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Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:00 am

bruehoyt wrote: That is unbelievable - the amount of work and the end product.

No serious bidder will bid until the last minutes.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:06 pm

As my freinds say ''they aint ready for that car''
It will be realy cool after im dead.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:17 pm

Clark Kustoms wrote: As my freinds say ''they aint ready for that car''
It will be realy cool after im dead.

you know me.. i think i talked to you about it at the host hotel and i just sat there drooling for an hour of so it is my kind of car :D

im ready! but then again im alot younger than you

Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:02 am

Clark Kustoms wrote: As my freinds say ''they aint ready for that car''
It will be realy cool after im dead.

I look at it like its not really a good "first" VW. Its more for someone who collects well done, eclectic cars. Have you approached Randy Carlson?

Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:57 pm

October VolksWorld feature car.

http://www.volksworld.com/news/cars/276040/vw-beetle-post-van.html

Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:28 pm

I have a few German VW mags that it has been seen in, I should scan them and upload them here.

Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:08 am

What is the latest? Did the creator sell it? Where did it go??

Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:25 am

Just stumbled upon this thread. Very cool car.
In addition here some pictures of a similar project which I have seen at the meeting in Budel, Netherland.

Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:47 am

johnshenry wrote: What is the latest? Did the creator sell it? Where did it go??

According to the comments posted on the link Mr Warehouse provided :

Reader comments :
October 07 05:19
Greg Banfill
"I liked this car so much I bought it!!
It's now sitting on SA Sprint Stars, has the correct dash pods and a split shifter modified to work on the late pan, as well as a 3 spoke wheel and early column."

Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:56 am

mr. warehouse wrote: October VolksWorld feature car.

http://www.volksworld.com/news/cars/276040/vw-beetle-post-van.html

Time to sell it 8)

Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:03 am

Yeah. I bought it off ebay. No one else bid, so.....
It needed some running gear help and I added some more "correct" interior pieces as well as changing out the wheels, etc.

banana split wrote: johnshenry wrote: What is the latest? Did the creator sell it? Where did it go??

According to the comments posted on the link Mr Warehouse provided :

Reader comments :
October 07 05:19
Greg Banfill
"I liked this car so much I bought it!!
It's now sitting on SA Sprint Stars, has the correct dash pods and a split shifter modified to work on the late pan, as well as a 3 spoke wheel and early column."

Someone else must have posted that. I planned on keeping a
"low key" so to speak.

I didn't want to post any pictures until after it came out in VolksWorld

Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:14 am

mr. warehouse wrote: Yeah. I bought it off ebay. No one else bid, so.....
It needed some running gear help and I added some more "correct" interior pieces as well as changing out the wheels, etc.

I didn't want to post any pictures until after it came out in VolksWorld

Post them now then? I'd love to see it with the new interior bits....

Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:43 am

johnshenry wrote: mr. warehouse wrote: Yeah. I bought it off ebay. No one else bid, so.....
It needed some running gear help and I added some more "correct" interior pieces as well as changing out the wheels, etc.

I didn't want to post any pictures until after it came out in VolksWorld

Post them now then? I'd love to see it with the new interior bits....

To be honest, I didn't expect it to be out this soon and the car wasn't a priority to get on the road, so.....
I'm still working on the front end and the car is currently sitting without a gas tank and no tie rods so moving it to get good exterior shots won't happen this week. I can get some interior shots tonight / tomorrow morning though and post them.

Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:00 pm

Here's a couple shots I took awhile back when I first got it and started with the changes.

I had to use an early column and graft a BMW Isetta end on it to get the Isetta 3 spoke wheel on there. Similar mods for the shifter as well. I've been waiting for a real split shifter with the plans of grafting a '65 "ball" on the bottom to make it all work right. In the meantime I used an early Bus shifter instead. I cut it down / re threaded it and put on a Brezelwerks KDF shift knob as well as KDF style pod knobs.

Like I said, I'll get some better picture later....

Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:59 am

Those old dash pods look cool. I've never seen a radio like that...

Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:40 am

Clark Kustoms wrote: Those old dash pods look cool. I've never seen a radio like that...

What radio? The right pod is a blank pod with a black dome ashtray.

Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:55 am

johnshenry wrote: Clark Kustoms wrote: Those old dash pods look cool. I've never seen a radio like that...

What radio? The right pod is a blank pod with a black dome ashtray.

And who would like to guess where he got the idea? I know.

Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:26 pm

no takers?

The first VW imported into the US.