58-67 Beetle Spotters Thread

[drscope]

One of our local Porsche forums has a Spotters Thread that is a lot of fun to watch.
Basically if you see another Porsche while you are out and about, you can post where, when and what you saw.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while as far as this site and the VW’s go and just never got around to doing anything about it.

Then today I saw a car while I was driving home from an appointment and that sort of re-kindled the idea.

For us in the Mid Atlantic area, we are lucky if we see 10 or 12 other VW’s a year unless we are going to the Bug Out. You just don’t see them on the roads anymore.

Since this is a world wide forum, we really need to put a few restrictions on this thread if the moderators allow it to continue. And since this is the 58-67 portion of the beetle forum, we need to limit the posts ONLY to those cars.

If you see other stuff, and the mods approve of the thread, start one in the appropriate section for what you spotted but lets keep this one for 58-67 BUGS ONLY!.

So here’s the deal, post the date, the state, the area, the location and what you saw.

I’ll kick it off with the car I saw today…

01/23/13 Maryland, Finksburg. West bound on 140 heading down the hill towards the reservoir about 3:15. A red 65 or 66 slammed in the front with a roof rack. Looked good!
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[bajafreaks]

No pics allowed ???

[obfuscurity]

Love this idea. Been thinking it would be cool to have such a thing.
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[Jon65]

Cool idea. There is a thread similar to this on my local forums. However, they put it in the General/Chat forum and it applied to all VW models.

[fory]

Saw a CHERRY '61-ish rag top today in the Sprouts parking lot in Citrus Heights. It looked like factory black paint, mostly white interior, grey wheels with caps and black wall tires... This thing looked bone stock original. I can only assume the little old lady driving it was the original owner... Wish I would've got some pics, but it was gone by the time I parked.
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[Hugo Stiglitz]

I like it!

I thought of this idea as well a while back. Same situation, other forums that I've been on had the same thing. However, those forums also had regional boards and were primarily the continental U.S. (Pacific NW, South West, Mountain, Central, South and North East).

The regional boards made it a little easier being that it was isolated to a specific area.
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[VOLKSWAGNUT]

Nice idea..

Regions would be nice... hard to seperate here, They would be easier to sift through ..

We all need to suggest this topic this for a "Sticky"

No Fat Chicks now.... just maybe the ocassional 1967 chubby chick.. .
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[bugandxbandme]

I will be on the lookout in Richmond. I love threads like this.

[KTPhil]

You see quite a few in SoCal, maybe one a day. Yesterday morning there was a sharp yellow '67 stopped on the northbound 23 freeway shoulder in the Thousand Oaks/Moorpark area. Air cleaner was off, so I figured he knew what he was doing and kept driving to work.

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[jamesbrady12]

This is cool. I live in Washington DC and I've seen 5 or 6 classic bugs in the last year here in the city, which seems weird, but there you go. I'll start making better mental notes so I can post about them. Thanks!

[panicman]

I'm in. I hope when the weather gets nice I will be able to participate more... I can start with a very recent sighting I had... In fact this is almost a re-post.

Matching Zenith blue (chubby) 67's in Oregon City. 1 on display at the vw dealership on Mcgloughlin Blvd, and one at a smaller dealer lot in Kahneemah on hwy 99, both cars less than 4 miles apart.
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[YouBugMe58]

I work on a military base and see them a lot. Right now there is an all white 67 w/ white walls and looks to be restored to factory. Next a early 60's in a non OG color of burgundy with a beige rag top. Has a early 50's W deck lid. Just dosent look right on a 60's car. Ther is a 62 sedan in white that looks OG on the interior but a respray, not bad. Ther there is a mid 60' w/metal sun roof in beige and nice wheels, lowered and restored nicely. I don't believe the engine is stock, goes to fast. I just cant seem to be there when he is outside to talk to him. There are several fat chicks but not going there. I don't go a day out here with out seeing one. These will eventually move on and new classes will start along with new soldiers and new to,me Dubs buzzing around.
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[YouBugMe58]

[stale air]

Saw this a while back while out running some errands. I spotted this pretty clean Coral Red 58, here in Santa Rosa, Ca at Sonoma Ave and Brookwood. I chased her all the way to her house (which was all the way on the other side of town), to talk to her, and check out the car. I know at first she thought I was a little nuts, but oh well.

Here are some pics....

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[Jon65]

So, I guess that we can assume that us VW owners walking out to our garages and seeing our VWs doesn't count, huh?