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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:16 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Bill Guthrie wrote:
December 1954
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2021 8:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Got her 2 weeks. Has been sitting since 93

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:13 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

What are your plans? Ca.car? Curious what bridge are you crossing, when following the tow truck?..in LA?
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

aa390392 wrote:
Curious what bridge are you crossing, when following the tow truck?..in LA?
Tomas

That’s the Rio Vista bridge, it spans the Sacramento River.
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:35 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

aa390392 wrote:
What are your plans? Ca.car? Curious what bridge are you crossing, when following the tow truck?..in LA?
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It’s a CA car. The previous owner hit a dog, and it sat. Collected parts to fix it but never got around to it. Been sitting since 93. The bridge is the Rio Vista bridge. 45min south out Sacramento. I’m going to get the front end back together. I have a whole apron assembly that I am going to put in because the one that’s in there is crushed pretty good. After that going to pull the motor and re seal it and get it back on the road.
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 11:55 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Sorry gentlemen, got myself in the middle there. The little kid in me was going “oh, oh, oh, l know were that’s at”.

Congrats, nice find.
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 12:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

RUNKLE wrote:
Sorry gentlemen, got myself in the middle there. The little kid in me was going “oh, oh, oh, l know were that’s at”.

Congrats, nice find.


Haha all good. I would’ve done the same. Surprise someone knew what bridge it was. Fun fact, The Rio Vista bridge was designed by Joseph Strauss, the same guy that designed the Golden Gate Bridge.
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2021 2:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Hey ALL!! Hope everyone if well and COVID free!!

Here is my latest purchase!!! 1954 VW Oval!




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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2021 4:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Turtlecar56 wrote:
aa390392 wrote:
What are your plans? Ca.car? Curious what bridge are you crossing, when following the tow truck?..in LA?
Tomas



It’s a CA car. The previous owner hit a dog, and it sat. Collected parts to fix it but never got around to it. Been sitting since 93. The bridge is the Rio Vista bridge. 45min south out Sacramento. I’m going to get the front end back together. I have a whole apron assembly that I am going to put in because the one that’s in there is crushed pretty good. After that going to pull the motor and re seal it and get it back on the road.
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Damn! One big ass dog!
Good luck woth the apron transplant..do it right, where no one will notice.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Well, after a 25 year hiatus, I’m back in the game. Crazy thing this life! I now own my adolescent dream bug. So giddy I can’t stand it. Do have plans to do stuff. (My previous ride was a full tilt custom 1/91 VW Trends) but absolutely thrilled putting around as stock right now! Love.
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My previous ride —->
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Can’t wait to learn what I don’t know as an official oval owner now! ♥️
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:11 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

I have acquired my first VW after dreaming for nearly 30 years. Late '55 Oval. 2332cc under the deckled makes for a sensory overload drive.
Plan is to keep as is for a little bit, with some minor safety related modifications, and just enjoy the ride. Long term plan is to go for a more traditional Cal Look stance, and keep annoying the neighbours Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Very nice oval!! Love that interior shot!!

Do please tell me about that tachometer in the radio grill That's the 2nd time this week I've seen one of those! I want to do that for sure!!

Thanks for sharing!!! Cool
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:58 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Our 1955

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:28 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Nlornston, I to have a 55 strato ragtop, though mine is a US import. And in preservation mode at this moment...thanks for sharing...
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Beautiful 55!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

still a work in progress but at least I can drive her now!


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:53 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

These are a few photos of a 57 we owned in the early 90s, it started out as my wifes daily driver but morphed into a "show car" Rolling Eyes . It was orientally Diamond Green and a pretty nice car, well she wanted it Red so had it painted and had the interior re done. After that I really didnt like the car anymore and my wife became afraid to drive it because it was "too nice". Sold it in the mid 90s and often wondered what happened to it after that. The last photo of it on the trailer is when I delivered it to the new owner...
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

Just got 2 bugs that were my Dad's

A 56 Oval and 67 Sunroof

They both need TLC but the Oval needs more.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:52 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

My 1955 RHD running a 1776 with a 110 Engle cam

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:32 am    Post subject: Re: Oval Owners, Post your Oval Reply with quote

After a 12yr hiatus from the VW community..(seems life gets in the way for a lot of us) I picked up a mess of a '56 in Kentucky and drove it 2 hours back to Indy. It needs help obviously, but for the Midwest relatively rot-free. Evidently it came out of Calif. Would anyone have information.?
VIN reads 1-1055620
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