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Fifty-Eight Rag
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big fat whitewalls
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 Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Larry's 67 Bug restoration |
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| That's a nice car. I love 67's. I own one now, and have owned a few others in the past. |
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Fifty-Eight Rag
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vwgirl1961a
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Thanks!!! My VW mechanic also restores VWs. I'll ask him too!
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The section below the rear window on my 1965 is getting very bad. The rest of the headliner is in good shape and I was thinking of adding a section ofcarpeting there. Can I do this myself or should I get a professional to do it? I am in N. Phoenix AZ if anyone can recommend a place
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It really isnt that hard. I'm sure if you did a search on the Samba you would find a step by step on how to clean the metal and glue carpet in. |
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Fifty-Eight Rag
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vwgirl1961a
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The section below the rear window on my 1965 is getting very bad. The rest of the headliner is in good shape and I was thinking of adding a section ofcarpeting there. Can I do this myself or should I get a professional to do it? I am in N. Phoenix AZ if anyone can recommend a place
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Rear carpet is in
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Fifty-Eight Rag
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67CarGuy
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Larry's 67 Bug restoration |
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Just read through this thread... wow! Larry's a lucky guy all around, you're a very talented craftsman, and the Beetle looks great. Seeing this kind of work and the various things involved makes me want to get out in the garage and get to work!
Thanks for the inspiration!
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1967 Plymouth Barracuda (Family car - 2nd owner) ...See a pattern yet? 
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On the other hand, if what the OP really wants is a project that'll take up all of his free time for a couple of years, relieve his bank account of many thousands of dollars and frustrate the living hell out of him, then this car is a good place to start. |
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Fifty-Eight Rag
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67rustavenger 
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: Larry's 67 Bug restoration |
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I didn't think to do anything special for the 50th birthday for my car.
It's likely I took it out for a beating on the road. The old car loves a nice hard drive as well as I like driving it hard on the wine country roads here.
To all of the 67's Happy 50th Birthday!
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Fifty-Eight Rag
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Aircool67
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Larry's 67 Bug restoration |
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The old girl looks great for 50....but she's had work done.
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pondoras box
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Larry's 67 Bug restoration |
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Having a bug that nice is reason enough to through a party, very creative use for the ringer style washing machine, my grandmother used hers until she passed away in 1993. Not as a cooler though.
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1961 23 Window (Bobo)
1965 11 Window (Zelda)
1965 13 Window (Lucas)
1957 Oval ragtop
1988 Cabriolet VR6 conversion
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: Larry's 67 Bug restoration |
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That's awesome!!! I did something similar with beetle shaped cookies.
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'73 914
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