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...to paint my car. It is cool with patina that shows that the car has been used, but in the long run you get tired of it.

I have owned it for three years and I have always thought that I would leave the chrome.
Lately I have been having wet dreams of it shaved with just plain cal-look rubber and one piece windows.

I think I will let you guys decide my future look.
Go ahed and vote!

Pictures are of it when I picked it up and how it looks now.

I think you have already taken a step in the right direction, so why stop now? SHAVE IT!

:-)

SHAVE IT!
YEAH YEAH ;D ;D ;D

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Well... It's an early model, It cold look well in more oldschool form. It depends what kind of final effect you want to have. I own a late model, so I don't have much choice - I have to style it in the manner of late 70ties... You can still choose what decade should your bug look like.

It will have some modern items as it is form follows function and I race it. It will still have the 3" A1 muffler, Hi back seat (at least at the drivers side like now) and a RLR renn kafer roll bar.

SHAVE! when you've got the opportunity to do so, you should close those holes! in the end, if you're not satisfied (but you will be) you can still glue the chrome back on.  ;)

I really love the patina on your car Anders, it can never be recreated. Untouched cars in good original condition are getting harder to find..But if you really want to paint it, then shave it  :)

BTW: A couple of weeks ago I found a correct front hood for my oval, and I actually welded up the trim holes in it today at work  ;)

Shave shave shave! clean`n mean machine  8)

Do fish swim? Talk about asking a leading question ;D Roman, why ask when you knew the answer?.........as long as it hauls ass and has the right stance.....it need to get rid of the trim and get paint job.....so go for it!!!  ;D

Shave it...!  ;D

Or sell the car stock to me...!  ;D ;D  I need a car for my race project, and I like the look of the car now...!  ;) ;)
And then you can use an other one  ;)

Roman, shave it! No doubt about that!  8)

God I love this forum!

With the wide trim of an earlier car I vote shave it... if it was the thinner trim like on a '67 I might vote leave it.

Rick

if you gonna shave it -- are you also gonna take off the chrome stoneguard (typical scandinavian style) -- with or without chrome -- you got yourself a fingerlickin toy!

I like my lookers to be just like my women  ;) - nice and smooooth - shave it dude  :)

Shave, shave, shave!!! There's to many 59's with patina AND chrome!!  ;D

...if you´ll have to work on the body anyway, I´d shave it (although my own car still wears chrome).
But please do not use the other option mentioned in the 1975 Hot Vws "How to Cal-look your VW overview": Tinted glass in the rear 3/4 :P

Yeah I always thought that was a bit funny!

...seems like everyone thought that-I´ve actually never seen an exact "copy" of that car scribble including those windows! Ok guys-who´s the first?  ;D

Harrhararr-extra survey on Roman´s "shave prob"-very cool! :)

I have never thought of it before but on the "original" cal-look picture it is an oval wiith 60's tail lights.

...seems like everyone thought that-I´ve actually never seen an exact "copy" of that car scribble including those windows! Ok guys-who´s the first?  ;D

You know how I mentioned I have parts for cars I dont even own yet?? Here are some for that car...

Its done already by a guy who lives by that drawing... his quarters are dark and bulges out too... never seen it with them on tho...    in the dark forrests of Norway

Oh yes the old Bubble Windows!

Actually, the only reason why they tinted the windows was so the cops couldn't see the joint being passed around!

Ah, the crazy stinger guy  ;) The windows are actually cool ass f...!! I would love to have a set of these! Hope you can forgive me for posting this picture dude. It's a bit hard to see in this shot, but they don't curve that much really. If anyone out there has a set of these, and are ashamed to admit to it, then let me know.. ;D

 Just do what you like and don't listen to anybody else but yourself...
 You're building your car for no one elso but you, not for the Cal-look crowd...