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Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:58 pm

Here are my two girls! Just thought I would finally put up the pics!

[img]http://www.1s1kproductions.com/ride.html/ORANGE 1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.1s1kproductions.com/ride.html/RED 1.jpg[/img]

I hope the pics loaded! I just can't seem to get the hang of posting pics here on Samba! :lol:

Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:59 pm

Ooops! I guess not!

Any suggestions on how to get the pics to load here?

Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:07 pm

You had ride.html in your URL, and you didn't need that. :) So like, this works:

http://www.1s1kproductions.com/ORANGE%201.jpg

EDIT: Nice cars!

Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:33 pm

They look great. Good to see two flat windshield supers in such a great condition. Your new auto stick is a great find.

Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:36 am

Nice cars :) I love that orange color! :P

Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:43 am

Very nice cars!

Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:44 am

What years are they?? When I read heres my girls I was thinking of what not to wear. the girls on that show are un the upper front torso of women. :D

Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:10 am

a couple of fat girls huh? my girl is topless :P

Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:40 am

They're both '72s. The orange one is a later 72, evidenced by the later seatbelts, seatbelt warning light etc. The red one is an earlier 72. The orange one is a four spd stick and the red one is a three spd auto-stick.

The red one has some really nice original options. It has the woodgrain dash inserts, glovebox door, grills around the steering wheel. It also has the original Wolfsburg shifter knob.

I think that the most interesting thing about these cars are the colors.
Get this... Both cars were repainted by the previous owners. The orange car was originally cherry red and the red car was originally bright orange! So, what you are looking at are original colors except on the opposite cars! :shock:

The previous owner of the currently red car apparently didn't believe in waxing paint! Honestly, when I took posession of her about a month ago I wasn't sure if she was red or primed red, since the paint had gone flat!
It took quite a bit of rubbing and rubbing compound to bring back that finish! Worth every minute of it I can tell you!

Both cars have completely rebuilt engines with less than 50 miles on each!

I love 72 Supers! As you can tell... I'm on the lookout for a yellow one and a green one as well! It's not just a hobby, it's an obsession! :wink:

Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:09 pm

awesome looking cars. they almost look exact except the colors..

the VW super jam is this weekend at pittsburgh raceway.... www.vwsuperjam.com

Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:09 pm

And here I was all ready to click on this thread and check out some fine woman and all I get are two fat old ladies. Thanks!

Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:59 pm

twinwindows wrote: And here I was all ready to click on this thread and check out some fine woman and all I get are two fat old ladies. Thanks!

:lol:

They look good though.

Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:42 pm

UBERBEETLE wrote: They're both '72s. The orange one is a later 72, evidenced by the later seatbelts, seatbelt warning light etc.

Looks like your orange one has bumper shocks and a flat windscreen. If so, you might check how your spare tire stores in the trunk. If it stands up in the front of the trunk, you have a regular sedan. The bumper shocks pretty much confirm that the year is 1974 or later also. Your VIN# should confirm the year.

Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:05 pm

Quote: The bumper shocks pretty much confirm that the year is 1974 or later also.

Both cars are indeed 1972 Super Beetles.
I do know enough about ACVWs to know the difference.

The previous owner of the orange one swapped out the front fenders and the bumper/bumpershocks with units from a 74. An easy swap.
In this case the later bumper does not confirm the car as a later car.

Liking the 74 bumper setup as I do, I decided to leave it that way.

Since I restored the car, ya'd think I would know about the position of the spare tire and the struts, not to mention the windscreen and the dashboard. :D

Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:37 pm

UBERBEETLE wrote: Quote: The bumper shocks pretty much confirm that the year is 1974 or later also.

Both cars are indeed 1972 Super Beetles.
I do know enough about ACVWs to know the difference.

The previous owner of the orange one swapped out the front fenders and the bumper/bumpershocks with units from a 74. An easy swap.
In this case the later bumper does not confirm the car as a later car.

Liking the 74 bumper setup as I do, I decided to leave it that way.

Since I restored the car, ya'd think I would know about the position of the spare tire and the struts, not to mention the windscreen and the dashboard. :D

Good deal, I'm glad you know your cars. FYI, I wasn't trying to sound like an asshole, just pointing out the differences I saw and know between a 1972 and 1974 models. Nobody else asked or spoke up about it, so I did. Some folks here really don't know what they have or what they're looking at. Thanks for the update.

Your cars look really nice too.