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lawn ninja
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great car, man.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
bobnorman wrote:
Nice! What year were the plates on the car when you got it?


I believe they were 73 or 74
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
dschup wrote:
What did you do to the rear to get it at that height? I like it, just curious because I'm about to tackle mine.

Thanks in advance, great looking beetle.


I used jer*fab 2" drop plates in the rear. Autowerks 5" narrowed beam. And cb 2" drop spindles.

Drop plates are cool, there are plenty of companies out there now making good plates.

It had the original motor in it. Itll run for sure. Its a vw!
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
very cool
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Awesome find, congrats!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Have to say nice car!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Chris
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
NP hope Jill, the kids and you are all good!
I picked up a 1960 mango green rag bug,
Really good shape had my eyes on it for a little over a year.
Sorry didn't mean to jack your thread!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Joel u have me on ignore list so I can't respond to what u pm'ed me

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice find! What about the other car? How long start to finish?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, they are really never finished, but to this point it took me 4 months with a lot of dickin' around.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I found some more photos of it from last year's Volkswagens in the Valley show.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I found a great place to buy a carpet kit for the RHD today.

http://www.newtoncomm.co.uk/home/

Their square weave carpet kit looks great. The whole kit is just under $700.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
to update on this project a little....

The body is coming off and getting clear coated this fall. I finished up my DD panel here this spring/summer, so I'll let the checkbook recover a bit before diving back into this one. I also found a RHD Hurst shifter for this car. I'm pretty excited about that. Lots of plans, but this is going to be a fun car once it's finished, that's for sure.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the update; glad the Beetle is still with you and that you are indeed continuing with it.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can't wait to see the clear coat done.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:36 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
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What happened to the other car?

Yours is coming out badass btw!!
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The other was a badly rusted baja. Lots of parts donated to other projects
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:03 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
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'60 Black RHD Beetle
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