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LeviMan2001
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Just cut em out and weld in some reinforcements, then put spaced out wood so you can see the moving ground, that'd be cool.
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obnoxiousblue
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This is way cool, that car looks way happy just to be spinning its wheels again. You did it a great service by pulling it from the yard. I think it looks awesome the way it is... Sure its not pretty, but its just as banged up as the life its led. Those are battle scars, and just as this one almost succombed to the shredder it got one last bit of fight and you put it back in the ring.
You sir, are a good person lol
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Beetlebaum
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| Just cut em out and weld in some reinforcements, then put spaced out wood so you can see the moving ground, that'd be cool. |
Or plexiglass...
Sort of tempting! 
Do you have a thread for the buildup of your Super(s)?
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This is way cool, that car looks way happy just to be spinning its wheels again. You did it a great service by pulling it from the yard. I think it looks awesome the way it is... Sure its not pretty, but its just as banged up as the life its led. Those are battle scars, and just as this one almost succombed to the shredder it got one last bit of fight and you put it back in the ring.
You sir, are a good person lol |
Thanks 
I'm convinced the car smiles sometimes... 
How did you make your avatar? I like it. 
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Beetlebaum
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freednighthawk
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Looks good, are those 185s? And in terms of doing the pans, keep tylenol on hand... lots and lots of tylenol.
And the rear decklid, is it the original color on the underside? Am just thinking you might be able to pull that paint off of it (looks like spraypaint) and get back to the OG paint. |
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Beetlebaum
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Looks good, are those 185s? And in terms of doing the pans, keep tylenol on hand... lots and lots of tylenol.
And the rear decklid, is it the original color on the underside? Am just thinking you might be able to pull that paint off of it (looks like spraypaint) and get back to the OG paint. |
The tires are 195/65R15
The rear decklid isn't the original (as far as I can tell). It seems to be from another Beetle...It's got a yellow OG paint on the inside, then it was painted red on the outside, then the PO painted it green to install on my Beetle.
I do have an extra decklid with the OG green paint and "VOLKSWAGEN" script that was inside the car on the back seat when I bought the car. If I can, I will get pics of both of them.
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LeviMan2001
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| Do you have a thread for the buildup of your Super(s)? |
Not yet, i should. but then again, I haven't started I could post up pics of my free one that I've been working on, but it's all just like engine work and a scat shifter
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Beetlebaum
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| Beetlebaum wrote: |
| Do you have a thread for the buildup of your Super(s)? |
Not yet, i should. but then again, I haven't started I could post up pics of my free one that I've been working on, but it's all just like engine work and a scat shifter |
Well, I haven't done much with mine so far. But tomorrow I'm taking out the interior to cut out the floorpans. So I'm pretty excited!
This is my first car!
It was $700, which isn't too bad!!
73 Supers rock! 
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LeviMan2001
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Mine was free, hehehe but with an engine from a car I paid for. But then i got a free engine that runs better I guess i have like $25 into it with the shifter and a alternator conversion (awesome garage sale i went to, kicking myself for not buying to clean carbs and intakes he had for a buck each  )
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ach60 
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Please don't set up your jack stands like that in the rear again
It is very bad way to support the rear of the car.
Put the jack stand under the torsion tube
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Beetlebaum
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| LeviMan2001 wrote: |
| Mine was free, hehehe but with an engine from a car I paid for. But then i got a free engine that runs better I guess i have like $25 into it with the shifter and a alternator conversion (awesome garage sale i went to, kicking myself for not buying to clean carbs and intakes he had for a buck each ) |
I do want to see a buildup thread for your Supers, even if they're all in one thread. I love 73s...
Maybe a "this is my Super" type thread
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iVolkswagen
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NEVER raise it using the motor.
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| dunno if it is off topic but is that sumatra (guess thats how you spell it)?i almost bought a super in that color years ago... |
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