass. The p/o bought it from a scrap yard in 1967, and it's been sitting in his barn until last year, when the barn collapsed.

Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:15 am

macnut, was that car owned by a guy named Jason?
If so, I shot that car, along with his New Beetle, for the cover of VW Trends Magazine way back when...

Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:45 am

Dave wrote: macnut, was that car owned by a guy named Jason?
If so, I shot that car, along with his New Beetle, for the cover of VW Trends Magazine way back when...

Hi Dave, yes it's the same car. I have a copy of the magazine. Very nice shots.

Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:33 pm

themacnut wrote: belairman wrote: The color of the car is called dark blue L32. It is very dark blue, looks black at certain angles . It's a great color and is correct for a 50 split. That was a very nice restoration. I remember that car well, as I helped build it back then. Car still shows well. Congrats.

Belairman thanks for the info on the color, and your work on the car. It still looks very nice. I am looking for pictures of the car during or prior to restoration. If you can help, or know who might have some, please PM me. Thanks, Jeff.

Jeff Ill check at the shop if we have pictures of it being built way back then. I remember the car well.

Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:44 pm

twinwindows wrote: themacnut wrote: belairman wrote: The color of the car is called dark blue L32. It is very dark blue, looks black at certain angles . It's a great color and is correct for a 50 split. That was a very nice restoration. I remember that car well, as I helped build it back then. Car still shows well. Congrats.

Belairman thanks for the info on the color, and your work on the car. It still looks very nice. I am looking for pictures of the car during or prior to restoration. If you can help, or know who might have some, please PM me. Thanks, Jeff.

Jeff Ill check at the shop if we have pictures of it being built way back then. I remember the car well.

Thanks Carlos! I appreciate it.

Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:20 pm

A bunch of old geezers hang out at the local Starbucks on Sunday mornings with their hotrods, so I decided to take my '52, which was the youngest car of the group.

Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:06 pm

Just finished putting in a glove box door. Whew!!

Now to wipe off those fingerprints.......

Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:31 pm

Li' Red Bug with 3g Router & IP Cam! Ride Along as we stream LIVE to the Internet from time to time. Follow us on Twitter for Cruise Announcements!

tcb

Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:23 pm

The 11G dash area

Loaded with goodies now.

Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:36 pm

Very nice!

Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:46 pm

the only thing that doesn't really blend in the view, (a nice view btw :wink: ) is the radio. a becker monza or a telefunken would have been much more appealing 8)

that's a very expensive interior right there! :lol:

ps. i counted ~19 accessories/extras

Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:00 pm

eurodub wrote: the only thing that doesn't really blend in the view, (a nice view btw :wink: ) is the radio. a becker monza or a telefunken would have been much more appealing 8)

that's a very expensive interior right there! :lol:

ps. i counted ~19 accessories/extras

Thanks for the props. I've been collecting this stuff for a few years and finally decided to put them to use.

Here's a better shot of the radio.

It came with the car, I had Willie Wilkes restore it for me.

My favorite accessory is the map light in place of the original ash tray.

Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:48 pm

Looks Good Mr. Warehouse !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!