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Dodson84 Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2022 Posts: 5 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:05 am Post subject: My UK based 1970 Beetle |
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So the story starts, wanted a beetle for a long time and with the prices on the rise, now was the time, found this 1970 Mint green beetle approx 2.5 hours away, having had all new pans, wings, front and rear valance etc, seemed like the perfect base.
Upon arriving at the guys house this is what greeted us..
Decided to jump in at the deep end and first drive was 2.5 hours back, followed by my mate in my transporter...
Decided pretty quickly that the cream on the wheels and the chrome running boards and arch guards weren't my thing, and that it sat far too high, so changed them bits up, which produced this, within the first 2 weeks..
Ordered a roof rack and installed that..
Just ordered some smoothies and got them painted body colour, see teaser below..
Will be fitting these at the weekend and probably tweaking the front a little lower, let me know your thoughts.
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:46 am Post subject: Re: My UK based 1970 Beetle |
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Great choice of mods and those smoothies will definitely add to the look. |
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7839 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:18 am Post subject: Re: My UK based 1970 Beetle |
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looks like a good find. you obviously don't have the speed bump infested roads that I have to suffer!
and plod says 'where's ya front number plate?' _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect... |
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Dodson84 Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2022 Posts: 5 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:26 am Post subject: Re: My UK based 1970 Beetle |
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finster wrote: |
looks like a good find. you obviously don't have the speed bump infested roads that I have to suffer!
and plod says 'where's ya front number plate?' |
Haha, you wanna see the road just on my housing estate, i have to reverse onto the drive as the roads are finished yet, awful
as for the number plate...looks cleaner without |
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Dodson84 Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2022 Posts: 5 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:53 am Post subject: Re: My UK based 1970 Beetle |
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So the smoothies went on just before winter, this also confirmed we need more lows...
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4391 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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