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Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:50 am

What is going on over in Germany? Took a sweet ol' '53, filled in the semaphores, wide fiberglass rear fenders, welded in godawful door brackets,drilled holes in every outer piece,and shaved all the trim. Overall the car looks cool, the brake and motor setup is intense, especially since they said they're doing 130 mph on the Autobahn. But couldn't they do all that to something that is less rare/collectible?

Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:40 am

I agree with you. Although some could argue that if you took the car as it is now and you spend enough $$$ and time you could reverse what they did.

I would have used a super beetle to do a german look car.

Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:39 pm

Those bastards. :D

Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:41 pm

I thought the car looked great. Everything on it was a quality job.

Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:27 pm

I agree as well! Anything pre 55 needs to be brought back to life-vintage style! It's just too much of a rare piece of VW history. Maybe if too far gone to save, use as a parts car to save other beetles

Sun Nov 14, 2004 11:53 pm

n3t4n9 wrote: I agree as well! Anything pre 55 needs to be brought back to life-vintage style! It's just too much of a rare piece of VW history. Maybe if too far gone to save, use as a parts car to save other beetles While I didn't like the car in question I disagree with the "Anything pre 55 needs to be brought back to life-vintage style!" remark. While I cringe at 55 and earlier cars being hacked on for "drag/race purposes" I do appreciat and am consequently building a 55 3 fold cal-look car with 4.5s and all. As long as its done tastefully I'm alright with it.

Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:15 am

Quote: While I didn't like the car in question I disagree with the "Anything pre 55 needs to be brought back to life-vintage style!" remark. While I cringe at 55 and earlier cars being hacked on for "drag/race purposes" I do appreciat and am consequently building a 55 3 fold cal-look car with 4.5s and all. As long as its done tastefully I'm alright with it.

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Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:03 am

At least they did a nice job with their split! :D

Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:42 pm

Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:07 pm

aggro_jo wrote: hack hack chop chop. this argument is tired. It's their car, they can do whatever they want to it. It was done well so props to them.

I love these rules that people make up. What is it now, its only acceptable to modify a car that is a 68 and up that was originally orange and is currently in 1000 feet of water being used by sea turtles as a clubhouse? cool . just making sure i understand. well yeah... glad we're on the same page :wink: