West Texas Desert Find

&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

A 1961 with matching numbers, original manual, service booklets and dealer booklet. Came with a nice Sapphire radio, too!

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Purchased new in San Antonio, and has been a Texas Beetle all its life.

58758 · Samba Member Joined: November 23, 2005 Posts: 971

Nice score dude.

Skim · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject:

very nice!
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toydude111 · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject:

Way nice. More pics please. Very Happy

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[email protected] · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject:

Very nice - more info please Wink

And of course....PICS Laughing

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NOTAHONDA · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject:

I also have a L87 61, could you post pics of the interior please!

&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

Thanks!

It's not really that nice, it's the light down here about an hour from sunset....you could make a Yugo look like a Bentley with this golden light.

More pics soon, and you'll get to see I have my work cut out for me with the interior. You have not seen such a bad PO headliner installation in all your days, I assure you.

estofer · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject:

Looks pretty complete and unmolested from the photos you posted. It is always exciting to see that bugs like that are still tucked away in a few places!
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&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

More pics:

Tell me what's not correct here.

&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

Vey cracky wheel, I'll be fixing that. There's PO duct tape under the white cloth.

&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

I had an electro-genius friend troubleshoot the radio, new components are a-comin'.

&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

Under the replacement later-model stuff I found remnants of what appears to be black-and-white plaid upholstery. I didn't know that was stock for '61, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm going to spare you a look at the headliner, trust me it's a furschlugginer mess of epic proportion.

Thanks for looking!

&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

Just finished restoring my wheel. I ground out all the cracks with a Dremel tool and used a goodly amount of JB Weld, which is like working with cake frosting [it's not puttylike- it's gooey and takes forever to set up], followed by a long bout of sand/prime/sand, then about 10 coats of Ford Wimbledon White lacquer [VW used lacquer on their wheels] and a like amount of clear.

The Ford color is a very good match for the VW Ivory.

estofer · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject:

Great job on the steering wheel, looks good! Razz

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NOTAHONDA · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

&Dan · Samba Member Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1787

Estofer- Thanks!

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That steering wheel was a 61 only "Sandstone" color for L87 cars only, ive been looking for one..... Crying or Very sad

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Notahonda,

You're welcome to my old wheel- it's a cracked up mess, but it's yours if you want it. Take a look at it in one of the pictures. The horn ring rim is missing on the topside. I feared I'd be unable to fix it.

I had a hell of a time finding a wheel to restore, too. I still need to locate the proper horn ring, the one I'm using is a later piece.

For now, the wheel I restored is Ivory, but if need be it can be returned to its stock color. That's the beauty of working with lacquer.

Gtown · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:42 am Post subject:

Outstanding, extra nice find.
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Zoom153 · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:52 am Post subject:

Whats that I smell, potential....
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