VW's Rotting Away, Sitting In Fields, Returning To Earth...

[finster]

don't think the driver walked away from that one!
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[mukluk]

Any large vehicle-flinging trebuchets in the area? That sucker landed hard on the rear of its roof, or a wall fell on it.
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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"

[banana split]

Came across what's left of a Beetle during a hike over the weekend. It's buried in the bank of a hillside. Appears to be a 1960-1964 model. Roof folded in, riddled with bullet holes and missing the whole front clip including the dash. Nothing left but a striker plate.
I thought it could possibly be some cool yard art for my place if I could dig it out. I tried and I failed. Way too tough to dig. Lots of rocks and roots.

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My Beetles :
1951 Crotch Cooler 11G Split Ragtop
1953 Zwitter
1964 Chop Top

[grenadeAcorn]

[EverettB]

Interesting...

Time to go mechanized on that digging
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[banana split]

Found this pre 1959 Beetle chassis sticking out of a local riverbank this May. I think the body is still buried in the ground. I could still see parts of the engine compartment trays and the underside of the luggage area.
The surrounding area was littered with the remains of many cars from the 1950's. All put there long ago to prevent bank erosion.

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My Beetles :
1951 Crotch Cooler 11G Split Ragtop
1953 Zwitter
1964 Chop Top

[OvalinAz]

[Dibaltic]

[Zundfolge1432]

[banana split]

[Dibaltic]

[Ceckert64]

Here was my parts car, I bought it for $115 and sold most of the parts from it and kept a few. It was so rust the heater channels were literally missing. No one cut them out, just nothing between the doors. The body had collapsed on it too

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1964 sunroof Beetle Restoration "Herbie"
“Joann” 1970 Elm Green Squareback
1972 Sierra Yellow Tin Top Westfalia Camper
“Fitz” 1971 Westfalia Poptop

[René R.]

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Gone but not forgotten: 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1966) - another 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1996)

[Ceckert64]

[René R.]

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Gone but not forgotten: 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1966) - another 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1996)

[Evil Clown]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2399082
It may buff out
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[cdennisg]

[danfromsyr]

this pic from a CL ad made me think of it in here, maybe someone here can save these.
https://roanoke.craigslist.org/pts/d/roanoke-vw-parts-doors-hoods-misc/7232696709.html

[Rome]

Pearson's Auto Wrecking, Mariposa California in 1995. Located on CA highway 49 between Oakhurst and Mariposa (west of Yosemite) I caught glimpses of old VWs through the trees to the west of the highway. Then lots of American old cars from the 50's and '60's. I turned into Pearson's main entrance and asked if I could take some photos of their classics, being from NY and usually only seeing much newer cars in our local yards which were much more severely rusted. Pearson's had 2 large groves of ACVW including Type 3s, numerous Beetles, even a Type 4. Other unusual cars were Renault Dauphine, 1950's Rover sedan, a few Borgward sedans and wagons, even a Crosley. Wonderful experience.

[Ceckert64]

Wow! That’s cool but so sad. All those cars are so solid! I was just in a VW junkyard a few days ago, most of the cars are collapse since the frame disappeared and most all of the doors won’t close because all the structures of the cars are gone.
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1964 sunroof Beetle Restoration "Herbie"
“Joann” 1970 Elm Green Squareback
1972 Sierra Yellow Tin Top Westfalia Camper
“Fitz” 1971 Westfalia Poptop