| 4Doora |
Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:53 pm |
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My father and I pulled this bug out of a yard right down the street this afternoon.
We were trying to buy it a couple months ago, but the guy wanted an unreasonable amount for it, $2000 (he just didn't want to sell it).
He finally decided it was time to sell, so after about a year of sitting in this guy's yard, nothing done to it, we get a phone call.
So we grabbed the tow bar and went for a drive down the road.
My dad got it for a reasonable $500
some front end damage
complete with bullet holes
we couldn't get the back right wheel free, so there's a streak of rubber from the house down the road to ours. The tire held up though!
It's definitely a restoration project, but it appears to be pretty original |
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| Skim |
Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:56 pm |
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| Not bad, other than the nose damage looks like a helluva deal especially for NH. Ive seen cars from NH and seems like they are always salted away. |
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| 59suicide |
Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:57 pm |
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| Good deal! The bullet holes should stay |
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| 4Doora |
Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:39 pm |
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Skim wrote: Ive seen cars from NH and seems like they are always salted away.
yup, thats always the case.
I don't know much of the history of the car, or how long it's been around these parts.
The oil stickers on the inside of the door come from Georgia, and judging from the sticker on the window, it was last registered in Virgina in 1991. |
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| PunkRockVW |
Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:43 pm |
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| Looks like a pretty good deal. Like said above, keep the bullet holes! :D |
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| 4Doora |
Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:57 pm |
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Quote: Keep the bullet holes
That's all up to my dad really.
If it were up to me, I'd get it running and drive it as is cosmetically, but my dad plans to start tearing it down right away and do a complete resto.
Apparently he doesn't like the "rust bucket look" :lol: |
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| der58SC |
Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:22 am |
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| wow from $2k to $500? :shock: must need some crack bad! |
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| 4Doora |
Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:30 pm |
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My dad and I started digging into the Bug over the past few days.
Once we get the doors off (and find some people to help) The body is coming off 8) |
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| SKT |
Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:23 pm |
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4Doora wrote:
My dad and I started digging into the Bug over the past few days...
Looks like you and your Dad got yourselfs a nice project there!
Good luck! |
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| 4Doora |
Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:09 pm |
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Here's what I woke up to at about 10:00 this morning...
The muffler and heater boxes are in great shape. :D |
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| 4Doora |
Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:18 am |
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we got the body off the frame just this morning. Got the whole family involved :D
crappy wood dolly is only temporary until we acquire or build a rotisserie :wink: |
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| 4Doora |
Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:48 pm |
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We got the frame disassembled, stripped to bare metal, then primed.
Now only if we had some new floor pans to weld in :( |
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| Skim |
Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:43 pm |
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| TTT for any updates? |
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| 4Doora |
Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:56 pm |
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nothing much happening right now.
We pretty much have just been tearing her apart and sorting pieces into boxes to make some room in the driveway :shock: .
My dad got the engine completely disassembled & cleaned up so we're just waiting on parts for it now.
Unfortunately our progress is only limited by our funds, though we've got plenty of ambition :)
I hope to post some updates soon
-RJ |
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| Skim |
Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:29 pm |
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4Doora wrote:
Unfortunately our progress is only limited by our funds, though we've got plenty of ambition :)
I hope to post some updates soon
-RJ
Thats the main thing. Keep it up :wink: |
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| [VU]Juan |
Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:30 pm |
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| Pan looks nice. Good job. |
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| 4Doora |
Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:08 pm |
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A few small updates for today....
We got the front beam torn apart and cleaned up
everything came apart fairly easily, with the exception of the lug bolts... we had to take the wheels off with the the drums. Everything else was just caked in grease.
My dad's been putting the engine together over the past few days.
Still needs to get the old valve guides drilled out of the heads.
40 horses of german thunder 8)
we got some paint for the chassis on the way... gonna have to wait to see that :wink:
Still need to get some Wolfsburg West floor pans! |
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| neonrick |
Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:15 pm |
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| Very nice! Keep the updates coming. |
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| estofer |
Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:41 pm |
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| Great project car and nice bullet holes!! :D |
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| iaccy |
Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:55 pm |
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| yea man it's coming along great..keep up the progress |
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