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56TIMOTEO
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 Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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6T5 square
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Location: Dover, DE
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| finster wrote: |
I know it involves a bereavement but this is a strange approach to selling, then he hands the dealing over to his mum and clears off to montana!  |
back to the dental floss farm |
Someone needed to acknowledge the brilliant Frank Zappa reference. |
THANK YOU! I was afraid it went over everyone's head. And it was a Pygmy pony!
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65 square 1500S (weezer) sold but always on my mind
60 beetle (Ned)
Quoting John Muir -- Open the rear boot. Get out the stool and sit down. Contemplate the air-cooled beauty before you. - How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive -- Step-By-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot |
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Ceckert64
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Location: Manitowoc, WI
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kingston1200
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Location: Ventura, California
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:34 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| Ceckert64 wrote: |
Great paint job on this  The didn't bother to take out the switches on the dash and the nuts are painted over. Also, the dome light switch in the door is painted over. No engine tar board either. Missing the bumper brakes going to the overiders, the frunk has a bad paint job. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2393090 |
this car has been listed for 14K for weeks on other sites too. looks like he's on his way back down to earth. |
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56TIMOTEO
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| Not sure, but the grafted sunroof looks a little too far back in the roof! |
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Ceckert64
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Location: Manitowoc, WI
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Ceckert64
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finster
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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it's one of those solid except for the holes, complete except for the missing parts kind of cars... 
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Dibaltic
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Location: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| Also weird he's offering to include a ball joint beam setup, at additional charge, for a link pin car. |
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Busstom
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Location: San Jose, CA
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Down to $12,5 
All he needs to do is drop one more zero and that joke will move.
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Busstom
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| finster wrote: |
| it's one of those solid except for the holes, complete except for the missing parts kind of cars... |
He's praying some dreamer wants to make the same mistake he made.  |
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hitest
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| Busstom wrote: |
| finster wrote: |
| it's one of those solid except for the holes, complete except for the missing parts kind of cars... |
He's praying some dreamer wants to make the same mistake he made. |
Exactly- And I bet a nickel when the buyer shows up that clock will have been mysteriously removed.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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'62 L390 151, '62 L469 117, '63 L380 113, '64 L87 311, '65 L512 265, '65 L31 SO-42, '66 L360 251, '68 L30k 141, '71 L12 113, '74 ORG 181
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60ragtop
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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100% original as stated by the knowledgeable owner 
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2395529
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Certified Mechanic by the State of Michigan in 1977
ASA certified in 1987
Certified Hunter Wheel Alignment Master Technician 1986
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I've restored a large number too, but I don't toot my horn quite as loud.
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maybe he just snapped cause his car sucked  |
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EverettB 
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iowegian
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:33 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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The owner started working for Volkswagen 55 years ago which would put him in his mid-70s now -------- and we all know how those old guys get sometimes. |
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60ragtop
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| Is it me ? |
yep it's gotta be you as the OP is vastly experienced in VW's
| iowegian wrote: |
The owner started working for Volkswagen 55 years ago which would put him in his mid-70s now -------- and we all know how those old guys get sometimes. |
So chalk it up to a senior moment then?
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Certified Mechanic by the State of Michigan in 1977
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Certified Hunter Wheel Alignment Master Technician 1986
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I've restored a large number too, but I don't toot my horn quite as loud.
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| maybe he just snapped cause his car sucked |
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56TIMOTEO
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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| Too senile to know that its a 64? Not quite sure what's original on this car, Brazilian bumpers, TMI door panels? Oh, the fuel filter is original!! |
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Erik G
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Busstom
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Is it me or is that fuel filter crazy dirty? |
I was gonna say, it looks like it runs on crude oil |
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swharris
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Location: N. Orange County
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Beetles and parts for sale topic |
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Is that supposed to be original paint?
I don't recognize the color and it looks like the engine tin and decklid drain tray match too... which screams repaint to me
Is it me or is that fuel filter crazy dirty? |
When the rubber snubbers on the apron are painted the same color as the car I think you can safely claim it's a repaint. If you go to the google photo link he posted, you can see the body has been off the pan at some point (non standard pan bolt in one pic), painted wire looms, and the entire trunk is white. So yes, a paint job.
If it were a '60 I'd be calling. Haha.https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNepOaXxhUG_8...NRQm9rZ1dn |
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