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MonT3 Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2012 Posts: 1988 Location: South Dakota
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the update on the car. I'm left with one question, you mentioned this is your final Oppenhiem post. You selling it off or are you now claiming it yours? Meaning this is the Kirk car versus Oppenhiems? Just curious cause you did one hell of an awesome job on this squareback considering you found her in a field. _________________ MonT3
67 Squareback
64 Squareback
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Eh. No one reads this crap anyway.
(not selling tho) _________________ MAKE FORUMS GREAT AGAIN
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Bobnotch Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2003 Posts: 22422 Location: Kimball, Mi
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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MonT3 wrote: |
Thanks for the update on the car. I'm left with one question, you mentioned this is your final Oppenhiem post. You selling it off or are you now claiming it yours? Meaning this is the Kirk car versus Oppenhiems? Just curious cause you did one hell of an awesome job on this squareback considering you found her in a field. |
I was wondering that too. _________________ Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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"Friends are God's way of apologizing for relatives." |
Tram wrote: |
People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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vwfye Samba Member
Joined: April 15, 2000 Posts: 7661
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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I was afraid it got hit or burned down... whew! _________________ 64 No'back Speedster "Pearl"
1980s Sand Dragster "The Plunger"
LME "Little Giant Killer 3" |
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Tram Samba Socialist
Joined: May 02, 2003 Posts: 22727 Location: Still Feelin' the Bern- Once you've felt it you can't un- feel it.
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Kirk wrote: |
Eh. No one reads this crap anyway.
(not selling tho) |
Of course we read it. Keep it up. _________________ Немає виправдання для війни! Я з Україною.
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Just my hands. And a little lube. No tools. |
To best contact me, please use the EMAIL function in my profile |
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kooldub Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2004 Posts: 259 Location: ColoRADo
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:11 am Post subject: |
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square is looking really good, kirk! good choice on the sprints!
kris _________________ 64 Notchback
68 Fastaru
68 Camper
70 Squareback
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notchboy Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2002 Posts: 22460 Location: Escondido CA
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Hey wish I was there to give you a beer and a pat on the back brother for some work well done. Its amazing what you were able to do in a short period of time. I said it before that this cars lineage makes it. This is one of the coolest T3 out there. Cooler than lots of the high end snobby shit I get to see. Cooler than Elvis on a block of ice inside a freezer.
Good job man. _________________
t3kg wrote: |
OK, this thread is over. You win. |
Jason "notchboy" Weigel
1964 1500 S
1964 T34 S Convertible
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squaretobehip Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2004 Posts: 3690 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Kirk wrote: |
Eh. No one reads this crap anyway.
(not selling tho) |
It's all about instagram. _________________ 1963 Notchback - Ruby Red
1963 Squareback - Pearl White
1965 Squareback - Baltic Blue
Follow ISP West on:
Facebook - www.facebook.com/ispwest
Instagram - @ispwest - www.instagram.com/ispwest |
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Dodgy Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 517 Location: Leicester, UK
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 12:25 am Post subject: |
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Just read through this thread. Cool car and cool history!
My Beetle (current project) was my uncle's then he passed it to me, he bought it new. I have the history right back to the original sales invoice. It somehow 'completes' a car I think. Whereas I was the 10th owner of my Squareback and got no history at all. (And I swear that every owner before me had kept a piece of the car as a souvenier as well but that's another story)
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...I'm in the middle of scanning my Type 3 MIRA test analysis. Sucks doing 74 pages of this thing, but when its done it will blow some socks off. |
Hey Notchboy, what did you find? I actually work at MIRA! _________________ '75 1303 (current project) owned since 1989!
'72 Squareback - full resto completed 2008 - now sold
356 Speedster kit, completed 2005 - now sold |
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TimSquareback Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2013 Posts: 13 Location: Glendale CA
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Ive read thru this post twice and its just amazing to have such a rich history of the car. Amazing story and find! |
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Bobnotch Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2003 Posts: 22422 Location: Kimball, Mi
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Kirk wrote: |
I didnt drive her further than around the park, but I had a blast doing that. BTW, if anyone can show me what a rear license plate mount should look like, I would appreciate it. Hers is missing.
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Kirk, are there 2 holes about 2 to 2 1/2 inches apart on the deck lid? If so it uses the single stepped style license plate holder (used on some bugs too). I think I have one here, but don't know for sure though. Let me take a look.
As for the FI harness, contact Joe at http://jsmeng.webs.com/ and he'll build you one. _________________ Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
Tram wrote: |
"Friends are God's way of apologizing for relatives." |
Tram wrote: |
People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17970 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:04 am Post subject: |
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The top bracket has 34mm mounting holes and the middle bracket holes are 110mm.
_________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Thats the only "pic" I have. Holes circled in red. I can measure them. Thanks for the help! _________________ MAKE FORUMS GREAT AGAIN
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summerdaze Samba Member
Joined: October 19, 2007 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 9:58 am Post subject: |
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This is a great thread/story |
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Bobnotch Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2003 Posts: 22422 Location: Kimball, Mi
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 4:13 am Post subject: |
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Judging by the wear marks on the body from the old plate, it looks like it might have used the bottom one in Mike's picture.
Thanks Mike for posting that. _________________ Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
Tram wrote: |
"Friends are God's way of apologizing for relatives." |
Tram wrote: |
People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 7:44 am Post subject: |
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I emailed Henrys friend, the one I got the car from, pictures of the square at the TX Classic. He replied yesterday:
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From: Jackie Hamm
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 8:53 PM
To:Kirk
Subject: Re: FW: Volkswagen
Kirk looking good . Henry would be proud of the work you have done on his prized V.W. keep up the good work and keep me posted. |
Guess Im not a punk kid after all, huh?
_________________ MAKE FORUMS GREAT AGAIN
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MonT3 Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2012 Posts: 1988 Location: South Dakota
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Kirk wrote: |
I emailed Henrys friend, the one I got the car from, pictures of the square at the TX Classic. He replied yesterday:
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From: Jackie Hamm
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 8:53 PM
To:Kirk
Subject: Re: FW: Volkswagen
Kirk looking good . Henry would be proud of the work you have done on his prized V.W. keep up the good work and keep me posted. |
Guess Im not a punk kid after all, huh?
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I'm sure Mr Hamm is happy the car went to someone that saw that it still had some more time to run the roads. The wheels looks good. _________________ MonT3
67 Squareback
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Brought Oppenhiem out to the Dub Splash, and had a great time.
Even tho they mispelled Oppenhiem.
Mr. and Mrs. Oppenhiem were on display as well. _________________ MAKE FORUMS GREAT AGAIN
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Oppenhiem also made it into Hot VWs from the Tx Classic.
I know, lots of you know people with full features, but man, from the pasture to Hot VWs! (mostly)
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d_ross Samba Member
Joined: July 02, 2010 Posts: 293 Location: Memphis, TN
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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wow, this is amazing.... makes me want to find out more about mine now, although it would pale in comparison. When i picked my most recent 68 sqaureback up about 5 weeks ago, I really wanted to ask the owner more questions about the history... i sensed that he knew a decent bit about it, but I was 3 hours from home and going to be towing in the dark if i didn't scram. I know he bought it in North Dakota, and I think I may be the third owner possibly... I say this because the seller had the original "Customer ID card" with it and it named the guy he bought it from.
A question for ya, you said you were waiting to get your wheels blasted.... Are the wheels you currently have on it the Flat 4 Sprint stars by chance? I have the same set if so and I am pretty sure they would rub pretty bad on my 68. Maybe the 71 allows for the offset on those wheels where the swing axle doesn't. Anyhow I was just curious if you had to modify anything to fit them.
Great car and story. _________________ 68' Squareback X2
71' Westy |
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