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cande83821
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What a tremendous time capsule!
Say, this would not happen to be in Oxnard, would it?
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I did not take this photo. This photo was taken by the gentleman that sold me the car. It is somewhere like Oxnard or Ventura, I believe. I purchased the car in Camarillo. All of these places are Ventura County.
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chaosisme
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My '65 has the same starting issue you describe. When the car is warm it's hard to start but if I keep the accelerator pressed all the way down it'll start. You might try that.
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ALLWAGONS
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| Rome wrote: |
What a tremendous time capsule!
Say, this would not happen to be in Oxnard, would it?
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This car and the Nutria brown sunroof car that was in a warehouse were for sale for a looong time. I had my eye on both, but then sense kicked in I opted out. Both nice cars, and time capsules.
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Tram
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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| My '65 has the same starting issue you describe. When the car is warm it's hard to start but if I keep the accelerator pressed all the way down it'll start. You might try that. |
This is exactly correct:
"Depress the accelerator pedal fully only when the engine is very warm".
Clunky translation from the original German, but they're telling you to hold the pedal to the floor while operating starter on a warmed up engine. On an engine that's "above freezing" but not hot, hold it half way.
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cande83821
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Location: Sunny California
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| chaosisme wrote: |
| My '65 has the same starting issue you describe. When the car is warm it's hard to start but if I keep the accelerator pressed all the way down it'll start. You might try that. |
This is exactly correct:
"Depress the accelerator pedal fully only when the engine is very warm".
Clunky translation from the original German, but they're telling you to hold the pedal to the floor while operating starter on a warmed up engine. On an engine that's "above freezing" but not hot, hold it half way. |
Thanks for the advice, I'm going to try this the next time I drive it. I'm waiting for the registration so driving the car right now is a bit of a gamble.
It doesn't have plates. I hired an "expert" to resurrect the Black/Gold plates.
The process has been taking a little longer than expected.
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1966 Slammed Vert Gone
1955 Hardtop Oval OG Gone
1966 Sea Sand Sunroof #2 Gone
1955 Hardtop Semaphore Oval #2
1966 Sea Sand Sunroof #3
1958 L41 Black Vert
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Soul Built
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"Expert"
Hmmm, sounds kinda crazy Chuck  Your expert needs to give you the temporary permit to drive the car while Sacramento clears the plates.
I'm still jealous. I was like #25 on the list of people to buy your car but I am glad it went to a cool dude. |
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cande83821
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Yea I know but must have patience. It'll happen soon enough.
Been waiting this long. What's another week or two right?
Shoulda got this done while I was waitin for the motor work.
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| chaosisme wrote: |
| My '65 has the same starting issue you describe. When the car is warm it's hard to start but if I keep the accelerator pressed all the way down it'll start. You might try that. |
This is exactly correct:
"Depress the accelerator pedal fully only when the engine is very warm".
Clunky translation from the original German, but they're telling you to hold the pedal to the floor while operating starter on a warmed up engine. On an engine that's "above freezing" but not hot, hold it half way. |
To add some personal experience, I had to do this on both my '66 and '67s that I daily drove for years in the summer. Not always though, I would always try to start it first. Sometimes it would start right up, sometime it took some or all of the pedal. I always pressed the pedal very slowly to floor first.
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Geothon
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I remember seeing this up for sale last year. I believe it was sitting in one of the barns in the Oxnard Plain, somewhere near the mushroom plant.
Great car, congratulations! |
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cande83821
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Finally got some time to install a few pieces to the front
of the car.
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1955 Hardtop Oval OG Gone
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1955 Hardtop Semaphore Oval #2
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Soul Built
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This is my favorite picture of this car.
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vwfye
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Cleaning up very nicely!
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redbug74
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Awesome build up !! I enjoyed the pics and reading all the comments and advice. Aint thesamba great ?!!
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cande83821
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This is my favorite picture of this car.
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I liked that wheel setup but incorrect. I actually think the white lip
with black center on the wheels looks better than the all black originals.
I'm trying to keep it all OG. Still trying to decide whether or not
To re install the trim rings.
Maybe I should just slam it and put Fuch's on it!
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1955 Hardtop Oval OG Gone
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1955 Hardtop Semaphore Oval #2
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1958 L41 Black Vert
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cande83821
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Cleaning up very nicely! |
Thank you.
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1955 Hardtop Oval OG Gone
1966 Sea Sand Sunroof #2 Gone
1955 Hardtop Semaphore Oval #2
1966 Sea Sand Sunroof #3
1958 L41 Black Vert
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mountainkowboy
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Nice car.....my problem is I want 1 of each.
Sedan
Vert
Ghia
Squareback
Notch
Fastback
and ALL the split buses 
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Bobnotch
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| Soul Built wrote: |
This is my favorite picture of this car.
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I liked that wheel setup but incorrect. I actually think the white lip
with black center on the wheels looks better than the all black originals.
I'm trying to keep it all OG. Still trying to decide whether or not
To re install the trim rings.
Maybe I should just slam it and put Fuch's on it! |
I liked that tire and rim combo too. I bet the car drove better with it as well.
When I did my T-34 Ghia, I painted the center section body color, then painted the outer ring part white. While not completely stock, it does look better that way (in my opinion) versus installing the trim ring. Add in that I'm running black wall tires, the white rim edge helps break off the color. The way I looked at it, it's my car, and I'm going to drive it wherever I want, so I might as well make it look good. The next owner can paint them black again, and add the trim rings. 
Nice car, and it cleaned up really good too. Have fun and enjoy it.
P.S. I also went with a set of polished 5 spokes.
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cande83821
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| Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:24 pm Post subject: slowly detailing... |
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I haven't posted here in a while. I've finally got the DMV process almost completed. I'll be detailing the car little by little. Hopefully I can attend the VW Classic with my little Square in June. Here are some new photos. I spent about 30 minutes on the left side upper beltline just behind the driver door. I think it looks pretty good for a 35+ year old crappy repaint. many parts of the body will not be able to shine up that much but I will continue detailing what I have. I will NOT be repainting the car. Too much $$$ for my budget...
I also spent some time cleaning up the trunk space and all of this area has the OG paint and the original liner card (BEAUTIFUL)!!
before...
after...
spare tire area.
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1955 Hardtop Oval OG Gone
1966 Sea Sand Sunroof #2 Gone
1955 Hardtop Semaphore Oval #2
1966 Sea Sand Sunroof #3
1958 L41 Black Vert
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bobnorman
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| Wow, I missed this one before. This car is a time capsule! Is that spare original? Also, I see the back seat back has the original chord upholstery. Have you looked under the other seat covers to see if it’s still there? |
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cande83821
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, I missed this one before. This car is a time capsule! Is that spare original? Also, I see the back seat back has the original chord upholstery. Have you looked under the other seat covers to see if it’s still there? |
All the under bonnet paint and mats are original.
I think I will inspect the seats a little closer. You never
know!!
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