| JWDII |
Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:24 am |
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| Beautiful! and Congrats! been a joy following this thread. |
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| splitjunkie |
Fri Jul 13, 2018 1:07 pm |
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| Looks great. I like the Gurney bump on the roof. Did you actually need it or is it just for looks? |
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| kiwisteve |
Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:50 am |
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. Yes Gurney bump is indeed needed - it's okay without a helmet but being six foot 4 inches tall, with a helmet I bump the roof! :x
Now I'm not sure how many of you might want to accept this invitation, but we'll be taking the Okrasa Special back to its birthplace of Martins VW (previously Barnett & Small) to celebrate the car's birth exactly 60 years ago and you're all of course invited. David Small's grandson George is representing the family and we plan to re-enact the run up the Farnham Bypass (now the A31) that David did to test the bare chassis, putting the first 46 miles on the car.
Martins VW have kindly offered to leave the dealership forecourt empty for us to park up classic VW's and Porsches, and they will also clear out the workshop where the car was constructed. If anyone has a black 1950's Oval window Beetle and you would be prepared to bring it I'd be thrilled, so we can replicate this photo, which we think is the original donor car and David's son, so we can bring the car back literally full circle 60 years later. It seems like a fitting tribute to the original designer and constructor of the car...
Martins VW will open the dealership from 8-10am on Sunday Nov 4. Their address is: Volkswagen House, West St, Farnham, Hampshire, GU9 7BG, England. If you do intend to come please let me know here or as a PM so I can give Martins VW some sense of numbers. Many thanks.
Cheers,
Steve |
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| Tanoki |
Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:20 am |
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First of all, congratulations on finishing the car, it has been a total blast to follow this!
I really admire how you have kept all things as traditional as possible, well done Sir!
I really hope there will be a great turn up at the dealership, it will be a great celebration to the original builder and the place the car is born.
Good luck with that event!
But most important, enjoy that gorgeous car, you are the best thing that coukd have happend to that rolling chassis!
Cheers. |
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| autohaus |
Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:26 am |
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see some pics in GERMANY
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| tisius |
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:32 am |
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Spotted at Bad Camberg, you couldn't miss it there 8)
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| autohaus |
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:45 am |
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| TRS63 |
Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:28 am |
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Seeing the car in Stuttgart/Bad Camberg was absolutely a blast. What an amazing car, by far my favorite on the all meeting! Loved all the details!
Cheers
Antoine |
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| Chickensoup |
Wed Jun 10, 2020 4:23 pm |
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| i wanna see more :) any updates? |
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