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durfeec
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Here's what it looks like now...
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You should put some rear tires on that thing. Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My 68 Ghia coupe as found

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Build log here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=523015

This is a back burner project so progress is painfully slow and posts sporadic
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

64 standard sunk into the ground. Now it is sunk into my backyard.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow, an early vert with those options and oldspeed engine.

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Here's our '54 when we found it back in the early 80's...
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is were I found my 58.
I had to dig upp the ground to be able to open the doors to the barn.
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It had been resting in the barn for 20 yers.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Picked this up just outside Oklahoma back in '92 for $1800.

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Still got her. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Found in the garage at a house that my father was doing work at. Took a few years but we finally got it:

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As it is now, back to its original color:

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

johan81 wrote:
This is were I found my 58.
I had to dig upp the ground to be able to open the doors to the barn.
It had been resting in the barn for 20 yers.

Very nice score, Johan Cool

How are things going with the -55 of yours?

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the bottom pic is how I found it, over a year before I bought it from my friend. It had been sitting for about 10 years
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:58 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:24 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

Those running boards look mint Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:21 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

After two years of constant searching on Craigslist and other online and local venues I finally found my car. I tried and tried to get the roof rack included but no go Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:55 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

From the Craigslist add...


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:06 am    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

From last November:

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Now living in N.J.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

1963 original sunroof. Heater channels roached. Pulled correct 1/4 pop outs out of another sitting close by but it was a fabbed baja very roached. It did have a title now in my name.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:56 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

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Have a long road ahead, but I'm willing to take.
It was last registered in 1972.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:19 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

As found, 35,000 original miles...


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:08 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

My 70 the day I brought it home. 35k original miles. Was buried in some guys back yard for 10 years.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:34 pm    Post subject: Re: As I found it Reply with quote

My 66, where it sat under a cover since 1997 until I dragged it home last month:
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How it looks now:
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