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rbucklin
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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:07 pm Post subject: Buggy Hardtop search |
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Hi All,
Is this style top still being made and available anywhere? If not, where would I go to look for a used one?
Thanks
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calebmelvin
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62kellison
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Location: mass
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slalombuggy
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:52 am Post subject: Re: Buggy Hardtop search |
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Look in the classifieds here, check out Craigslist or Kijiji (Canada) facebook dunebuggy pages, dunebuggyarchives.com classifieds. I've seen a couple for sale over the years.
Reminds me more of the Barris Monkeymobile that the Flintstones.
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Bkhansen93
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Buggy Hardtop search |
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| A better question is what kind of body is that? |
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62kellison
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dustymojave
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy Hardtop search |
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Check this one out. Same top. Cool plexi doors, popout 1/4 windows and all around weather protection. Most of SoCal you'd need A/C in the car though.
It's in this forum right now:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=543351&start=220
It looks like the red one has had the ribs removed. There is still a witness visible in the black outboard of the surfboard rack.
The buggy in the vintage pic has a San Jose license plate frame. So FAR cooler through the summer months than SoCal. Not so much need for A/C. 
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calebmelvin
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markdam
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rbucklin
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy Hardtop search |
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| Thanks guys, yes, I saw all those but they are selling the whole car. I already have two buggies and not looking for a third. I looked up the one at acmecarco and it is really close but says four seater in the verbiage. I take that to mean full length body, not the more common shorter variety. Am I mistaken? |
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Q-Dog
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:20 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy Hardtop search |
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The Acme top, like the top you want, is nearly verticle at the rear, unlike the slanted rear of a Meyers Manx type hardtop, thus giving more room for a rear seat passenger's head. Perhaps this is what makes it a "4-seater" top?
Call Acme and ask?
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markdam
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Buggy Hardtop search |
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| rbucklin wrote: |
| Thanks guys, yes, I saw all those but they are selling the whole car. I already have two buggies and not looking for a third. I looked up the one at acmecarco and it is really close but says four seater in the verbiage. I take that to mean full length body, not the more common shorter variety. Am I mistaken? |
The one I posted is just the roof |
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