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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7934 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:02 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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you missed out the interior on the red coupe
they're asking £10,500!! _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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Bunglebus Samba Member
Joined: August 18, 2006 Posts: 704
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Yeah that headlining is pretty awful _________________
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Some people think they stopped making beetles after 1957. Some people think they stopped making buses in March 55, or August 58, or August 63, or July 67.
Some think that if your beetle has a padded dash, it's an engine donor. Some think that if it has push button door handles, it's a boat anchor.
Do what you want. Ignore the elitists. Drive your VW. Enjoy life. |
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20267 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Looks like a prolapsed asshole. I highly suggest NOT doing a google search for that, though. _________________ nothing |
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scottyrocks Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2016 Posts: 2660 Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I'm all for creativity but those proportions are just so . . . so . . . _________________ “If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch' |
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FarmerBill Samba Member
Joined: July 25, 2017 Posts: 766 Location: New England
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 10:42 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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scottyrocks wrote: |
I'm all for creativity but those proportions are just so . . . so . . . |
It feels like the inspiration may have been a 1940 Ford coupe. The rear window doesn't look quite centered either. |
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3327 Location: 802 The Pointless Forrest
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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whatever floats your boat. _________________ "Albatross"! |
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vwuberalles Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2003 Posts: 1357 Location: Richmond, VA
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Bunglebus Samba Member
Joined: August 18, 2006 Posts: 704
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:35 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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20230109_213706.thumb.jpg.09b85211e0e401815cb5f4f78f6335c9 by RS, on Flickr _________________
cdennisg wrote: |
Some people think they stopped making beetles after 1957. Some people think they stopped making buses in March 55, or August 58, or August 63, or July 67.
Some think that if your beetle has a padded dash, it's an engine donor. Some think that if it has push button door handles, it's a boat anchor.
Do what you want. Ignore the elitists. Drive your VW. Enjoy life. |
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NJ John Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2218 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:51 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Looks like it was made out of a child’s race car bed. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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vwuberalles Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2003 Posts: 1357 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:13 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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The Truckstarossa is so dumb it's actually kinda cool. If it had a type 3 or 4 engine so the bed was usable it'd be fun to haul my vintage Italian scooters around in. If I had F-you money I'd swap an actual Ferrari engine into it. _________________ 1973 Superbeetle: 1st car, owned since age 12. Update thread --> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9919140#9919140
1967 Kombi: Owned since age 17, Dad's retirement project.
1966 Beetle: My new project. (SOLD) Build thread--> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=678040 |
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Bunglebus Samba Member
Joined: August 18, 2006 Posts: 704
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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This actually gives me the willies a bit
FB_IMG_1674065424984 by RS, on Flickr _________________
cdennisg wrote: |
Some people think they stopped making beetles after 1957. Some people think they stopped making buses in March 55, or August 58, or August 63, or July 67.
Some think that if your beetle has a padded dash, it's an engine donor. Some think that if it has push button door handles, it's a boat anchor.
Do what you want. Ignore the elitists. Drive your VW. Enjoy life. |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33991 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I guess he got REALLY tired of finicky 6-volt electrics!
Looks like a funny setup shot using an unused trolley mechanism that was hanging free in a maintenance yard.
Hopefully they ensured it was not live first! |
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VeeDubWolf Samba Member
Joined: July 12, 2010 Posts: 656 Location: Yakima, WA
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:59 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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KTPhil wrote: |
Looks like a funny setup shot using an unused trolley mechanism that was hanging free in a maintenance yard. |
I'm not seeing any wires attached, so I think it's just sitting on the roof of the Bug, otherwise agreed! _________________ Two Bugs-
'70 rust-bucket sunroof sedan
'69 PO hack-job special
-Plus a wide assortment of various parts'n'junk |
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BSQUARE Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2004 Posts: 1876 Location: Feeling, Minnesota
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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_________________ 1988 Ford Festiva L
1965 Honda 50 "Super Cub"
2016 Miami Sun Trike |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69802 Location: Phoenix Metro
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7934 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:02 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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I think I posted photos of that a while back with the proud owner standing by it. $35k wow! obviously an optimist _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15143 Location: Syracuse, NY
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20267 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:40 am Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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Have to at least give them credit for finishing what they started. _________________ nothing |
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NJ John Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2218 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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They should have just swapped the late engine into the caddy. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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sportin-wood Samba Member
Joined: September 12, 2010 Posts: 2006 Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: VW abortions, homemade bastards, post em..... |
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_________________ .
Paused 66 project bug
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"Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it." --- Jeff Spicoli |
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