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This is my 2nd bug, but sadly the 1st one was stolen after 3 days of ownership from a friends driveway  Been looking for a while and found this one on the Samba and amazingly it was as described  bought it there and then and drove it away. A really solid resto cal styled car, with 1776 engine, kadron carbs, single quiet pack ex, don't know anything else about the motor, but the journey home put a smile on my face  Had a look in mind for the car, sort of pre/early cal-look , started with dropping the wheels I already had at the powder coaters to be blasted, then coated in silver/aluminium colour. I got them back 2 days later and fitted them with 145 for the front and 205/70 for the rear. Then spent the day getting the ride height back up to a more acceptable level  Have since picked up a merged header for it and will fit it as soon as I get the matching dual quiet pack. Here's a few before pictures Jo |
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 03:35:40 am » |
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and here's a few after pics |
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2009, 04:07:09 am » |
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I like it!
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 09:00:08 am » |
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Love the car. Reminscent of the early days with slotted wheels. Nice stance and touch with the T-Bars too.
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2009, 10:33:43 am » |
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Cool car!
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2009, 10:56:44 am » |
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Hmm, that location looks familiar! Bet it's warmer there than the UK right now!  |
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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2009, 12:02:16 pm » |
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looking good! love the color...
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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2009, 12:22:14 pm » |
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How about taking a left on Beach and getting some photos at the In-N-Out? Looking good.  |
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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2009, 14:43:03 pm » |
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Hey are all the cars in that neighbourhood green? i want to move there, i've got the car. |
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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2009, 23:05:51 pm » |
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Well done! Keep us updated on the progress.
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2009, 23:16:53 pm » |
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Love the car. Reminscent of the early days with slotted wheels. Nice stance and touch with the T-Bars too.
Rick M
Thanks Rick That's the look I'm aiming for. Thinking about one piece windows & trimless window rubbers next. Simple but effective stuff like they did in the early days, to make the car stand out Thanks everyone else for the kind words, been out in it today enjoying the sunshine. Funnily enough the journey did start with a left on beach Green cars rock !!!!!!  Jo |
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2009, 00:38:24 am » |
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I can't believe I missed this thread - NICE CAR!!! and your right Green cars ROCK  |
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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2009, 02:18:02 am » |
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Jo
Excellent looks really cool, a few simple changes and what a difference. What year is it ? Oh its a 59 in the title daft question, sorry !
Green Car Alley, rocks
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2009, 18:58:25 pm » |
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I see Jeff working hard as always. |
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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2009, 20:42:21 pm » |
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... Funnily enough the journey did start with a left on beach ... Every journey should, it's the nearest In-N-Out! |
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« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2009, 19:37:38 pm » |
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Love that car!
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« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2009, 08:31:06 am » |
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Really nice lookin' car!
What color (color code?) is it...?
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« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2009, 18:06:16 pm » |
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Really nice lookin' car!
What color (color code?) is it...?
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Sadly, No idea what colour green it is, not even sure it is VW? If anyone has any ideas would be great to know. |
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« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2009, 18:22:39 pm » |
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Nice car and nice year Jo! |
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« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2009, 18:29:17 pm » |
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Cool car.
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« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2009, 18:51:10 pm » |
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Found a couple of things that needed attention and my dual quiet pack system turned up from Als headers As we had to have the rear wheels off to replace the axle boots yesterday,I took the chance to clean and paint the rear drums as they looked ugly under my shiny wheels,also the drivers side was slightly lower than the passenger side due to age and wear I think so we adjusted it slightly to suit so it now sits level Hoping to have the exhaust fitted this weekend,pics to follow if it does Jo |
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« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2009, 20:41:44 pm » |
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Found a couple of things that needed attention and my dual quiet pack system turned up from Als headers As we had to have the rear wheels off to replace the axle boots yesterday,I took the chance to clean and paint the rear drums as they looked ugly under my shiny wheels,also the drivers side was slightly lower than the passenger side due to age and wear I think so we adjusted it slightly to suit so it now sits level Hoping to have the exhaust fitted this weekend,pics to follow if it does Jo Looking good - I'm diggin the pre cal style |
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« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2009, 23:58:48 pm » |
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nice car can i ask if that is a CB header with a one-off muffler ? or is the whole set-up made by Al's headers ? look great. thanks |
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« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2009, 04:12:08 am » |
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nice car can i ask if that is a CB header with a one-off muffler ? or is the whole set-up made by Al's headers ? look great. thanks It all came from Al's Headers originally, whilst there I noticed headers both CB & Scat being produced. So it's quite possible that you could buy the header from CB. Jo |
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« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2009, 06:52:14 am » |
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jeffs parking lot hah sorry to hear about the 1st car
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« Reply #25 on: January 17, 2009, 10:24:44 am » |
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nice car can i ask if that is a CB header with a one-off muffler ? or is the whole set-up made by Al's headers ? look great. thanks It all came from Al's Headers originally, whilst there I noticed headers both CB & Scat being produced. So it's quite possible that you could buy the header from CB. Jo thank you Jo. it looks just like the merged header CB shows on the website. they do sell a dual muffler to fit,but no picture on the website. do you think it too would be from Al's Headers ? If it is the same set up as on Dave Rhoad's car it looks really nice ! |
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« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2009, 02:10:02 am » |
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nice car can i ask if that is a CB header with a one-off muffler ? or is the whole set-up made by Al's headers ? look great. thanks It all came from Al's Headers originally, whilst there I noticed headers both CB & Scat being produced. So it's quite possible that you could buy the header from CB. Jo thank you Jo. it looks just like the merged header CB shows on the website. they do sell a dual muffler to fit,but no picture on the website. do you think it too would be from Al's Headers ? If it is the same set up as on Dave Rhoad's car it looks really nice ! The header & system was fabricated by Als headers for Scat on my car Dave Rhoads DRF |
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« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2009, 06:42:55 am » |
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You wouldn't happen to have contact info for Al's Headers? Thanks in advance |
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« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2009, 07:43:45 am » |
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Hey Jo...
Your subtle changes are reminiscient of the mods a lot of us old timers made on our first cars in the late 60's and early 70's before the actual "Cal Look" definition arrived on the scene.
Your exhaust looks great. What generation VW fan are you? Did parents, grandparents and others influence your love for the look? Great mods so far. Great to see you drive the car too. Most of us originally owned them as a high school or jr. college mode of transportation. I've heard a lot of stories from other older forum members talking about their first bugs as the "only" mode of transportation and a project "in da werks!"
Good to see a gal making the mods. My daughter followed in my footsteps as a VW lover. She was the son I always hoped for...as a car enthusiast only. Shanna was the only girl in High School auto body and also one of my best staff in helping us at our Bug-O-Rama events for years.
Keep up the great work. Good to see you making progress!
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« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2009, 10:06:33 am » |
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could this colour... L 445 sargasso green looks good there in Green car kingdom. say hey to the court jester for me. |
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