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jordand
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Joined: June 27, 2011
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Location: SF Bay Area
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 Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:45 pm Post subject: Show Us Your Beetle Doppelgängers |
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When cruising the Samba it is inevitable that you're going to find your beetle's twin at some point, and I had the luck to find one locally early this summer!
Not only is Eric Shoemaker's '67 is a year and color match with mine, but is an excellent example and resource for stock restoration and checking it out in person was an awesome motivational experience.
Anyone else out there seek out and find their Doppelgängers? I'd love to see more pictures of other long lost twins reunited!
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Hugo Stiglitz
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Location: Southern California
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anthracitedub
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Location: Michigan
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| I have a calendar with an anthracite 62 just like mine…save for the drop spindles. |
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Culito
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Location: Columbia Missourah
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alex857
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Joined: December 26, 2010
Posts: 714
Location: Stuttgart/Germany
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, my brother and I do own very similar 61 pearl white rag tops, both registered originally in our home town (Constance in the very south of Germany), registered only four days apart (1st and 4th of April) and with very similar registraion numbers (855 and 857).
While I bought mine in miserable condition cheap in 1987 and restored it with the help of my brother, we found his in 1992 in better condition for much more money. We left his bug in its original paint, cleaned and brushed up.
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ladybug89
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Location: City of Orange,CA
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this was a couple years ago at the beginning of the Berg Rally for the VW classic. i was waiting in my car, and my twin pulled in. we both started laughing and we both jumped out and took pics.
both are 1958's and both are Dove Blue... mine is on the right...
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63type1
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Location: Portland, OR
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I'm just glad we cleared up what a doppelgänger was. I was about to show something else.
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VDubTech
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Location: Syracuse, NY
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Bought my '65 last year and this year a guy in my VW club comes home with this '66 purchased here on TS in TN. Mine is the one with the bumpers.
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61SNRF
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My car first day home...
And the infamous 100,000th Emden Beetle Randy Carlson bought...
When I first saw TheSamba ad with it for sale, I thought someone had stolen my car overnight!
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86vwgti8v
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Steve.
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bill may
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this was a couple years ago at the beginning of the Berg Rally for the VW classic. i was waiting in my car, and my twin pulled in. we both started laughing and we both jumped out and took pics.
both are 1958's and both are Dove Blue... mine is on the right...
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not gulf blue huh??
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shano63 
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I don't think anyone else would be driving what I'm driving...
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vwrobert
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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my doppelganger is sitting on my drive LOL
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decobugma07
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john7
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my 53 zwitter
steve beechers 52 zwitter
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scottvw
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I have always admired Jason's car...GFK car.
Mine.
Jason's
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jhoward66vw
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Check this out! VW's on the Green 2012. Spuds '65 from Denver, and my '66 from Colorado Springs!
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Gratsoy
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Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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I was driving home down the highway one day in one of my other cars and saw a Zenith blue 67 identical to mine. There are hardly any beetles around my area (I can think of less than 10), I freaked and raced home. Figured someone had stolen my car, turns out I'm not as unique as I think.
Never caught a pic though.  |
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1960vw
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Location: tax everything, liberal ca
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: Same here |
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Use to see VDubs all the time a few years back. Lucky to see one or two per week now and it's probably the same one every week  . We are a dying breed, live long and prosper!!! |
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