any VW folks living in Antartica right now?

[volkaholic1]

does anyone know if any VW folks are living in Antartica right now?

the reason i ask, i tell folks i have shipped to every continent except Antarctica, so i thought it would be cool to find someone there and sell them a VW part.

so i could say i have shipped to all 7 continents!

it is a small thing, but it would be kinda cool to be able to say that, let me know if you got any ideas.
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Volkaholic

[pondoras box]

That would actually be a huge thing. Even if I was working there, no one lives there that I’m aware of, I would want my stuff shipped to my home of record. Not sure who would even facilitate shipping to McMurdo anyway. But if you pull it off let us know it would be neato.
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1965 13 Window (Lucas)
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1960 hardtop
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[Glenn]

Try shipping to Tristan da Cunha. It's 2700km from the nearest continent. It can take months to get something there since it's only serviced by occasional ships.

BTW... no cars, but maybe a VW generator
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[volkaholic1]

yeah, vw shipped a total of 3 bugs to antartica, late 60's early 70s, one red, two orange, wanted to show off how they can hold up under the worst conditions, evidently the biggest issue was the front frame would crack, around the front end beams. claimed the hard ice washboard trails combined with the super low temps roads hammered it to death. they also ran chromed valve covers to help HOLD THE HEAT IN - yep, everything chrome maybe not the best idea.
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[viiking]

Australia and other countries obviously runs bases in Antarctica, and has for many years. The Antarctica VW came from Australia and there are some interesting articles on those cars.

The big problem nowadays is that there is so much residual pollution left over on the pristine environment that concerted efforts are being made to remove all the detritus. Left over fuel drums, general waste, human waste, plastics etc.

It's a bit like saying that it is OK to not have to retrieve the latest Spacex Starship booster rockets in the ocean, because "we never intended to recover them anyway".Humans seem to just use the environment to dump their wastes without worrying about their consequences.

The cost and perhaps the permissions to ship to the Antarctic would be onerous.

One may (unkindly) say that sending to that pristine and protected environment is frivolous and should be dissuaded.
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[volkaholic1]

well i would tend to agree, humans tend to dump our trash everywhere, but if i could find a vw guy in antartica, if he/she buys something, i could send it someplace else, but still call it an antartica sale,,,,
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[Glenn]

There are VPN sites in Antarctica, so a customer could VPN there and place an order so the originating IP address will be from there.

But then that's cheating

The real test is to actually ship a part to Iran or North Korea.

I was contacted and when I found he was in Iran, I passed since I didn't want to be on a FBI watch list.
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[pondoras box]

Oh man that’s giving the FBI WAY too much credit.
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Looking for anything from Hal Casey Motors out of Hamburg New York, from license plate surrounds to matchbooks.

1961 23 Window (Bobo)
1965 11 Window (Zelda). https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=563183
1965 13 Window (Lucas)
1957 Oval ragtop
1960 hardtop
1964 hardtop
1965 hardtop (Arschloch)
1973 standard bug (Dirty Gertie)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=804912
1988 Cabriolet VR6 conversion

[Glenn]

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My experience with them is over two decades worth of interactions with them. But I would never suggest you challenge them.
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Looking for anything from Hal Casey Motors out of Hamburg New York, from license plate surrounds to matchbooks.

1961 23 Window (Bobo)
1965 11 Window (Zelda). https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=563183
1965 13 Window (Lucas)
1957 Oval ragtop
1960 hardtop
1964 hardtop
1965 hardtop (Arschloch)
1973 standard bug (Dirty Gertie)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=804912
1988 Cabriolet VR6 conversion

[volkaholic1]

can i pull you into shallow water? you are all getting too deep! i just want to find a way to say i have shipped to all 7 continents, more for fun than anything
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Volkaholic

[Glenn]

[viiking]

Australia "administers" 42% of Antarctica and has a number of permanent bases there. US has the largest one at McMurdo Sound.

Here is some info on "sending" items to Antarctica say from Australia. As I feared it looks unlikely that you can get unnecessary items to there. Perhaps the US has different rules.


https://www.antarctica.gov.au/antarctic-operations...l-effects/
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1966 Lancia Flavia Pininfarina Coupe - in the waiting room
Discharged: 1983 Vanagon, 1974 1800 Microbus,1968 Low Light,1968 Type 3

[Glenn]

Maybe underwear with your logo on it
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[volkaholic1]

well i do sell VW tee shirts and VW mugs,,,,
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[Glenn]

[pondoras box]

Or you can just not let the truth get in the way of a good story. Tell everyone you did and delete this thread.
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Looking for anything from Hal Casey Motors out of Hamburg New York, from license plate surrounds to matchbooks.

1961 23 Window (Bobo)
1965 11 Window (Zelda). https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=563183
1965 13 Window (Lucas)
1957 Oval ragtop
1960 hardtop
1964 hardtop
1965 hardtop (Arschloch)
1973 standard bug (Dirty Gertie)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=804912
1988 Cabriolet VR6 conversion

[Abscate]

I’ve worked there taking Thz data, you won’t be shipping trivia there easily. It’s as expensive as space. You could go up to Glenville NY and try to convince a handcarry of a logo to someone to get cred.
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[volkaholic1]

maybe i should put tasmania on my "to do list"
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