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Blue Baron
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Location: Free State of Florida
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| Interesting horn button. Looks like a bus gas cap. |
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johnshenry
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Location: Northwood, NH USA
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I do remember seeing that. Pretty cool actually, I can tell the owner had fun with it and some historical references on KDF cars. Not sure why it has a roll cage, unless tha tis what was in it when he started the project.
Like the old radio equipment...
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ejm
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interior pics
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ejm
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A couple more pics
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DonR
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Just out of curiosity, would the Needhams in question be Art and Tracy?
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Stock Steve
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| I think this is a car i sold 3-4 yrs ago. It was a 80's show car that was known as "Tha Shrimp" for the prawn color. I bought it and started to make a rough type 82 clone. It was a 56 to start, with a bar added in the back window.....I sold it needing alot to complete..... I thought I sold it to Renowil? maybe? |
How about that. I remember when the late (great) Jerry Kelly used to drive "The Shrimp" to VW shows back in the '80s--pretty cool to see that it's still around.
The Needhams have also been on the VW scene for a long, long time--they're good people.
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WM971252
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| I believe that car is owned by the Needman'S (SP?) the other twins.. Yes it is a fake and they do not hide it. Got a brief story of it a few years back and it was one of those "why not" deals. They have had it out for a few years now. |
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p horvath
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: lf |
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| no, the black one. |
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focuszx3r
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Was that the beige one?
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p horvath
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: lf |
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| and i didn't pay him to say that. |
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Brezelwerks
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Location: Tyngsboro, MA
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| A bunch of us were watching it drive in from a distance, was rather clear that it was a replica, but it looked rather cool even despite the obvious authenticity issues. No one at the time ran over to it, maybe someone checked it out later though, was just sort of clear what it was and wasn't. The cars' worth checking out in detail however were Dave Havillands' still fresh looking gorgeous 53, Wiggy's amazing lowlight ghia, and Humberto Lapa's fresh out of the resto shop 64 sunroof which was everything he is known for. |
...and that all original 57 from nj. |
very true also, you seldom if ever see original paint survivor cars anywhere near that condition. |
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p horvath
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| A bunch of us were watching it drive in from a distance, was rather clear that it was a replica, but it looked rather cool even despite the obvious authenticity issues. No one at the time ran over to it, maybe someone checked it out later though, was just sort of clear what it was and wasn't. The cars' worth checking out in detail however were Dave Havillands' still fresh looking gorgeous 53, Wiggy's amazing lowlight ghia, and Humberto Lapa's fresh out of the resto shop 64 sunroof which was everything he is known for. |
...and that all original 57 from nj. |
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25horseboxer
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| I think this is a car i sold 3-4 yrs ago. It was a 80's show car that was known as "Tha Shrimp" for the prawn color. I bought it and started to make a rough type 82 clone. It was a 56 to start, with a bar added in the back window.....I sold it needing alot to complete..... I thought I sold it to Renowil? maybe? |
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Undis
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| Obviously an oval made into a split. The windows aren't symetrical. |
Yeah, that's the way to do it! I know this 'cos I did it to my car in the '80ies. There are two ways to tell a fake split from a real one. The window shape is too rounded - it just doesn't look right and the curve of the window follows close to the upwards curve of the louvres. On a real split those curves are different.
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Blue Baron
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| Obviously an oval made into a split. The windows aren't symetrical. |
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Keith
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| I saw the car. They had it listed on the show card as a 41', but it was parked in the custom class from what I remember, nowhere near the other early cars. I noticed it had an oval dash so that to me said its obviously something someone put together from parts. |
It was listed as a '41 and on the card next to the year it said " ( FAKE )" so he was clearly letting everyone know it was a fake right from the start. It was o.k. just seemed a little slapped together thats all.
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johnshenry
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| That car was there last year as well. Oval dash, not perfect, but I still kinda liked it! I have some pics, gotta get em online. |
Now that I think of it, I think I did see it last year....
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Aircooledfool
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| That car was there last year as well. Oval dash, not perfect, but I still kinda liked it! I have some pics, gotta get em online. |
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| I saw it drive in and it only took a secound from 200 feet to see it was'nt real. |
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ProjectX
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I saw Humberto's '64 yesterday (Thanks again Humberto!-)) and I know it's the wrong forum completely, but hearing the motor run and seeing the detail on that car was awesome. It's a very, very, very nice car indeed. 
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