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tortugabug Samba Member
Joined: July 27, 2014 Posts: 2 Location: Philippines
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:30 am Post subject: |
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springmeet. nice to meet a lot of cool vdub people. fun times. got a rack
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nice bug kid! Ive been hunting a 67 here in the Philippines hope to acquire some soon, great job |
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Benfish Samba Member
Joined: July 27, 2012 Posts: 113 Location: NPR Florida
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Just read all 20 pages through. What a great thread. I have to say that you are doing an awesome job on your bug. Looking forward to seeing what you will do to her next. Best of luck to you. _________________ 1966 Sea Blue Sedan |
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grandpa pete Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2008 Posts: 6426 Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Wow. Well its crazy to think I have had this car for four years now. Seems like I just got it yesterday.
I have been away at college, but will be graduating this spring so I think a new chapter will be unfolding here with regards to the VW bug. Here are some pictures I have taken in the past summer/winter of the bug.
Here she is at Vintage Weekend this past July:
On the road:
Here is a nightime picture!
Mt. Rainier:
Some strange version of a selfie/ car selfie?
Random NW Tree Shot:
This is the reason I need to dump her on the pavement:
It just looks too cool not to do it.
_________________ 1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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jhicken Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2003 Posts: 9466 Location: Fallbrook, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like the front tires rub.
-jeffrey _________________ Der Kleiner Kampfwagens |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Sberger Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2007 Posts: 25 Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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I have a 67 that was restored 6 yrs ago and I have decided that there is no end in sight of upgrading as it's never finished. I do drive mine a bit and it shows its wear and tear. This year is going to be an upgrade to disk brakes on all four. Keep going on your bug it looks great I have a 4" narrowed beam from Matt Watts out of calf. If I did it over again I would just do a 3". I also run 135's front and currently has165's in rear. I'm going up to 195 in rear and 145 front soon enough.... [/img] |
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mariusstrom Samba Member
Joined: March 29, 2010 Posts: 745
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Think I saw you at the Spring Fling this weekend. Car looks good, and I see you've still got the rack I sold you a few years back at Springmeet. Damn the weather was miserable, though! _________________ Marius Strom Otto: 1988 Vanagon Syncro Westy Camper
[SOLD] Felix: 1967 Deluxe Beetle |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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mariusstrom wrote: |
Think I saw you at the Spring Fling this weekend. Car looks good, and I see you've still got the rack I sold you a few years back at Springmeet. Damn the weather was miserable, though! |
Oh my. Yes. The weather was awful. I did get a chance to make since I was on springbreak and got the car insured and ready to roll...
rainy show
_________________ 1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
INSTAGRAM @jwebber95 |
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adam fisher Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2013 Posts: 3 Location: las vegas
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 11:06 am Post subject: 1967 zenith blue beetle |
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been working on my 67 for about 2 yr she is getting close . pics coming soon |
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BLAU GEIST Samba Member
Joined: June 17, 2015 Posts: 100
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:38 am Post subject: |
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Awesome thread, great work on the 67! |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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Love the car. Love the scene. But not at a point in my life where this car makes any sense. Hard to daily drive a VW in the PNW. Now that I am out of school I need to focus on other things. Dont have any space here at my parents house. I love this car, but it for sale.
Many folks have already told me to keep onto it, but I cant right now. This car taught me a lot, and has really given me the appreciation for all cars (not just VW) and it'll always be my first car.
I can always get another one. They give everyone a good dose of nostalgia so I'm sure itll do the same for me.
Go buy it ;D _________________ 1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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ExtremeBean Samba Member
Joined: April 12, 2015 Posts: 192 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Don't do it dude! You're gonna end up regretting it. Maybe not soon, maybe not in a year or 5 years, but I'm telling you.. ONE DAY, you're gonna be like damn, I should have never sold that car. Take it from experience. I'm sure a hundred other guys on here will tell you the same thing. Sweet car btw! If I lived in Washington and had the money, I'd snatch it up in a heatbeat.
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vwnut1 Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2012 Posts: 495 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:52 am Post subject: |
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At least you took plenty of pics to show yours kids one day! Be sure to save the ones with you and the Bug in the photo and burn all of them to a CD. I predict it will become WAY more difficult and expensive to find a used 1960's Bug in 10 more years (2025). _________________ 1957 VW Oval Resto Mod |
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Sold the bug. Hopefully the new owner continues this thread I sent him the link about it. What a great first VW. There will be more for me one day... _________________ 1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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webberjames95 wrote: |
Sold the bug. Hopefully the new owner continues this thread I sent him the link about it. What a great first VW. There will be more for me one day... |
Life has flown by.Every once and awhile my 67 seems to reappear in a dreams at night. I sold it so quickly even though it meant so much to me. It seems like the samba isnt used nearly as much as it once was. Nearly all forums seemed to have died since facebook groups became a thing. I didnt think I was going to ever really buy an old vdub again. I went through a phase of other cars, but still most were flat four engined cars:
Well, right after college I was a lot into hiking and adventuring so naturally a
98 Forester was the answer:
It ended up being low and sweet
Then i went a completely weird direction and got myself a 1968 Chevy:
I returned to the flat four world again with a 2005 blobeye but with more power baby!
Got bored of speed and wanted something simpler to work on, a 1998 Legacy with dozens of jdm swapped parts:
I got married this past summer. Yes, it was to that same girl who helped me 8 years ago with Olga.
This one. This picture is from around 2012-13:
I knew early on she was the one. We moved away from our hometown. Not a lot of car loyalty these past five years. The 67 Bug dreams have never really left me. The hunt for an old VW is on again. But its taking a little bit of a twist. There was a unique pattern of the pictures I noticed of my wife back when we were younger. She was always a fan of bugs, but she would always get up close with a particular VW. Ill let the pictures talk.
camping out a subaru has been fun but, two is coincidence, three is a trend and the trend hasnt lied.
The hunt for an old vdub is on. _________________ 1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD
1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon
1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold
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