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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2002 Posts: 1663 Location: Palominas AZ
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject: Nice find! First time posting here since I sold my 63 |
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Hey Folks!
Been a member here for - well - a long long time. But I havent posted in the beetle forum since I sold my 63 in 02.
Well - today I was looking at the pics of my 63 for the first time in two years and thought - gee - it'd be great to have a beetle again.
I've been involved in Bay Busses since that time - and am working on a 78.
Well - low and behold - I was lost looking for the barber after work (they moved) when I spotted a Ghia in a used Car lot. Thought - Cool - lets take a look. What should I spy as soon as I pulled in?
A 62 beetle.
And not just any 62 beetle. A bone stock - still 6 volt beetle - in light creamy yellow. Oooooh!
Took a look and asked about it. Yah - some old lady died - she bought it used in Prescott Az in 1965 - and it has 78k on the clock. Still has the 1200 in it. Sure it runs. Fired right up - slight exhaust leak. Needs seat upholstery - was resprayed once - needs touch up. Has the original saphire radio. EVERYTHING is there. Only thing missing? Knob for the heater and air cleaner.
And I happened to have - in cash - the asking price.
$2800.
Never a wreck - never any rust - and drove just peachy all the way home. Its dark otherwise I'd have pics. Needless to say I bought it - and will be posting about it here later - maybe tomorrow.
Cheers!
_________________ Ryan
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&Dan Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Cool! Lemme see. That's exactly what I paid for my '61 in similar condition. |
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67 Florida Deluxe Samba Purist
Joined: June 21, 2005 Posts: 7987 Location: Gainesville and Tampa, Florida
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2002 Posts: 1663 Location: Palominas AZ
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!!! I'd show pics but its dark out.
I plan to keep it absolutely bone stock. Freshen up the engine - new seals. Get the bearings lubed - new tires - upholstery - get the radio working - and that is it my friends.
For the first time - I found the "little old lady car" - she just passed away at 92 - and the family put it on consignment.
Ahhhh
So cool _________________ Ryan
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67 Florida Deluxe Samba Purist
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&Dan Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Did it come with the owner's manual, dealer guide and other loveliness?
Mine did. Heh. I also got two VW service coupon booklets. The back page of the owner's manual contained the original owner's proud entries of his MPG over the course of a couple years.
Even had the Bendix Sapphire booklet. Treasures!
Show pictures, please. |
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2002 Posts: 1663 Location: Palominas AZ
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Well....
Here you go - had to get new tires today.
Into the shop on Monday for some maintenance.
There is a slight whine from the tranny in second - and the front wheel bearings sound like they could use some grease.
Not bad though.
I also pick up the fender skirts on monday - forgot those... _________________ Ryan
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Hotrodvw Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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That's sweet! Those seat look like they might catch you by surprise though. _________________ '67 Sunroof
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Alan Willis Banned
Joined: November 22, 2004 Posts: 4181 Location: booted from the SEWR and stalked in here
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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damn,I need to post pics of my find as soon as I get it home _________________ die schwarzen Schafe #666 |
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2002 Posts: 1663 Location: Palominas AZ
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks all - she's a geat little car - named her after my Great Aunt Beatrice - Aunt Bea (or as we used to call her - Aunt Tiney - married last name was Tiney).
Anyway - she's nice. Noticed most of the whine is going away as I drive it. Also - not too sure if the engine IS a 1200. I know it needs a suplimental return spring on the accelerator though! Lol - doesn't retract right. Also has a jerry riged clutch cable (spliced cable?) - and a few other oddeties. Like the knob switch next to the ash tray - whats that??
All I have plans for are - new muffler (the one in it has a HUGE hole), Air cleaner, seals on the engine, upholstery, and touch up to a few spots of pain - and a new chrome strip for the hood. Maybe have the radio fixed. LOL. _________________ Ryan
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Kilroy Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2007 Posts: 311 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Nice find. I grew up in Bisbee and might have seen that car tooling around town when I was a kid. _________________ Ruby Red '66 Sedan with Puebla built 1600DP. |
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&Dan Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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It's pretty. The exterior is a dead ringer for mine as found. I like the Skeletor seat! |
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67 Florida Deluxe Samba Purist
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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I really like these "un-molested" stock finds! Did you get any photos of the car "back in the day"? Those would be nice to have to especially if there were photos of the day it was brought home and throughout the years. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2002 Posts: 1663 Location: Palominas AZ
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately I didn't get any old photos.
The old lady passed on a week ago - and her family just wanted to get rid of it. It was on consignment at a used car lot in town. They had two VW's - a 73 Ghia - and the 62 - both for 3k. They brought the price down to 2800 for me.
In Az they don't finance for under 10k - otherwise he said he would have sold it 100 times over.
So - the family turned it into the lot - and thats it. I could PROBABLY track down who owned it from the old title.
Anyway - sweet little car. _________________ Ryan
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ecko70 Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2008 Posts: 18 Location: FRENCH
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Nice this beetle!!!
It's USA that we discover the good occasion!
In French it becomes more and more rare and what I understood the bettle is good condition except the interior.
Thz sixty two modele are the best
Cool The home with palms _________________ http://bug-show.skynetblogs.be/
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glutamodo The Android
Joined: July 13, 2004 Posts: 26298 Location: Douglas, WY
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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Nice one! Kinda reminds me of my 62 when I got it in 1989.
So it wasn't hard for you to get tires for it? They are starting to get scarce.
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67 Florida Deluxe Samba Purist
Joined: June 21, 2005 Posts: 7987 Location: Gainesville and Tampa, Florida
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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ecko70 wrote: |
Nice this beetle!!!
It's USA that we discover the good occasion!
In French it becomes more and more rare and what I understood the bettle is good condition except the interior.
Thz sixty two modele are the best
Cool The home with palms |
Bisbee is in the southeast area of Arizona, very close to Mexico. It's very arid (aride) so old beetles survive and palm trees (and cacti) abound _________________ -Kent (BaT "daleallen")
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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So it wasn't hard for you to get tires for it? They are starting to get scarce. |
Well - I didn't get the 165 / 15's for it - the guy at the store told me about the "beetle" tire. I went with the 195/15s - a tad wider - but oddly - the old 165's bias ply's were rubbing whereas the 195's don't.
I did verify it's a 1200 in there. Took a good look at it and degreased it. It looks pretty good. A tad tatty - but it runs like a sewing machine. Only problem is its loud - I Found a HUGE hole in the muffler behind 3/4. Are the 1200 mufflers hard to find?
I DID contemplate changing to a 1600 - but - decided against it as I bet the little 1200 will give me better milage - and with the way prices are going....
Also - I noticed the tin is WAY different from a 1600. There are not heater hoses - the carb has no return spring on it (it's on the cable itself), and the distributor is wide and fat.
So my BIG question is - on the 1200 - are parts hard to find?
One other thing - there is a turn knob on the dash next to the ashtray. FINALY figured out what it's for. I lifted the seat and found an after market blower in the heating system. Pretty cool! Was that normal? The switch looks OLD - like - at least from the 70's.
One last thing. Opened the glovebox - found out the last time the car was on the road was 1990. The registration was in there - with the sticker - unused. LOL. _________________ Ryan
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