Found and purchased Beetle

        A customer of mine recently commented to me that his father inlaw had a beetle laid up in a carport since its registration had expired back in September 1994 and was considering selling. The owner originally purchased this beetle brand new back in 1965 while it was on display at the Volkswagen display stand at the Wagga Wagga show. As he had a company vehicle back then he told me he had travelled to Sydney and Melbourne once and the remainder of use was locally and on weekends to and from his favourite drinking venue. Speedo shows a total of 47184 km of which he tells me is original. Unfortunatly time has been quite hard on this example as it was never fully garaged. Even with the dry climate of Wagga Wagga it has its rust issues but really only very minor (front heater channel and floor).         

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mick on Sunday, 07 February 2010 14:33

Awesome looking bug. What's your plans for it?

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Awesome looking bug. What's your plans for it?
dakdakman on Sunday, 07 February 2010 14:57

It will sit in the corner for now as I still need to put some finishing touches to my bay camper. But I think this will be a start to something a bit ratty. Nothing over the top just lowered and a set of brm's.

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It will sit in the corner for now as I still need to put some finishing touches to my bay camper. But I think this will be a start to something a bit ratty. Nothing over the top just lowered and a set of brm's.
Mick on Sunday, 07 February 2010 16:00

Looks pretty straight, good find. I agree, would look good on a set of BRM's. Original plate is a nice touch too.

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Looks pretty straight, good find. I agree, would look good on a set of BRM's. Original plate is a nice touch too.
Matt on Monday, 08 February 2010 11:08

great find mate

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great find mate
dakdakman on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:28

cheers Matt. It is great to know that there are still some good beetles still to be found.

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cheers Matt. It is great to know that there are still some good beetles still to be found.