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jfly
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 Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:56 pm Post subject: 68+ Late Beetle Spotters: I spy with my little eye... |
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...a late model bug!!!
I would like to start this thread in honor of all of us that sport the late model bugs--standards and supers. We see them driven around our home towns every day. Let's start taking pictures of them and build a thread showing the candid shots of fat chicks everywhere!
This is my vision: take a picture of a late model bug, note the town you saw it in (city, state, country), and post it here!
Who knows?! Maybe you'll see your own ride on here!
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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Suggestion...
Change the title to : Late Model/Super - 1968-up Beetle Spotters thread..
You may get more hits..
Like this similar topic.. .. very slow to take off.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=542186&highlight=spotters
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jfly
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57BLITZ
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All of these I've seen in either Nampa or Caldwell, Idaho!
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Sorry I am off topic, but I saw a VERY nice red '67 in that very same parking lot about a year ago!
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jfly
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All of these I've seen in either Nampa or Caldwell, Idaho!
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Sorry I am off topic, but I saw a VERY nice red '67 in that very same parking lot about a year ago! |
You mean this one? (sorry for the bad pic... early morning light is no bueno for cell phone pictures.)
I love this bug. I haven't seen it there for about 6 months or so; but I've driven west bound on I-84 along side her for a few miles and it was magical. Good lookin' bug. Love the plate, too! But... she's not a fatty...
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57BLITZ
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That's it!
Oh, and it might have been at the Lowe's on Karcher where I saw it.
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noah2burchell
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Sorry for the bad pictures but both were in motion.
This one was in Morristown Tennessee.
This one was in Knoxville Tennessee.
I wish i could get pictures of every one i see but I will try a little harder now that this topic is started. 
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johnnypan
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make it a ruby red '67 thread...yeah,thats the ticket,a ruby red '67 thread.. |
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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Maui Business with VW and a hot dog strap on.... as advertisement 
"Fun in the Sun on Maui"
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Its your vehicle- stop askin' for approval-do what YOU like for cryin' out loud
Better to roll em' how you want and wear em' out-than lettin' em' rot out
Its about the going not the showing
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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| Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: 68+ Late Beetle Spotters: I spy with my little eye... |
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Concord NC
Corner of Spring St NW and Cabarrus Ave W.
Has 4 lug Sprint Stars (or the like)..
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Its your vehicle- stop askin' for approval-do what YOU like for cryin' out loud
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Its about the going not the showing
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alex857
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: 68+ Late Beetle Spotters: I spy with my little eye... |
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1303 Convertible spotted in front of Seattle Space Needle August 18th, 2017
1303 Super spotted in Cambria/Ca August 26th, 2017
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: 68+ Late Beetle Spotters: I spy with my little eye... |
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We've really needed a late model spotters thread. Thank you for this.
I'm envious of those who can see other VWs on the road on any sort of regular basis. I stay in a small city of 42k people and I only know of one other ACVW in town, which is a '73 red Super Beetle convertible. Once in a great while I'll see late Buses or Vanagons on I-40 headed west towards Asheville.
Yesterday while enjoying a beautiful Spring day ride in my Sun Bug, I passed a beautifully restored red Citroën Duck. He had his rollback sunroof open. We smiled and waved at each other, both understanding how much the other was enjoying the ride with our sunroofs open on a perfect day. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:50 am Post subject: Re: 68+ Late Beetle Spotters: I spy with my little eye... |
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| Up until a few years ago, I would still see them pretty regularly here and there. Seems that I rarely see them, and I live in a city of around 3,000,000. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:44 am Post subject: Re: 68+ Late Beetle Spotters: I spy with my little eye... |
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Here is a screenshot of a Hemmings Motor News feature that I read recently; furthering the fact that any Beetle/Super Beetle is a rare sight these days.
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