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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 4:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They toys weren't very price, they looked good for the money. I was tempted, but I don't have room for "stuff". Here is a great shot of an oval lumping down the road at 45mph with a bent back rim. Young guy was super proud of his Oval!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think the front signals are stock!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry for not keeping this up to date. I'm in Italy now and came across this beauty here in Lucca Italy ( a very old pre-Roman era walled town ). Parking permits are very hard to get here so this was a total shock. enjoy
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clean inside and out, I'm thinking 64-65 model?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lots of options, love those louvers in the rear window
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A colleague sent me these photos he took in Italy last year, looks like a wedding with a VW convertible and a Rolls convertible as the 'cerimoni' cars.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for sharing those pics! I think it is great that it is paired with a RR at a wedding (cool over pomp?). Here is a very clean SB Vert that was in a parking area with in the walls.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Every chrome tid bit imaginable on this one...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like factory low back seats..Euro spec? Mexican? new to me any way.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This beauty was at the train station in Lucca, great shape..maybe a 64? stock color??
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eurospec lights and shiny chrome (that is me in the background!).
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hi manfred, good to hear you're still around! Smile

i think those narrow front turn signals were till 1963 in europe, i know my 62 had them but my 64,65 and 66's all had the slightly wider ones.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I'm still going strong,Thanks!!Very cool pic of the kit car as well. I just noticed there is a 1963 plate on the back of the blue bug...Euro spec cars are an interesting mix of parts(especially in change over years). The local owners really take good care of the VW's, that is not easy to do in Italy. Almost every car here has a corner wiped out or side dented due to narrow streets and the general chaos of driving here. It's spooky to cross the street walking much less drive, better out in the country I'm sure.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Came across this beauty within the walls of Lucca, 65K "clicks" on the odometer, very well kept..
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now I'm thirsty..some good stories from the past, no doubt, in this Bus!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Usually you see lots of Fiat toys here in Italy (or super cars like lambo's), so i did a double take when in saw this!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hope you're having fun! Those are some cool cars you have spotted. Very Happy
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