Bertie the orange 1973 1303S

1973 1303S · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:16 pm Post subject: Bertie the orange 1973 1303S

Hi all! I'm 17 & I'm the proud owner of a 1973 1303S by the name of Bertie! I bought him for £900 & spent an extra £500 to complete all the work I wanted to get done ready for when I pass my driving test. Check out my website for more information and to see what work I did on him: www.freewebs.com/carlscoolbeetles3 Here's some pic of Bertie!

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79SuperVert · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:18 pm Post subject:

Very nice indeed! Good luck with it!

LeeStahlecker · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:08 am Post subject:

congrats on your purchase.
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Jessica · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:02 am Post subject:

Hey Carl! Bertie is lookin good. Very Happy

I have been watching your progress on your site. You have done a great job on her so far.
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1973 1303S · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:07 am Post subject:

Thanks for all the nice comments! Very Happy

How are your bugs jessica?
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type877 · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 9:33 am Post subject:

wow, great looking ride!
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Jessica · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject:

They are doing all right..both in storage for now. Winter has finally started to settle in here now. Oh well..I have spring to look forward to!
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ACSwede · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:03 pm Post subject:

Hey - Looking good -> Keep it up!

1973 1303S · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:00 pm Post subject:

thanks!

do you have to pay road TAX outside the UK? it looks as though it's £160 a year for me because bertie has a 1600CC engine Crying or Very sad

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Looks good. Where did the name come from?

79SuperVert · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:51 pm Post subject:

No road tax for autos. Huge interstate highway system and it's paid for through our income taxes, whether we use it or not. Truckers,though, have to pay big time road taxes.

Lots of other countries tax cars based on their engine size, I suppose because anything beyond a certain minimum size is just overkill. If we did that here there'd be no Hummers, no gas guzzlers, no SUV's except for the very rich. But it's too late to try that now. The people would stage a revolution.
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1973 1303S · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:40 am Post subject:

i'm not sure where the name came from, i had plans to call my first beetle 'chuggy' but the previous owner named him 'bertie' so he kept that name!

thanks for the information 79SuperVert, i would love to see someone try to keep one of those big pick-ups in this country with the price of petrol & everything!
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TimGud · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 4:25 pm Post subject:

Nice ride!

airkooled · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:58 pm Post subject:

That is one sweet super!

1973 1303S · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:02 am Post subject:

thanks for the comments Very Happy

i thought i'd share a few old close-ups showing what bertie used to look like..

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TimGud · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:43 am Post subject:

Living in a dry climate like I do kind of spoils you when it comes to doing bodywork. That was alot to repair.

1973 1303S · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 2:24 pm Post subject:

do you think i should loose some of my interior goodies?

i've got a furry steering wheel cover, fluffy dice, a 'mini-bertie' stuck on the dash, union jack towel throwover for the rear seat, the english flag towel throwover for the passenger seat, i'm looking out for one of those plastic fake arms to stick out of the bonnet, & i'm getting a musical horn fitted tomorrow! Laughing

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1973 1303S · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:50 am Post subject:

this is bertie putting on his 'cute face' hoping that people would not be so mean to super beetles.. Rolling Eyes

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Skim · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 5:15 am Post subject:

you did a good job on bert13 Very Happy

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1973 1303S · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:41 pm Post subject:


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