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Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:07 pm

HENRY'S 51 wrote: mr. warehouse wrote: Rich's 50 wrote: Congrats Neto. is that the one Tony owned ?

It came from Mr. Ruiz.
Good deal too for a CC 3 fold car.
No, Pip bought it from Ed economy and Neto got it from Pip. Simon bought the one from Mr. Ruiz. just FYI

Nice collection of Splits either way.

Like they used to say on Saturday mornings.....

Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:07 pm

My Split October 51 in Lima Peru .

http://www.facebook.com/carlosgamarrachincha

Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:25 pm

kasska wrote: My Split October 51 in Lima Peru .

http://www.facebook.com/carlosgamarrachincha
Absolutely. Beautiful

Wed May 25, 2011 1:42 pm

mr. warehouse wrote: volksaddiction wrote:
Can anyone tell me about the 16" wheels:
What year was the heart welded to the outer ring, and what year was the heart nailed to the outer ring.
I've got 2 wheels that are nailed, and three are welded.

Welded or riveted...

I'd like to know the same. I've pulled wheel off 3 cars in the last 6 month that had a combo of both.

Sounds similar to the "crows foot" / "non crows foot" bus wheel scenario.
I just found this set, two welded two nailed

think I will hold on to'em till I find me a split.

Wed May 25, 2011 2:21 pm

[quote="JWDII"] mr. warehouse wrote: volksaddiction wrote:
Can anyone tell me about the 16" wheels:
What year was the heart welded to the outer ring, and what year was the heart nailed to the outer ring.
I've got 2 wheels that are nailed, and three are welded.

Welded or riveted...

I'd like to know the same. I've pulled wheel off 3 cars in the last 6 month that had a combo of both.

Sounds similar to the "crows foot" / "non crows foot" bus wheel scenario.

I just found this set, two welded two nailed
quote]

And two that were supposed to be cropped out? :wink:

Wed May 25, 2011 5:55 pm

[quote="VWKDF"] JWDII wrote: mr. warehouse wrote: volksaddiction wrote:
Can anyone tell me about the 16" wheels:
What year was the heart welded to the outer ring, and what year was the heart nailed to the outer ring.
I've got 2 wheels that are nailed, and three are welded.

Welded or riveted...

I'd like to know the same. I've pulled wheel off 3 cars in the last 6 month that had a combo of both.

Sounds similar to the "crows foot" / "non crows foot" bus wheel scenario.

I just found this set, two welded two nailed
quote]

And two that were supposed to be cropped out? :wink:

A1 you seen'em first and if they do go anywhere they coming your way bro! :wink:

I just found it intresting someone else had mixed sets on they're cars. I figured it was just vw using what was available at the time.

Tue May 31, 2011 7:57 pm

Goodbye my old German friend. It's been a great 10 years. I think your new owner will enjoy your wheels rolling on the road as much as I did......

Tue May 31, 2011 8:06 pm

johnshenry wrote:

Goodbye my old German friend. It's been a great 10 years. I think your new owner will enjoy your wheels rolling on the road as much as I did......

Where's it going John?

Tue May 31, 2011 8:19 pm

53 0val wrote:
Where's it going John?

Can't say Bob. I'll leave that up to the buyer. My guess is that will be quite "visible" to the hobby though.... and driven often.

Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:51 am

kasska wrote: My Split October 51 in Lima Peru .

http://www.facebook.com/carlosgamarrachincha
That doesn't look like the greatest neighborhood. I'd be nervous as a whore in church!

Beautiful car though!

Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:13 am

johnshenry wrote: 53 0val wrote: johnshenry wrote:

Goodbye my old German friend. It's been a great 10 years. I think your new owner will enjoy your wheels rolling on the road as much as I did......

Where's it going John?

Can't say Bob. I'll leave that up to the buyer. My guess is that will be quite "visible" to the hobby though.... and driven often.

I'll chime in now that it is safely in Santa Rosa.

Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:07 am

sooo nice to see only the brake light in the popes nose! :D
i run brakelights n the taillights and simple popesnose light because i have no bulb holder. i always wondered how it looks like with the brake on.

Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:27 pm

Less than 24 hours later http://lowbus.com/BB/index.php?topic=1060.0

Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:46 pm

mr. warehouse wrote:

i wouldn't have done that any differently. nice work. i fuggin love it! 8)

Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:16 pm

Can you even turn the front wheels Greg? :wink: Put it back up to stock and bring it down for the Treffen. That's a great car, congratulations. 8)

Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:35 pm

53 0val wrote: Can you even turn the front wheels Greg? :wink: Put it back up to stock and bring it down for the Treffen. That's a great car, congratulations. 8)

Heck yeah, I've been driving it daily for over a week now Bob.
Rolling out to Vallejo (couple hours round trip) next weekend for Bug Bash.
My plan was to get the hardtop back to stock for the Treffen, but engine hold ups aren't going to let that happen.

The new improved 11G will be there though, maybe the hardtop too, just not with a 25hp engine.

11G "build" - http://lowbus.com/BB/index.php?topic=1060.0
Hardtop "build" - http://lowbus.com/BB/index.php?topic=473.0

Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:22 pm

UZI wrote: mr. warehouse wrote:

i wouldn't have done that any differently. nice work. i fuggin love it! 8)

Im sorry John! It does look good What greg did to it, however i liked it stock when you had it much better. I know the trouble you went to to get it that nice. I think I barfed in my mouth a little at first when i saw it dropped on earlies, which like empi 5 spokes are played out.

Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:51 pm

I'll be at the treffen this year if anybody needs assistance driving some vintage cars to the show! ;)

Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:58 pm

guteandtite wrote: UZI wrote: mr. warehouse wrote:

i wouldn't have done that any differently. nice work. i fuggin love it! 8)

Im sorry John! It does look good What greg did to it, however i liked it stock when you had it much better. I know the trouble you went to to get it that nice. I think I barfed in my mouth a little at first when i saw it dropped on earlies, which like empi 5 spokes are played out.

I think if I just read this correct he said your car sucks.

Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:35 pm

Yustrn wrote: guteandtite wrote: UZI wrote: mr. warehouse wrote:

i wouldn't have done that any differently. nice work. i fuggin love it! 8)

Im sorry John! It does look good What greg did to it, however i liked it stock when you had it much better. I know the trouble you went to to get it that nice. I think I barfed in my mouth a little at first when i saw it dropped on earlies, which like empi 5 spokes are played out.

I think if I just read this correct he said your car sucks.

I don't know if he said *that* but even if he did, you got it right when you said "your car" which we all know means I'll do with it what I want. I'm not particularly concerned with the people that don't like it, cause I do.

I've been told I "ruined" it and that it's "disgraceful", among other things. I guess we can add "it sucks" to the list as well.

I mean, c'mon look at this thing now. We should add "embarrassing to the list also.