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Mon May 03, 2004 8:06 pm

I live up the street from someone with a blue super. Thats about all i know about the car itself besides it looks to be in good condition. The thing thats bad is, i have never seen it gone or moved out of that spot. It stays there every day for years now. I remember being like 6 years old and seeing it and hitting my sister "Blue punch buggy!" Should I ask the people that live at the house if its for sale? It makes me sad. its never worked on or kept up or DRIVEN!!! Ill post a picture of it tomorrow

Mon May 03, 2004 11:23 pm

sure ask.Might get a good deal, but its not like if its super rare like a split window bug.

Tue May 04, 2004 4:59 pm

By all means, rescue it. Anyone who saves any abused or neglected VW will gain good karma. Super or split, no VW deserves to be neglected like that [ok, maybe a 411 or 412 :wink:]

-jeffrey

Tue May 04, 2004 11:32 pm

Ask about it. My parents bought a '73 SB new in '73. Years ago we started to get many inquirees about it. unfortunatly my mom sold it for cheap b/c it was sitting for months at a time. Then i turned 16 and bought one myself. The point is you can sometimes get a good deal. :snipersmile:

Wed May 05, 2004 12:56 am

ice baller61 wrote: sure ask.Might get a good deal, but its not like if its super rare like a split window bug.

No, but it might be in 5 or 10 or 15 years..... they're all going to that big crusher in the sky, slow but sure. Just in the last 5 years the wrecking yards have gone from loads of bugs to just a few. Even here in California the pickings are getting slimmer by the day.

Save it if you can, get it back on the road and sell it to another VW lover.:D

Wed May 05, 2004 4:38 am

will do, only problem is im 16 and my parents wont go for it seeing as i already got my own fat chick... ill see what i can do

Wed May 05, 2004 6:39 am

Just get it

Wed May 05, 2004 7:16 am

parts vehicle! :idea: use that to persuade them to let you get it....then fix that one up to.

Wed May 05, 2004 5:15 pm

Not that I would but i bet i could just steal it out of their fron yard and they wouldnt notice. Damnit i forgot to get a pic of it, wonder if its still light outside

Wed May 05, 2004 5:18 pm

one more thing, i believe it hasnt been started (I THINK) in more than 5 years. I bet that it needs a engine rebuild, maybe a broken piston and they never felt like fixing it. Or maybe it was inherited and they just keep it for sentimental values, but a car isnt somthing u just keep for that reason and if it was they would put it in their garage. Im surprised no one has hit it in the past 10 years. If they are selling it for more than 1k i wont have a chance but ill let u guys know :wink:

Fri May 07, 2004 12:41 pm

By all means, go get it! There is nothing more satisfying than bringing home another stray Bug! Thats what I keep telling my wife anyway. I try to bring home at least 3 every year. Yep...been doing it for 33 years now!

Fri May 07, 2004 4:17 pm

so....did you get it yet??

Fri May 07, 2004 6:04 pm

No i have been really busy, I am going buy there tomorrow. (Busy working on my car and school... of course)

Fri May 07, 2004 8:48 pm

just checkin!!

Tue May 11, 2004 4:12 pm

Here is a pic that I finally got, I dont know how but the headlight rings arent rusted WHOA!

Tue May 11, 2004 4:45 pm

Looks like a '73 Standard Beetle, or therabouts, to me.
NOT a Super.

Tue May 11, 2004 5:11 pm

hmm, i thought it was a super, ill check and see if its got mcpherson or not

Tue May 11, 2004 5:12 pm

no, ur right, didnt notice the window :roll:

Wed May 12, 2004 6:55 pm

Supers are easy to tell without looking for struts. Just look at the front sheet metal. A Super Beetle front apron curves under and a standard is flat. As for the windshield, early supers had flat windshields just like standards. They changed to a curved windshield in '73 or '74.

Looks sweet, get it!

-jeffrey