Bert Silos Jnr's Black Ragtop with Jigsaw mirror graphics...

Backto89

Has anyone got a picture of it?

Featured in Hot VWs around 1992 under Northern Warrior or Weekend Warrior feature.

Was a black oval ragtop, and had a one off interior that Bert built himself. The wheels were polished Fuchs and the bottom half of the doors and quarter panel had a jigsaw pattern which had been polished into the metal.

Love to see a pic?

Stu

my65vert · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject:

I remember that car. I have the HVW mag with it in it.

weird ass front seats that could lay out flat.

To think, I use to think that was bad ass back in the day.
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Backto89 · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject:

Thats the one, had a display that went around the car in the same style as the interior.

In fact im sure the car was also in Trends with a show car diary with Berts and a peach budget show car. Showed Bert getting the car ready a week before the show, and taking each day to clean and detail different parts of the car.

Stu

RareAir · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject:

Bert's '57 was featured in the April '92 issue of Hot VWs. I remember seeing that car at all the VW Jamboree's at the Orange County Fairgrounds. If I had a scanner, I'd post the magazine article, unfortunetly I don't Crying or Very sad

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sloans265 · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:44 pm Post subject:

Wasn't that the one with the seats that looked sort of like blocks? I saw it for sale at Pomona in '95. Didn't that guy do interiors?
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bmtx · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject:

I remember reading the article on detailing before a show. I think the seats were blue and looked kinda like blocks and the panels were white. For some strange reason, I can remember the posters he had hanging in his shop, (which looked like it had carpet). One poster had a 3-wheeler and another was of an 80's looking chick. I'll see if I can't find the mag.

RareAir · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject:

Backto89 · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the replies guys.

Were they blue...thought they were black?

Bert also worked on a nice yellow and white squareback Hot VWs cover car.

Is that Kenny Pfitzer (spl) 23 window samba in blue n white still doing the rounds. Had a chrome plated beam and white interior. Think it was shown under "Wet Dreams" at shows, and was part of the Cal Look Special Feb 93 and VW Trends "Resto Custom" special.

Thought I would add those in while were getting nostalgic over Berts black oval.

Very Happy

Stu

RareAir · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject:

Backto89 · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:40 am Post subject:

Were they Java green and the other one blue, had a double feature? Ran chromie 356 style wheels?

Stu


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