As I found it

[Skim]

[TDCTDI]

The Ghiapet as found, where it sat from 1994 until 2018.

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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.


GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!


An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.


Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

[davetaylor]

[restojohnny]

My 63 notch found in the hills of riverside california

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** HELL YEAH I'LL SELL IT TO YOU**
O.G. POMONA VULTURE
$$ SWAPMEET MAFIA $$
53 LHD, LH cargo door standard kombi
54 Pre-A Porsche
55 oval ribbed door non-semiphore
56 semiphore ragtop
63 notchback (work in progress)
67 OG black paint beetle sedan empi accessorized
67 original Empi GTV beetle convertible !!
67 euro squareback
67 deluxe walkthru (work in progress)
67 convertible ghia (work in progress)

"STAY OUTTA MY BACKYARD !!! "

[Jimone]

here are both of my vws when they became mine. july 2021. the bug is pretty easy to see. the rear corner of the pickup can be seen right below the bale of chicken wire. the garage was built in 1998, the cars were moved in and then time took over.

here we have one of the older pictures i have of the bug. im the kid. the other guy is my dad. the picture was taken in 1987. dad bought the bug when i was 3 months old.

pics as they are today (more or less). still have a long way to go to get them back on the road.

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november 1952 ragtop
november 1954 single cab

[challomoner]

[crukab]

Sitting up in a guys field since 1997.

This shot ^^^^^^^^^^^^ is from the road when I 1st spotted it...
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Tom

My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....

In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon

[cdennisg]

Off the road since '86, in this barn since '96. Now in my shop and awaiting some long deserved attention.

Can't see from this angle, but it is a sunroof model, too

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nothing

[jeremyrockjock]

Where I found my deluxe in North Carolina

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Why buy what you can build.
Step away from the fiberglass and no one gets hurt!!

[roy63]

[d-rick]

1962 mouse grey 15 window as I found it resting out in a field in Northern Missouri

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1959 mango-trailerbus
1962 single cab *1/2
1966 13 window
1967 panel/camper
1968 cig-panel *1/2
1968 passenger bus *1/2
1969 beetle
1969 dormobile
1978 sage green Westy
1990 DoKa
2002 Golf TDI

[restojohnny]

Was driving around yesterday morning in the hills and found an oval in a backyard turned out the guy had 4 ovals left on the property he bought. He kept the best one for his son and sold me the other 3 CHEAP !!!! Rust free 54 oval and two rusty 1956 ovals Last pic is of all 3 at home took me all day to get them out and back at the ranch …….. all 3 ovals are packed with parts don’t know what’s in them but watch my ads

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** HELL YEAH I'LL SELL IT TO YOU**
O.G. POMONA VULTURE
$$ SWAPMEET MAFIA $$
53 LHD, LH cargo door standard kombi
54 Pre-A Porsche
55 oval ribbed door non-semiphore
56 semiphore ragtop
63 notchback (work in progress)
67 OG black paint beetle sedan empi accessorized
67 original Empi GTV beetle convertible !!
67 euro squareback
67 deluxe walkthru (work in progress)
67 convertible ghia (work in progress)

"STAY OUTTA MY BACKYARD !!! "

[Big Bill]

One bus I should have kept...

[Yustrn]

My Oval sorta as found, found it 25+ years ago, owner moved it around on his property, but here it is on the day it was pulled off the farm.

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I own a copy of "The Car of the Century" by Garwood. This means I am authorized to act like a twat in thesamba forums.

[bandi]

Does it count if I found it in a real estate listing?



Anyway, it came home with me.

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'60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, another '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '69 Sunroof Bug, '69 GT3 Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '85 Cabrio, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S, '03 New Beetle VR6. And some Fieros.

[restojohnny]

Found this beetle in the desert for sale. Vin# says it’s a December 57
Convertible……original paint ….. it’s also rust free zero cancer and NEVER been in an accident perfect front and rear Aprons .. Came with really early parts like oval rear view mirror perohaus grab handle and early oval convertible banana rear window BUT the killer score is that it came with a 49-52 split beetle hood

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** HELL YEAH I'LL SELL IT TO YOU**
O.G. POMONA VULTURE
$$ SWAPMEET MAFIA $$
53 LHD, LH cargo door standard kombi
54 Pre-A Porsche
55 oval ribbed door non-semiphore
56 semiphore ragtop
63 notchback (work in progress)
67 OG black paint beetle sedan empi accessorized
67 original Empi GTV beetle convertible !!
67 euro squareback
67 deluxe walkthru (work in progress)
67 convertible ghia (work in progress)

"STAY OUTTA MY BACKYARD !!! "

[slayer61]

As found. Loaded with "spare parts"

Hooked up and ready to drag home, someone haggling over prices of same "spare parts" before I even get out of the Bug-O-Rama

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[bandi]

'60 Canadian Standard, purchased on a camping vacation to British Columbia in 1966, when the family microbus blew up. He even had a trailer hitch installed at the dealership to get the tent trailer home.

Driven as a second car when they made it back to Ontario, and stuck in the barn in the early 80s. The barn started falling down a few years back, and the Bug got shoved outside (thankfully, because the barn totally collapsed about a month later).
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'60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, another '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '69 Sunroof Bug, '69 GT3 Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '85 Cabrio, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S, '03 New Beetle VR6. And some Fieros.

[Da TOW'D]

Early 80's I did a brake job for a friend on his 60 something Toyota wagon.
He offered me a 1957 bug for the labor. Original 36hp ran poorly but I drove it home with my friend following behind me.

I took this picture with my Nikon F camera and it was the last shot on the roll.

We stripped it down and dropped it of at the local body shop. I paid him $2000 upfront and went off for my 100 day summer job running a boat.

Hoping to find it all body work done and painted. But when I got back it was sitting out side with no paint or doors on. Puddles of water on the floors halves.

I asked why it wasn't done he said that I ran out of money.

To add insult to the injury. He had the glass sitting near the bench grinder and the oval glass got all pocked up. Good thing I had a 54 parts car for the glass and Kilometer speedo.

We towed it back to my shop and my pal Todd and I spent the time to fix and paint it.

We found the body hack had 1/2 inch of bondo in the front fenders. A little heat to get that lump of bondo off, and just a little work and very little bondo made it better

It still needs the headliner smartened up but we enjoy it
cheers
Hank
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'57 type 1 Blackberry
'58 SC Ruf
'62 type 3 Notch
'92 Eurovan Willy DD
and NUTS