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phil1957
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| yes it comes from Mr.Wob. it took almost 3 months to get but it was worth the wait. |
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vwclap
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Check my gallery.
This car has fallen into the hands of a local Volkswagen vulture. Best to forget about it ever being restored or sold.
Don |
Vulture's suck!
Too bad it looks like it was pretty original, those taillight reflectors remind me of Dutch items and the motor looked to be original too, cool serial number plate under the trunk lid.  ~ What a shame a car like that deserves to be restored.....
Tom |
Well, at 34 years old, I figure I still have plenty of time to decide what to do with my cars. Right now I am happy enjoying my two children and wife, doing projects around the house, and woking on my 54 bus when there is a free moment. ...Although I think some actual vultures may have been spotted carrying sunroof's 59 beetle to the scrapper after four years of free storage at my house ;P |
People are still scrapping pre 1960 Beetles? !!!  |
This 55 canadian custom was scrapped a couple of month ago! In fact cut and recycled. 
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phil1957
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that was savable  |
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vwclap
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| phil1957 wrote: |
| that was savable |
not really...really flaky...but will help save another oval.
Claude
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cox 1956, 1962 et 1975
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Ghia 1968
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Fuzz VW
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Location: Upstate NY/VT
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Nice work buddy! I also like what you have done to your shop.
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phil1957
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| Nice work buddy! I also like what you have done to your shop. |
thanks, i cant wait to get it done. im nearly done with work so ill be able to get back on it. the good thing about this car is that it doesnt need that much rust repair. |
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phil1957
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finally got some work done this thing. i know the way i did it was a little complicated but in my opinion, the more original metal, the better.
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ConcreteAce
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Derosse
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awesome project! 55 canadian standard, are they rare in the states?
best regards |
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phil1957
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| well here in canada they are rare, so i would imagine that they are more in the states |
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busmiller47
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| nice project. keep it up. |
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ARTIFACT
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phil1957
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some progress done on this 55. got all the suspension parts blasted and primed : axlebeam, trailing arms, drums, springplates, wheels. also rebuilt the steering box. finished welding and grinding the battery section. lots of stuff done but not many pictures but more progress to come.
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ConcreteAce
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kielbasa
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Are those tail lights correct for 55 canadians? Thought it was a us spec part.
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allsidius
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phil1957
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its going slowly like every other projects i have. but its moving forward, i just dont post much anymore.
yes these taillights are also correct for canadian cars
and yes this car is getting restored as close as possible to original, and im trying to preserve as much as i can of the original metal.
ill try and post some pics of the progress soon |
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ConcreteAce
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| phil1957 wrote: |
| its going slowly like every other projects i have. |
I know about the slowly part mine is taking forever it seems and we started about the same time.
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| ill try and post some pics of the progress soon |
That's awesome I still keep track of this thread.
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phil1957
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front pass side standard fender is done. also found some really clean ultramaroon paint under the window rubber that i will get some samples made to get the best match i can. btw its really hard to take a good pic of this color
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ConcreteAce
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