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Cal-look/High Performance => In Da Werks => Topic started by: herbieharv on February 01, 2011, 15:08:21 pm



Title: 68 late looker
Post by: herbieharv on February 01, 2011, 15:08:21 pm
hi chaps
i bought this on sunday
68 1500  2 owners from new ,been stored for the last 14 years in its garage fairly local to me
rot wise there a few little holes but the pan is in really good shape  shame 3 of the 4 wings are beyond repair  :(
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb301/harvspad/IMG_0784.jpg)
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb301/harvspad/IMG_0783.jpg)
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb301/harvspad/IMG_0789.jpg)
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb301/harvspad/IMG_0787.jpg)
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb301/harvspad/IMG_0791.jpg)

does any body know what these front seats are from ??? rocket ron says there possibly mk1 golf seats ??? who ever put them in did a good job any way

as to what im going to do to it ill keep it pretty tame ,ill just have some dropped spindles on empi 8s and keep it ratty for a while and just enjoy it

ill keep you all updated on progress ,i need to make room in my garage for it then strip her down check everything over

and dont take the piss about the number plate i know it looks like" suck off" ;D


Title: Re: 68 late looker
Post by: leec on February 01, 2011, 18:58:42 pm
Hi Harvey

beetle looks great. I think fat lip riverias would really suit it. Great colour

Lee


Title: Re: 68 late looker
Post by: Addie/DVK on February 01, 2011, 21:21:00 pm
Car looks solid, very good to start with! Seats looks to me like mk1 golf seats.



Title: Re: 68 late looker
Post by: Rocket Ron on February 01, 2011, 21:54:34 pm
looking good mate

Did the doors colour match ??


Title: Re: 68 late looker
Post by: papapsi on February 01, 2011, 21:56:05 pm
looks a good starting point.  ;D

the blue disabled vehicle on your avatar, i used to repair those when a was a mechanic. had so much fun with them.  ;D  did you know the colour used on them was a porcshe colour? how cool is that.  8)


Title: Re: 68 late looker
Post by: herbieharv on February 01, 2011, 22:16:21 pm
looking good mate

Did the doors colour match ??

hi ron very embarrassingly i havnt had the time to check ,off to bristol tomo to pick up the trailer and when i get back ill have a real good look and guess what this 1 is older than knobbys 68  ;D

cheers lee im really pleased with it ,ive sourced some empi 8s off that mad farmer down cornwall for the time being ,martin mentioned about fatlips on friday as well funnily anoth

hey papasi thanks for that ,i had the mick taken out me because of the colour and apparently there so close on colour  ;D i see those buggys on ebay quite often


Title: Re: 68 late looker
Post by: volkshead on December 21, 2011, 17:11:31 pm
Any progress?  On the look out for a 68-70 bug myself :)