VW's Rotting Away, Sitting In Fields, Returning To Earth...

LostnaWesty · Samba Member Joined: April 10, 2014 Posts: 77

I don't care for corvettes after about 60. the Chrysler is an electrical nightmare and the 66 Is too far gone for me.

vaughn bros. · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject:

Found this buggy today. It had some neat parts on it.

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Bashr52 · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:33 am Post subject:

Volktales · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:57 pm Post subject:

Four years ago I went to Hua-Lien, Taiwan to visit my wife's family. Prior to going there, I checked out Google Earth of the neighbourhood. Spotted a decrepit looking Beetle on Google Street. My father in law was surprised when I said I wanted to take a picture of the rotten VW down the street... Anyway the first picture was taken in 2010...

The second picture is from April of 2014. A bit of a death foam problem going on...

The back story is this car belonged to the lady's husband and he parked it there one night and died. That was about 25 years ago. The car was kept for sentimental reasons and it has not been touched since. High humidity and salty air equals LOTS of rust! The next typhoon will probably remove the door completely! The car had a lot of modifications done to it so the exact year is hard to pin down. Anyone want to take a guess???
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1974 "Restfalia" Camper 2000 cc EFI 2001-
1970 Beetle first car, rotten, yard art 1985-
1966 Sunroof Beetle, restored 1998-
1964 Ghia, ongoing project 2007-
1962 Beetle Beryl,original paint survivor 2012-
1970 Savannah Beige Beetle 2012-
1992 16v GTI, 100% stock 2006-
1991 "Terseo", wife's old daily 1995-
1969 Chevrolet CST/10 (family owned since new)
1965 Gold Corvair Monza 2021-
1966 and 1965 Monza 2022-

cdennisg · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:22 pm Post subject:

That is an excellent pair of photos. You need to ask the in-laws to take a photo of it every six months so we can watch is disappear.

Those rear quarter vents started in 72 ( I think) so it is at least that late. Hard to tell anything else to nail it down closer.
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HUGO bOSS · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:43 am Post subject:

Hum... the quarter vents are in my 1302 from 1970...
But I will apoint also 1972, at least, because of the size of the back window...
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cdennisg · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:46 am Post subject:

HUGO bOSS · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:06 am Post subject:

Well... you should be right... Mine is one of the first 1302... from 1970, VW year 1971... Wink

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Volktales · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:33 pm Post subject:

I am thinking that this might actually be a Mexican Beetle. They were common in Taiwan at one time. The Mexi-bugs I saw there often featured green tinted windows like this example. This one likely has had earlier rear fenders and lights installed. Hard to tell what the vents look like under that "nice" rain deflector and it they look original or not. We may never know... The owner is quite elderly now so the car is unlikely to exist too much longer....
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1974 "Restfalia" Camper 2000 cc EFI 2001-
1970 Beetle first car, rotten, yard art 1985-
1966 Sunroof Beetle, restored 1998-
1964 Ghia, ongoing project 2007-
1962 Beetle Beryl,original paint survivor 2012-
1970 Savannah Beige Beetle 2012-
1992 16v GTI, 100% stock 2006-
1991 "Terseo", wife's old daily 1995-
1969 Chevrolet CST/10 (family owned since new)
1965 Gold Corvair Monza 2021-
1966 and 1965 Monza 2022-

Jacks · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 1:22 am Post subject:

I sometimes wonder if the "dearly departed" would approve of this type of waste Rolling Eyes

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Volktales · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:54 pm Post subject:

A field of VW's being cleared out. The weeds had been freshly hacked away otherwise these pictures would not have been possible...

This is actually a real 1953 Beetle. Original starter button was still on dash...

Early '60's Ghia rotting into the ground...

This '64 deserves a better fate... Lack of paperwork is the problem...
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1974 "Restfalia" Camper 2000 cc EFI 2001-
1970 Beetle first car, rotten, yard art 1985-
1966 Sunroof Beetle, restored 1998-
1964 Ghia, ongoing project 2007-
1962 Beetle Beryl,original paint survivor 2012-
1970 Savannah Beige Beetle 2012-
1992 16v GTI, 100% stock 2006-
1991 "Terseo", wife's old daily 1995-
1969 Chevrolet CST/10 (family owned since new)
1965 Gold Corvair Monza 2021-
1966 and 1965 Monza 2022-

Keith · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:03 pm Post subject:

What's the story with those ? Most seem to be in decent shape. I'd drag that '64 home and worry about the paperwork later, just see if you can get a bill of sale. Things can be done to get titles.

I see a late westy way in the background too.
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Volktales · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:31 pm Post subject:

These vehicles belonged to a guy who once ran a VW based business in repairs and "restoration". At one time well known, his real job took away more time from his VW "hobby" job and he shut down the workshop years ago. These VW's are what remained. Most are FAR worse than they look and are barely shells. The '64 was a customer car who never paid for work and never returned. This is why paperwork is an issue. Otherwise that car would and should be scooped up fast...
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1974 "Restfalia" Camper 2000 cc EFI 2001-
1970 Beetle first car, rotten, yard art 1985-
1966 Sunroof Beetle, restored 1998-
1964 Ghia, ongoing project 2007-
1962 Beetle Beryl,original paint survivor 2012-
1970 Savannah Beige Beetle 2012-
1992 16v GTI, 100% stock 2006-
1991 "Terseo", wife's old daily 1995-
1969 Chevrolet CST/10 (family owned since new)
1965 Gold Corvair Monza 2021-
1966 and 1965 Monza 2022-

Keith · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:13 am Post subject:

He should be able to do a mechanics lien or an abandoned title or something along those lines.
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"I firmly believe that some villagers from Botswana could probably build a better road than PennDot."- Splitty

"If you do anything to your car someone will hate on you for it. People absolutely love to complain and find fault with others. Don't let it bother you. Just live and have fun."- Lind

HUGO bOSS · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:46 pm Post subject:

Why not use a legal chassis with pappers and change the body to him? Rolling Eyes

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Sanders23 · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:35 pm Post subject:

Volktales · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:28 pm Post subject:

Most of the remaining cars in the field have a flat price of $500. The "owner" knows the '64 is significantly better condition then all the rest and he is asking a lot in my opinion. He wants out of it what was owed for repairs. The number being thrown around seems to be $2500. The car has its plus points of being relatively solid and unmessed with. The engine is missing without explanation of what happened to it. The right heater channel has rust and really should be replaced as well. Otherwise it seems complete and for some reason the front seats have been stored indoors. Keep in mind if there was not paperwork issues, this car would have been long gone to local buyers already. I really don't know what will happen to it as the field does need to be cleared. The price doesn't seem flexible at this time... Everything is being cleared out this year, the owner has no interest in doing the mechanics lien as the business has been shut down for some time and he wants no more hassles. Like I say if price was cheaper, locals would have taken a chance on it.
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1974 "Restfalia" Camper 2000 cc EFI 2001-
1970 Beetle first car, rotten, yard art 1985-
1966 Sunroof Beetle, restored 1998-
1964 Ghia, ongoing project 2007-
1962 Beetle Beryl,original paint survivor 2012-
1970 Savannah Beige Beetle 2012-
1992 16v GTI, 100% stock 2006-
1991 "Terseo", wife's old daily 1995-
1969 Chevrolet CST/10 (family owned since new)
1965 Gold Corvair Monza 2021-
1966 and 1965 Monza 2022-


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