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PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What the hunter will be missing.
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I am pretty sure this is a split window but I haven't seen it without the tarp in 10 years. It is my dad's neithbors. It has been sitting like this for a long time.
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I asked about it a long time ago and he said is was his son's. Doesn't look like they ever got around to working on it.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Found this 63 rag n Kentucky!
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72 w/wonderbug frontend
74 baja coal black
70 rat project
78 van
69 T3 squareback euro automatic
67 probably rat it's so ruff
66 bug
63 ragtop
62 bug
59 ragtop

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And this 59 rag tooooo!!!!
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72 w/wonderbug frontend
74 baja coal black
70 rat project
78 van
69 T3 squareback euro automatic
67 probably rat it's so ruff
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63 ragtop
62 bug
59 ragtop

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

66!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Otislee wrote:
And this 59 rag tooooo!!!!
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saw this one on craigslist a while back. what about the ghia in the background?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This topic was started in 2009. You would think there would be post after post of hidden gems. I guess everyone has their own secret bug graveyard they don't want anyone else to know about.... I know I do........ Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2013 8:27 pm    Post subject: 1967 ebay classified find Reply with quote

This isn't really backwoods hunting but I'll tell you guys about my most recent find:

Back on the 28th I got home from hanging out with friends and checked my email etc. I stay away from ebay, but I was taking a break so why not. Well I found a 1967 beetle in the classifieds section and wanted to look at it but never really heard back from the owners. Fast forward 2 weeks and I'm borrowing Mike's towbar to bring it to the Air Cooled Express shop Smile


So the worst part is the paint and the bottom plate of the heater channels. The doors open and shut alright, but in a few years it'll need them. The owner before the lady I got it from attacked it with sandpaper or something in addition to it sitting outside in the sun forever. There are tiny hail dings and some filler in spots. It's also dirty as can be, as it was sitting since August in a garage.


I got it to run with the carb from my coffee table, I was sick of looking at it anyways. I also bought the last Nexen bug sized tire in the western world from Walmart's warehouse.


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Oh, and I need to track down some running boards to replace the original ones.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Came up on this jewel the other week, It was cheap so I figured what the hell. Its rough, but complete; and it came with some other bonus items.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Met a dude a napa Wednesday night invited me to his shop after some bsing and revealed a 59 european standard..in the process of procuring it haha.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's mine...
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

great finds guys!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:25 pm    Post subject: Estate Sale Reply with quote

I picked this up at an auction in Missoula MT. as part of an Estate Sale. Did some hunting along the way back and found some deals I'll post up later.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Engine started knocking so I parked it here in the 70's"
-said the owner of this 63model beetle..
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

found and saved this 1960 ragtop
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matching #'s pan and body 1958 sedan. Found this one in Florence, Texas a few days ago. My friend and I went and picked it up yesterday for a very fair price. Appears to be a early square, build date October 1957 by my research.

Came with some goodies... snowflakes, proper gas tank, license plate light, all handles for the in and outside of the doors, hood emblem, both front fenders, pair of 58 Texas plates and a 1600 dual port that isn't locked up. Some glass, a few other odds and ends. Well worth the 150 mile (one way) trip from Dallas, and the $500 truck we drove to get it gave us no fuss.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sweet find! Man, I am ALWAYS on the lookout in Texas fields and back yards for that elusive find. Any rust issues?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sportin-wood wrote:
Sweet find! Man, I am ALWAYS on the lookout in Texas fields and back yards for that elusive find. Any rust issues?


Other than surface rust, all are on the driver side... there is a small spot down low on the rear quarter behind the door, a small spot on the top of the heater box, a few pinholes at the bottom of the B pillar and a small spot on the firewall below the master cylinder.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Found this 67 on the local craiglist and picked up for a great deal. Has hardly any rust. Great start.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Driving north on 275 in St. Petersburg this morning...Guy gets on highway with a stripped OVAL body on a lawn mower trailer at 5th ave north....Wished I wasn't driving a work truck ++++++Was he going to the media blaster........................ or the scrapyard ?????? Shocked
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