the net at home has taken a dive for reasons unknown so i couldn't give an update yesterday but a friend has gratiously let me use his net so i'm typing this.
i went and checked out the beetle i got word about yesterday (i dragged my eldest along as well and she seemed to have fun). it was by nomeans a short drive but enjoyable. it is one of those cars you would never find it if without being told, not even an aeroplane would help with this one (one day i will spend a day or 3 with my pilot friend car hunting). it turned out that it is a 65. there is nothing that really makes it stand out (well there is but i'll get to that once it is in my hot little hands) it was birch green but has since had an external repaint. to be honest birch green is probably my least liked 6V vw colour... so booring imho. it will probably need a couple of panels to get it where i'd like it but only time will tell (i still have to talk my wife into it... ). the thing that i most lke about it (apart from the copious spares that it comes with) is the fact that from what i could see the main rust is a small patch in the drivers A pillar (famous last words...) the pans looked solid, the front of the rear inner guards the sill bottoms. mind you a good high pressure wash may reveal more once the the mud is blown off. now that i think about it one of the door bottoms may need a little work. it looks as if it has taken a hit in the rhs of the bumper od similar as that side of the wheel well is a little pushed. the other side is ok though. all in all it is a fairly lean country car. much better than most cars i saw in sydney 10/15 years ago and it would prob make the UK guys cry with jelousy. the motor that it had in it when the current owner got it got seized by his kids at some stage so it now has a 1600DP but with a little luck the og case is one of the others that are included. (an early 40hp, a 36hp beetle and another 40hp or later case plus god knows what else (i saw a bastard head in the pile of stuff here's hoping for a VJ4 BR25 :) )
there was also another car included (well the g'box ws included as that is all the guy thought was worth taking) but i saw a few other things (4 tab hood and bogged over semaphore pillars that would be useful, not to mention lots and lots of little bits. it was once a 60 model btw. there were also a few more panels in a scrap pile that i will grab just 'cause they are there and may provide something useful.
obviously i'm keen to get it. now i just need to convice the misses or flog off enough stuff that i can just tell her that i'm getting it and deal with the consequences later. if i don't spend any house money they will not be too bad. yes i am dying for a vw to drive it has been a long time.
i did take a couple of pictures but i won't post them until i have te car safely at home just in case. plus i couldn't be bothered trying to deal with making my camera talk to a friends computer.
as i said it isn't the flashest car or the cleanest or the mst original it isn't even all that interesting buti think it might just be thee one for me now. i already asked my eldest if she'd like a beetle as a first car so maybe in 3-4 years when she is old enough to get her liscence it will go to her. it would be nice to spend time with my daughter doing stuff i'm passionate about. the biggest prob would be i would need to get another one for my second daughter who is 358 days younger... about then it could start to get very expensive very fast.
time will tell. i may not even get this car. if it was the price i was originaly told i would have put down a deposit but it was a little more, not a lot but still enough that it made me hesitate.
yes i am excited by the prospects though. it may be a few days work getting it all home... i kept myself awake pipe dreaming last night...
i love getting new cars... it has been 6 or 7 years since i last got a new vw. soon my precious soon.