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Al.
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 Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:57 pm Post subject: Another acquisition..1960 Beetle |
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Just picked this 1960 Beetle up for free! It was driven to where it is sitting now 30 years ago and parked. The title from 1981 was in the glovebox! If anyone notices anything special about it please let me know, but as far as I can tell it looks fairly standard. Is the blue original paint with a red primer underneath? The interior color is dark blue..indigo maybe?? I will get some pictures of the interior and more when I drag it home on Sunday.
It will be sitting next to my 62 Beetle. Can't wait to get it up to snuff an on the road for Spring!
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Bad ass. Congratulations
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Hansolo99
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| Great find! I like that it was just parked and untouched. How is the car underneath? |
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Al.
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From what I can tell by just looking at it in the field, the heater channels are solid, the pan is solid (haven't looked in the battery tray etc. yet). I hope that after some cleaning and checking over things that it might even run...  |
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stale air
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Looks pretty good, and for free you can't go wrong. Let's see some interior pics! 
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GtiKyle
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buddy69
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| Great find! i'm curious why was it for free? nobody owns it from where it was left?? |
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ronburgandy101
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very nice , is that indiana red poking through ? one year only colour maybe ?
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joehadams
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Hell yeah! thats awesome i really love the two toned patina(if you want to all it that). Great find, i'm also curious why it was free! i wish things out here were free  |
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Al.
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| Hell yeah! thats awesome i really love the two toned patina(if you want to all it that). Great find, i'm also curious why it was free! i wish things out here were free |
Basically it was this old mans daughters car and she doesn't want it and he wants it off his property. I saved it from going to the crusher! It was days away from being sent off when I heard about it.
I'm really confused about the paint. The blue on the exterior is very light and the blue interior is dark. The red coming through is throwing me. Maybe 2 overcoats since OG?
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Al.
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| Wow! Nice find! Looks pretty complete! I love the little Volkswagen fender emblem |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it is a Canadian spec emblem only?
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The paint could be original paint maybe a seriously patina'ed "FJORD BLAU" ???? look's super cool 
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Jake Martinez
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free and a title! that just doesnt happen often 
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| Wow! Nice find! Looks pretty complete! I love the little Volkswagen fender emblem |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it is a Canadian spec emblem only? |
Yep, Canadian spec. I always thought those were pretty cool.
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Al.
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I need help figuring out what's going on with the paint on this thing!!?!? I will take more pictures tomorrow including interior. hopefully that will help some of you!
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jmw1982
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if its a darker blue on the inside and its a '60 my guess is Indigo blue.
heres mine
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