Anyone know the history of this car?

[magdelyn]

I bought a orange customized 1967 VW Type 3 that had been damaged in an accident. I have been doing a teardown. When I took off the right (passenger) side rear panel, I found the markings (pictured below) "ICK" and "Low Profile." Anyone know the history of this care?

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1973 vw super beetle
1988 Jetta
2001 Jetta
1959 beetle, ragtop sunroof
1973 bus westfalia (presently owned)
1967 squareback custom (just bought 04/11/2015)

[68vwfasty]

No idea. But it is interesting car. Suicide doors. Not sure I like those. I think a tonneau cover over the cargo are would look cool.

I have the same wheels on my fastback.

What's your plans for it?

[Bryan67]

It was in a VW Trends feature. And I`m pretty sure on the cover too.
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[magdelyn]

68vwfasty: I have taken off the body panels, and see that the work done on it was really shoddy. I am going to replace the floor pans, and am thinking about customizing it into a mid-engine car, with a type 4 engine. I have a Porsche 914 transmission and engine I can put in, but will have to engineer and weld a frame for it.

Bryan67: Do you recall about when the issue came out?
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1973 vw super beetle
1988 Jetta
2001 Jetta
1959 beetle, ragtop sunroof
1973 bus westfalia (presently owned)
1967 squareback custom (just bought 04/11/2015)

[Bryan67]

I don't but I'll try and find the issue later today.
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[68vwfasty]

Nate did something similar but not mid-engine on his square. He might be a wealth of information. He is also a really nice guy.
Squarsche build - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=495312&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[rays-64]

Funny, just saw a picture of this car. Looks the same, look at the seat color pattern.

[magdelyn]

68vwfasty: That's a cool ride.

Rays-64: That's the car.
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1973 vw super beetle
1988 Jetta
2001 Jetta
1959 beetle, ragtop sunroof
1973 bus westfalia (presently owned)
1967 squareback custom (just bought 04/11/2015)

[notchboy]

Yep yet another blast from the past poster on my wall back in the day T3 Kinda a hack, but was cool back then.
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[dc]

The orange color maybe me feel like I had seen it before! This was a fairly well-known 80's custom...

I dig it But that probably won't surprise many... looks like a cousin of my truck: it's the chopped roadster version.

I wonder how it would look with some sort of cover for the "bed" OR even more trick-- what about a chopped/custom/folding roadster convertible top just for the front/cab area?

Have fun with it---sounds like you have some interesting plans.
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[Nate M.]

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[notchboy]

Who knows when this car was featured in VW Trends?
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[notchback]

[Erik G]

looking at the picture above, it was a picture of the car at a show
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[notchboy]

I was thinking the same thing Neil. I also think its in the late 80- early 90 time frame as well. I looked online for a bit at VWT covers with no luck either.

Was it called Orange Crush or some such lame thing we did back then
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[notchboy]

[Bryan67]

Okay I found it. It was in (And on) the August 1989 issue of VW Trends.

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[notchboy]

Summer Cruiser!

Ahh thank God now I can sleep tonight

I used to cut the pages and tape them to make a one piece poster. This one I chose for sure back then when T3 coverage - as it is now was slim.
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