I would like to thank my bug's PO for...

1964volksman · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2011 Posts: 123

THANK YOU for tearing out the clean original interior down to bare metal, painting the bare metal black, and installing Prelude seats
And I'm really enjoying the front apron and frame head which you do kindly smashed into oblivion, then painted flat black and kept driving with a broken frame!
I couldnt be more pleased about your Mazda wiring harness, complete with motorcycle wiring so that NOTHING worked
Four loose lugs on each wheel... Hmmm...
Thanks for putting the world's most worn out brake drums on it... Fully tightened, they wobbled and rubbed against the shoes
Thanks for registering my feb. '63 as a '64...
Thanks for welding sheet metal OVER the rust
Thanks for the BLOWN 1200, which "should run". It did. Briefly.
And thanks for cracking the new windshield
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straws · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:42 am Post subject:

Kinda sounds like you didn't do a whole lot of looking when you bought the car. Half the shit in this thread is just complaints from people that didn't fully look over the 50 year old car they bought.

60ragtop · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:55 am Post subject:

1964volksman · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2011 Posts: 123

The car was dirt cheap, I was 13.... So no, I didn't look it over, and I wish I had. I'm 15 now, almost done sorting it out the right way.
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'66 sunroof deluxe bug-40hp

drs1023 · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:07 am Post subject:

I've owned fifty-seven VW's over the last 40 years, and only 3 or 4 of them were running on purchase day. Looking back, I only scrapped 3 or 4 others after scavenging all the parts I could get off without a torch.

So I'd like to thank all PO's for not taking care of your cars, running them into the dirt, performing little to no maintenance on them, then being out of money and desparate to sell them the day I showed up with a few bucks.

I've never made a huge profit on any one VW - just enough to say that my hobby is one of the few that doesn't cost me a lot of money. Working on old cars is like aversion therapy to me and it's a lot cheaper than the shrink's couch to "re-center" your mind.

Nevada Notch · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:16 am Post subject:

I just figure you will find something down the line that one of the POs did that wasn't obvious.

Then you just have to laugh and wonder.....Why the hell did they do that?
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joecestes · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject:

When I was younger I used easy off oven cleaner to remove overspray primer.It worked but I wouldn't let it sit on the paint very long though. Clean really good after use. I don't know if it will hurt the paint or not, but I would think if it removes primer over spray it will probably do the same to paint.

Greg! · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject:

I would like to thank the PO of my '62 for some reason deciding it would be better to braze my pressure plate instead of dropping an entire $25 for a new one.

(and yes that gold colored glob is actually where it was brazed)

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Tell me how that one could have been caught on a pre-purchase inspection.

Steamjam · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject:

I'd like to thank the PO for layering on a 1/2" to 3/4" thick layer of bondo on the front pass quarter panel, and poorly repairing the passenger door hinge pillar, instead of repairing it right. Which prolly would have taken much less time to do in the first place.

Mexikrainian · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:37 pm Post subject:

I would like to thank my bugs PO for not wanting it any more and giving it to me. Very Happy

Thank You

Ga bug · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:41 am Post subject:

I want to thank mine for keeping it inside of a
closed in garage until I came along and got it.
It was in great shape.

Chuey · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:34 am Post subject:

Kudagra · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:45 am Post subject:

Thanks for taking all the windows out of the Texas registered 66 once you got it back up to Kansas and parking it under a tree so it could fill with soggy leaves and rot almost everything.

At least its not as bad as a Kansas type 1 left in the same environment. At least half of its life it was rust free.
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veedubfreak59 · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:59 pm Post subject:

Leaving the car in a field for 30 years Sad

The only real rot was the floor pans and the standard corners where every bug that sees salt rots. If the car was a hard top, the floor pans would have been intact, but as it was a ragtop that rotted away sometime in the 80s, it had 30 years of snow/rain in it. Someone also snapped off a rear bumper bolt and just welded the bracket to the car. But it's all numbers matching Smile

vwlovr73 · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:34 am Post subject:

Welding the rear bumper brackets to the fenders, and one of the fenders to the apron in the process! Wtf...
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OLD VW NUT · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:56 pm Post subject:

Such a great thread - gotta bump it.

I'd like to thank the PO of the 64 bug I owned many years ago for cutting a pair of holes in the package tray so they could route hot air up and into the car since the heater channels were plugged up - probably by the PO to the PO - for some unknown reason they shoved newspapers in there. Probably couldn't get the heat to shut off - I dunno. A mystery for sure.

I'd also like to thank (really!) the PO (and the PO to the PO - I.E. - her parents who bought it new) for not driving their 71 Ghia in the winters. It is virtually rust-free except for the battery tray area which has been replaced. Oh - and for selling it to me for the astounding price of $2500 - RUNNING! I do hate that you painted over the Bahi Red with a very crappy gloss black.
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TCBeier · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject: PO left a doobie

I would like to thank the PO for leaving a doobie under the bonnet. My girls found it while helping to strip it. LOL d'oh!

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tacochris · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:26 am Post subject:

Ide like to thank the previous owner of my lowlight for the "awesome" vinyl top you installed in the 90's....without your classy move my car wouldnt have rust holes in the roof the size of my fist.....or as I like to call it, the "Multiple sunroof option"....
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KTPhil · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:21 am Post subject:

tacochris · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:36 am Post subject:


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