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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:42 am Post subject: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Hi there, I am happy to put same photo of my bug from 1965 6volt bought from first owner with original engine (I have zertifikat) Duration of complete restauration about 1,5 year.
HERE LINK OF RESTAURATION VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta1LOnzEIWg&t=886s
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gt1953 Samba Member
Joined: May 08, 2002 Posts: 13843 Location: White Mountains Arizona
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 6:38 am Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Nice work performed on the vehicle. I like it a lot. The dash clock is pretty neet. You must have sourced out some of the accessories for sure. I will finally say what an attractive woman also...does she get to drive the vehicle? _________________ Volkswagen: We tune what we drive.
Numbers Matching VW's are getting harder to find. Source out the most Stock vehicle and keep that way. You will be glad you did.
72 type 1
72 Squareback
({59 Euro bug, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 73 type ones 68 & 69 type two, 68 Ghia all sold}) |
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Pruneman99 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2012 Posts: 5013 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Wonderful car. It's super clean!
Croatia is on my list of places to visit. How's the VW scene there? |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31271 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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gt1953 wrote: |
I will finally say what an attractive woman also...does she get to drive the vehicle? |
Dress and tennis shoes is always nice. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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67_13Deluxe Samba Resident Alien
Joined: February 18, 2005 Posts: 912 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Nice beetle. What is that Meko thing on the dash? |
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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Pruneman99 wrote: |
Wonderful car. It's super clean!
Croatia is on my list of places to visit. How's the VW scene there? |
Hi
I hope that you came in Croatia Iam living in city of OPATIJA
https://www.visitopatija.com/hr (Iam very proud of my city).
Regarding scene in Croatia must say that is very good. (Maybe more vw meetings) otherwise ok. |
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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:54 am Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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gt1953 wrote: |
Nice work performed on the vehicle. I like it a lot. The dash clock is pretty neet. You must have sourced out some of the accessories for sure. I will finally say what an attractive woman also...does she get to drive the vehicle? |
Hmm that is true very attractive woman,.She was posing because in my city was a celebration called "retro Opatija". The entire city was in a retro style
https://www.google.hr/search?q=retro+opatija&t...;ved=2ahUK |
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Pruneman99 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2012 Posts: 5013 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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realfirefighter wrote: |
Hmm that is true very attractive woman,.She was posing because in my city was a celebration called "retro Opatija". The entire city was in a retro style |
The bug must have been the perfect car for a retro event. I like the two tone interior with cloth and leatherette. Was that a custom job or is that available for order?
You have a very beautiful city. You should be proud. It should be my turn to pick our next vacation spot. I'm pushing for Croatia. I've wanted to go for many years but somehow we end up somewhere the wife wants to go.. I'm not sure how I keep losing. |
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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Pruneman99 wrote: |
realfirefighter wrote: |
Hmm that is true very attractive woman,.She was posing because in my city was a celebration called "retro Opatija". The entire city was in a retro style |
The bug must have been the perfect car for a retro event. I like the two tone interior with cloth and leatherette. Was that a custom job or is that available for order?
You have a very beautiful city. You should be proud. It should be my turn to pick our next vacation spot. I'm pushing for Croatia. I've wanted to go for many years but somehow we end up somewhere the wife wants to go.. I'm not sure how I keep losing. |
Yes that was custom job. I did not find original cloth for seat (amazon green mosaic) but this cloth was most similar to the original |
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Emeraldlion Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2005 Posts: 743 Location: Texarkana, TX
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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I am really loving the single gauge grill to the left of speedometer. Was this an original accessory? Does anyone reproduce this? |
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3790 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Yep, that's a beauty...love the clock! |
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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Emeraldlion wrote: |
I am really loving the single gauge grill to the left of speedometer. Was this an original accessory? Does anyone reproduce this? |
Originaly was normal grill. I have bought the clock Kienzle motometer (e bay germany cca 260€), done some work to the grill and here is result. Now is another clock in bug, this one is for reserve
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Emeraldlion Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2005 Posts: 743 Location: Texarkana, TX
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Great job on that piece. Looks incredible! |
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3790 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Can I ask what was your method?
It looks like maybe you overlaid a template and then brushed some form of resin or epoxy over the grill slots, then smoothed out and detailed the perimeter of the circle in the slots. |
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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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Busstom wrote: |
Can I ask what was your method?
It looks like maybe you overlaid a template and then brushed some form of resin or epoxy over the grill slots, then smoothed out and detailed the perimeter of the circle in the slots. |
when I have cut the hole in the I have used pattex two component adhesive https://www.clevershower.de/Pattex-2-component-adhesive-48g and then brushed to to get the desired shape, and form. |
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56Cabrio Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2008 Posts: 1896 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
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bluebus86 Banned
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 11075
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realfirefighter Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Croatia
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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bluebus86 wrote: |
Very Nice Bug! Thanks for the photos, love them!
Keep Bugging!
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Thank you very mutch |
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3790 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Celestina 1965 from Croatia |
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realfirefighter wrote: |
Busstom wrote: |
Can I ask what was your method?
It looks like maybe you overlaid a template and then brushed some form of resin or epoxy over the grill slots, then smoothed out and detailed the perimeter of the circle in the slots. |
when I have cut the hole in the I have used pattex two component adhesive https://www.clevershower.de/Pattex-2-component-adhesive-48g and then brushed to to get the desired shape, and form. |
Clever
That's clean finishing, if you didn't reveal your technique, no one would've guessed, me thinks.
Thanks for your reply. |
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