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Callookbeetle
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Dave Becker
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Looks amazing, I like it.
I would like to see some more engine specs.
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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IDK. It's a good looking car.
That said, if I were looking for a 55, I'd want it to be stock.
That 55 is highly modified with a 2276, FI engine and likely a highly modified transaxle to handle all the added HP that the power train has to offer.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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| 67rustavenger wrote: |
| That said, if I were looking for a 55, I'd want it to be stock. |
The OP's screen name is Callookbeetle, so I'd say this car fills the bill! 
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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| 67rustavenger wrote: |
| Iand likely a highly modified transaxle to handle all the added HP that the power train has to offer. |
It has a Berg 5.
Car is top notch, you couldn't build it for that price.
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| 67rustavenger wrote: |
| Iand likely a highly modified transaxle to handle all the added HP that the power train has to offer. |
It has a Berg 5.
Car is top notch, you couldn't build it for that price. |
And at this point in my life, I wouldn't build such a car,
It's nice, just not my taste for an Oval.
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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It is good, but not great. Door gaps are off. That gets me to stop looking. It is a really nice car. Could be great but it has flaws. The biggy is in the summary.
“This Beetle was expertly built from the floorpan upwards by Reichspeed in Doncaster, ensuring top-notch craftsmanship throughout.”
That is “top notch”. I would not be that bold. Again, car looks good. It is a great 25 footer for sure!
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| Basically, a whole bunch of fuckery to achieve a look. |
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scarabee
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:06 am Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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| Not for me, either. Also, a car with no bumpers looks incomplete. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 3:45 am Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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it's nice but a lot of money. as Jimbo says there are some annoying niggles. the bonnet fit is poor and the wolfsburg crest not meeting the trim strip is a schoolboy error 
...if I bought it I can imagine I'd be fretting about stone chips and engine tuning wondering if it was money well spent, how often are you going to use that acceleration? and that gonzoline volksrod is £5k cheaper...
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Callookbeetle
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:08 am Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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| I like that Black 57 but it would have to be a solid roof..I wonder if that's easy to do? |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:26 am Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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| I like that Black 57 but it would have to be a solid roof..I wonder if that's easy to do? |
Folks always want to put a sunroof in, I never heard of someone wanting to take one out. If that’s an original sunroof, and it’s a two fold so it might be… that would be a mistake.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:53 am Post subject: Re: What do you think of this 55 Oval.Window for sale |
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| Callookbeetle wrote: |
| I like that Black 57 but it would have to be a solid roof..I wonder if that's easy to do? |
it's a buyer's market at the moment, plenty out there and it's not moving fast
£18k bargain here...https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/73609509...a53bc222f5
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