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gitchesum
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 Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:14 pm Post subject: Split window conversion |
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So would it really devalue my Jan 55 rag to use this
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1392317
I had an identical car as Im describing a few years back and regretably sold it. Or am I crazy !!!
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oldsplitvw
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Yes, it would "really devalue" the car.
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gitchesum
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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I had a bad thought...I feel better now and I don't know WTF I was thinkin'
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tstracy39
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Unless your 55 rag is a total pos, it'll de-value it. You can't permanently bond fiberglass to metal. After a year or two the seam will start to crack.
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gitchesum
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Ain't gonna happen....beside I thought I have seen the conversion in metal....I'm familiar with trying to get fiberglass and metal to go to lunch together...
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61 rag w/356B brakes
61 356B
Honda XLR 250, 69 Z50, Yamaha 100 Enduro...and others.
GMC SLT 4x4 Dmax
Kubota L3710, not enuf attachments.
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Keith
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Wheres the vomit emoticon???
I'm sure theres a sweet Mulholland Kit complete with whale-tail for sale in the classifieds that you can throw on your '55 along with the split window conversion 
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Jon65
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| tstracy39 wrote: |
| Unless your 55 rag is a total pos, it'll de-value it. |
Yes, if its too far gone to be saved, then go ahead. But to a completely restored, stock or close to restored car then NO. |
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gitchesum
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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OK...OK...I said I was sorry and I must have been having a 60's flashback episode....
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Honda XLR 250, 69 Z50, Yamaha 100 Enduro...and others.
GMC SLT 4x4 Dmax
Kubota L3710, not enuf attachments.
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Jon65
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| OK...OK...I said I was sorry and I must have been having a 60's flashback episode.... |
I'm not putting you down or anything. You asked for opinions.  |
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gitchesum
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No harm ...no fowl!!!
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61 356B
Honda XLR 250, 69 Z50, Yamaha 100 Enduro...and others.
GMC SLT 4x4 Dmax
Kubota L3710, not enuf attachments.
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Keith
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| gitchesum wrote: |
| OK...OK...I said I was sorry and I must have been having a 60's flashback episode.... |
Drugs are bad, mkay !!!
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exciter
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I just had a great idea!!!!!!!!! 
I have a 65 beetle i will trade you even up that way you can graft in the split and know it will fit, since it say 58-65! 
Just busting your chops. Thanks for posting the question before cutting! good for you!!
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jmartin7
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| If I were to cut up something and give it a split window, it would not be what you have. I would get a very cheap and/or rotten late model or flat window super (I draw the line at round windows) and do it to that. Might as well give it a turbo subaru or mazda rotary while your at it. |
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gitchesum
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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An old boy once told me "Anybody can restore a car....it takes a real man to cut one up "
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57 SC
61 rag w/356B brakes
61 356B
Honda XLR 250, 69 Z50, Yamaha 100 Enduro...and others.
GMC SLT 4x4 Dmax
Kubota L3710, not enuf attachments.
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Keith
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| An old boy once told me "Anybody can restore a car....it takes a real man to cut one up " |
Unfortunately not everyone can restore a car and give it the justice it deserves to truly be restored (and if modified like wheels and lowering, done right, tastefully and easily reversible) but a LOT of idiots can hack them up and butcher them to pieces. Luckily it seems your not an idiot.
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gitchesum
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Thank you Keith....an idiot sometimes...but not a stupid idiot. I usually try to bring back a car to it's original state as far as exterior and interior looks. But I have been known , often, to change out the drive train, and brakes to make it (for me) a nicer, safer driver....I've built show cars before, and totally restored cars too...that ain't gonna happen again....I hated being a little Hitler(pun intended) and not let people be people in or about the car..... no!!! you can't bring food into the car, keep your feet off the carpets, ad infinitum.... They are meant to be driven and enjoyed....not trailer queens just going from one show to the next.
Mind you I have the deepest respect and appreciation for these cars and people that build these cars, but like I'm saying...it ain't for me.
Like I said...I was likely having a past , way past, un/medicated flashback when I first posted my question...
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61 356B
Honda XLR 250, 69 Z50, Yamaha 100 Enduro...and others.
GMC SLT 4x4 Dmax
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Sounds like a great idea ,go ahead and do it . All the non VW people will think it is a real split and everyone else will think that you hacked a nice oval to make a Quasi split .
Oval Sunroofs are still cool . Not every VW has to be a Split .
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tisius
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| gitchesum wrote: |
| An old boy once told me "Anybody can restore a car....it takes a real man to cut one up " |
duhhhh, how old was that old boy???? he probably meant to say it the other way around ..... yeah, the years will get to everyone at some point 
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