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Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:07 pm

Restoration of this 69 was a family affair. We did ALL of the work including paint & engine rebuild. Had a lot of fun chasing down the Dodge purple paint.

Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:37 pm

Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:25 am

Very nice job - Car came out really nice and its great that you got the family involved. Must be something about 69s - The only one in the family that hasnt helped YET is my youngest daughter (and you will note "YET" LOL)

Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:43 pm

"One man's "patina" is another man's cancer."

Just turned 52 and new to the forum...please explain.

Thanks!

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Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:16 pm

Patina refers to the surface grime/rust/fading of a car. Rust is regarded as cancer, so while some people think it looks good, other people note (rightly) that the appearance is not worth the damage the rust is causing when left unchecked.

Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:31 pm

The Sad Emoticon wrote: Patina refers to the surface grime/rust/fading of a car. Rust is regarded as cancer, so while some people think it looks good, other people note (rightly) that the appearance is not worth the damage the rust is causing when left unchecked.

Thanks Emoticon..was not sure if it was a compliment or an insult.

Beetleluvr

Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:54 pm

beetleluvr wrote: The Sad Emoticon wrote: Patina refers to the surface grime/rust/fading of a car. Rust is regarded as cancer, so while some people think it looks good, other people note (rightly) that the appearance is not worth the damage the rust is causing when left unchecked.

Thanks Emoticon..was not sure if it was a compliment or an insult.

Beetleluvr

actually that saying is a quote in Mikee's signature, it shows up under all his posts :wink:

Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:43 pm

Looks great, what a difference. i love family restorations.................the only problem is my family doesn't :?

Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:34 pm

My daughter now lives in Forida where I sent her these pictures over the weekend. She emailed me last night to tell me how much she enjoyed that project and wished she had told me that years ago. It really meant a lot to her to work on the 69 as a family project. I forgot to add that she paid for all of the materials to complete this project. Not bad for a 17 year old working for minumum wage.

My wife & I now own a 2006 NBC that we really enjoy. I have a bug ( no pun intended) up my ass to find another project...starting to look.. :idea:

Thank you all for the nice words.

Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:29 pm

Just look in the Samba classifieds - they sure keep me busy LOL.

Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:02 pm

andk5591 wrote: Just look in the Samba classifieds - they sure keep me busy LOL.

I have been checking them twice a day. Have not made up my mind what type I want or if I want another project or one that has had a ground up restoration already done. Since we have a NBC, I am leaning towards a convert.

Beetleluvr

Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:58 pm

Get a notchback, that's my next adventure after I'm done with my 68 ghia.

Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:34 pm

well - keep cruising the VW mags and the classifieds till something strikes your fancy. I cut my teeth on a ebay manx clone. Was all done (well as done as you ever get), then noticed a VW woodie........ I didn't even know that they existed (technically they don't, but they have been done). Now I am in the midst of my first body off rebuild and I am having a ball (most of the time anyway LOL).

There's all kind of ideas out there and of course once we are done with this that will be it. We don't plan on ever selling either car, so I don't need another car.....but then I always thought that Ghias were really cool........ LOL Thanks heavens these things are relatively inexpensive...

Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:36 pm

andk5591 wrote: We don't plan on ever selling either car, so I don't need another car.....but then I always thought that Ghias were really cool........ LOL Thanks heavens these things are relatively inexpensive...

We actually owned a 69 Ghia at the time we fixed up this 69 Beetle. Never did anything with it and sold it for less money than we we paid for it. The biggest problem that I have, is that I have no garage space. We show English Bulldogs and have converted about 1/3 of our garage into a dog room. The rest is full of junk. I think that is why I am considering something that has already been restored.

Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:19 am

Well. I had 2 bays under my house that we use to keep cars in - I did the buggy over the winter in one of them. I was planning on buying a "storage barn" for one of the cars and do the woodie in the one bay like I did the buggy. FORTUNALTELY We decided that having another full garage would be nice, so we built a 24x24 which is now completely sucked up by the woodie since I ended up buying 2 cars for the project.

I love it when you set up a budget for a project, then decide to spend another $7 grand just for a place to keep it LOL. So - maybe a good complete car would be a good idea for you LOL. Then all you need to do is some tinkering....... yeah right LOL.