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flyboy161
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 Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:43 pm Post subject: 1964...Diamond in the Rough |
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Wednesday night...That would be the 19th of November, 2014, my wife and I were talking Volkswagens...yeah, yeah, yeah; a rare occurence in my house but it happens sometimes. So out of the blue she says, "You should buy a '64 Beetle!" Now we own a 1970 Sedan and I just picked up a 1958 DeLuxe Sedan November 4th, to restore. Well, I looked in the classifieds and found a bunch of '64's, like 75 of them. When all of a sudden I saw it; 1964 "Barnfind"....oh yeah and it was local to me. The pictures looked nice but like most classified pics they aren't hi-res so I sent the guy an email. Then another  Then I called him on Thursday and we set up a time to come out for Friday to look her over.
The story went, "The prior owner was the second owner. He bought it in 1978 drove it for twenty years, had it repainted once and the motor rebuilt. In 1998, the prior owner, drained all the gas out of her and parked her in a wooden barn. This guy is part of a classic car auction place in Byron, and went to see the prior owners "Lot" of 16 cars. The Beetle was the only one that did not sell in the ensuing auction." So Friday it is, 10am. Thursday was a long night, and Friday morning came early.
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My father's 1970 Beetle-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603879
The 1964...Diamond in the rough
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=612776
My 1958 Morocco Bug-
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flyboy161
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flyboy161
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A walk around
The back left corner...right side similar
I asked the man, "Does it run any better with the carburetor cleaned?" (He had it rebuilt on Thursday)
He says, "Hit the key!" Brum!!!chit, chit, chit...etc. Runs like a top. Quiet, no tapping, no knocking, great compression...Awesome. Then he asks if I want to drive it? I'm like, "Hell YEAH!"
So, I drove around the parking lot.
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My father's 1970 Beetle-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603879
The 1964...Diamond in the rough
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=612776
My 1958 Morocco Bug-
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=611483 |
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flyboy161
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gt1953
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Care to share the agreed price with us here on the Samba.
Nice 64.
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Nice find, I like it! Looks like the paint will clean up pretty nice.
Plans? Repaint the wheels the correct colors, with new bias plys? New seatcovers? Full tuneup? Full detail?
Ok, ok, sorry those would be my plans if I owned it. Lol 
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Rome
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Great that you pursued and could come to a reasonable purchase price for this solid car. Looks like you can get it running dependably easily over the winter. Would be wise to add lap/shoulder belts for driving safety. One like this would look great- http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=ZVW20AGY
The door panels would be from a '65, that being the first year where there is no longer the perimeter white edge beading. Why they were all screwed onto the doors?? Maybe the clips were lost? Maybe the clip holes are egged out/worn so that new clips would not hold in place?
"Blinkers light up but do not blink"- sounds like a poor ground of the blinker unit in the trunk wiring area. Rotate the blinker unit a few times in its holder to break any surface rust on the holding tabs, or try running a new wire (18ga. is enough) from the blinker unit housing to a freshly re-threaded bolt to ensure a clean ground. Also clean each turn signal bulb socket with a round wire brush like what plumbers use on pipes, to clean off any light corrosion. http://publicphoto.org/tool/plumbing-tool-twisted-in-wire-brushes-spiral-brushes/
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The door panels would be from a '65, that being the first year where there is no longer the perimeter white edge beading. Why they were all screwed onto the doors?? Maybe the clips were lost? Maybe the clip holes are egged out/worn so that new clips would not hold in place?
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I'm guessing this may have been a mid year change. My 64 has original door panels without the white edge beading, as well. Never researched it, though.
Screws may have been added due to warping door panels, as well. Not uncommon to see.
Great looking car, flyboy! |
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