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Richard Roth
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This is probably the weirdest VW related item I own.
Well known Pinstriper and VW customizer Shaky Jake gave up working on cars at one time and went to South America to hunt butterflies.
Years later he decided to start working on cars again and was given this real granite tombstone from Ed "Big Daddy" Roth as a gift.
I bought all the VW items from Shaky Jake's estate and now it resides in my basement.
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1966 Empi GTV MKIV
1954 Kabriolett Beetle
1953 Porsche 356 1500S
1957 Cable brake standard model
1962 cable brake standard model
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Hacksaw-BoB
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That Granite Tombstone is way too cool Richard and the story about Shaky Jake 
Shaky Jake made me this custom sign for display when I had my 49 Hebmüller at the car shows years ago
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Richard Roth
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Very cool Bob !
I also have the sign he made to display with his custom split window at the Bug-In's.
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The problem with reality is that there's no background music !
1966 Empi GTV MKIV
1954 Kabriolett Beetle
1953 Porsche 356 1500S
1957 Cable brake standard model
1962 cable brake standard model
1956 23 window Samba
1960 Austin Healey 3000
1961 Corvair Greenbrier |
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shortride
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tisius
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Location: Rotterdam,NL (+Chicago,IL)
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People usually don't get it when I say that I collect some old VW stuff, but reading this thread fortunately confirms that collecting anything VW is pretty normal behavior.
No need to see the shrink, thanks guys! 
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KTPhil 
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People usually don't get it when I say that I collect some old VW stuff, but reading this thread fortunately confirms that collecting anything VW is pretty normal behavior.
No need to see the shrink, thanks guys! |
I would not judge "normal" by what is here on the Samba, my friend... |
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HelmutofBuffalo
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Location: West Coast of New York
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Here is a steel plate 12" x 12" , welded scene, (note the use of woodruff keys), tribute to a former independent VW service provider from West Falls, NY. circa 1994 found at a garage sale years later.
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ovals4ever
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Location: Belgium
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I only collect KdF and Split Beetle literature. Love the early stuff!
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banana split
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Location: Beautiful British Columbia Canada
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: What do you collect in the way of VW stuff? Wierd stuff too! |
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An old thread indeed... but I thought I'd add to it. I took this photo recently and figured it fits here perfectly. I collect all kinds of early VW related stuff.
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1951 Crotch Cooler 11G Split Ragtop
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