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Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:51 pm

I came across this car last winter rusting away and am only now getting around to posting the pictures. It looks like either a '63 or '64 in Sea Blue? It makes me feel sad to see cars like this returning to the earth. :(

Comments?

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:04 pm

Looks like it has Pop-outs... those are worth saving -- if they are not gone like the rest of the poor car..

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:06 pm

Judging by the rain gutter that car looks too far gone.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:08 pm

Go for it and pick it up.Would be kind of cool to get it runng and driving.I like old rusty cars it shows cariacter .Who knows if you take it to a show and enter it in the rustiest catagory :D

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:11 pm

ottvw wrote: Go for it and pick it up.Would be kind of cool to get it runng and driving.I like old rusty cars it shows cariacter .Who knows if you take it to a show and enter it in the rustiest catagory :D Umm....good luck with that! :lol: That car is beyond help.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:13 pm

I wouldnt restore it or anything that would be way to much work.Or it use it as lawn art.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:13 pm

part it out , hurry looks like it wont last much longer

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:23 pm

I'd grab those pop-outs and whatever else is worth saving off the car. If it can't be unbolted or cut off it right there I'd leave it. Its so far gone its not worth trying to move.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:27 pm

Based on the steering wheel, it's a '64. Such a sad sight :cry: . May have salvagable parts, but too far gone for resto :cry:

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:39 pm

67 Florida Deluxe wrote: Based on the steering wheel, it's a '64. Such a sad sight :cry: . May have salvagable parts, but too far gone for resto :cry:

If the roof is that bad, imagine how the heater channels must look. I was thinking it could be a '64 or a '63 with the horn ring broken off. I don't think they offered Sea blue in '64 though. The tail lights are '63 but the front indicators look like they could be the smaller '63 kind. I wonder if I could graft on a new roof? I know where to find one. I told myself my next project car would be a split - I already have 2 60's beetles and I need another one like I need a hole in my head!

Its too bad really - the interior is not in bad shape. I should contact the owner about those pop outs at least. I could use them in my Pearl White '64. :?

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:44 pm

The horn ring is not broken off. It's a '64/'65 horn bar. Also, the fenders show the outline of the larger turn signal lights introduced in '64. Not to start an argument here, but my money's on it being a '64.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:47 pm

67 Florida Deluxe wrote: The horn ring is not broken off. It's a '64/'65 horn bar. Also, the fenders show the outline of the larger turn signal lights introduced in '64. Not to start an argument here, but my money's on it being a '64.

I agree. I just wanted to remove all doubt - thanks.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:48 pm

hellifIknow... thats fuzzy math (pictures) crazy how the roof rusted like that? Huge timbers didnt help the door much either.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:51 pm

Its a 65, has big windows but no dash vent :wink:

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:54 pm

Yup a 65 look at the pop outs also, later models, also has smoothies and not slotted wheels

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:54 pm

NOTAHONDA wrote: Its a 65, has big windows but no dash vent :wink:

you very well may be right :wink:

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:55 pm

Elbow grease and primer that'll buff out! :D

Serious though, grab me that shifter and the over riders!

Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:55 pm

The late style pop outs give it away right off the bat 8)

Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:10 pm

They didn't plant the trees soon enough. Whenever I leave VWs out in the open I make sure to get the trees planted as soon as possible. Is that what's left of a Chevy pickup next to it?

Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:18 pm

Theres quite a bit of stuff you could snag off of it. All the interior pieces, trim, hubcaps, lights, etc. Thats insane though how rusty it is. :shock: