Her indoor's 67 rag top

[speedwell]

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[Diederick/DVK]

Holy crap, Glenn! Sorry to hear, glad no one got hurt badly...

[leec]

Hi Glen,

Sorry to see what happened. So glad the ladies are ok, that's the most important thing. When we left your place
last Wednesday Nicola and I thought the 67 looked great.

Good luck with the rebuild, definately time for upright wings and dechrome.

See you soon,

Lee

[Rick Meredith]

Man that does suck.

[Black Sheep]

Thanks guy's , the girls are fine thats the main thing , thought I'd never say this but its just a car and you can fix them .
On the plus side I'm already watching a possible donor car on flea bay for the inner wing's tank etc and the bonnet's already been de-chromed   
I think buggy bar's may be the way forward and yes i can see some upright wings with lucas amber lenses thrown in for good measure 

[Black Sheep]

I will just add this guy's
If you don't carry a spare wheel your a fool ,
just take a close look at pic , that fully inflated wheel in there took one hell of a kickin , you can make out the imprint of the hub cap fitted to spare on the bonnet .
The guy must have been motoring when he hit the 67 full in the face and most of the impact was absorbed by the spare IMO
Say what you will about our bugs , but they really are Little Tanks 

[Rick Meredith]

If you don't carry a spare wheel your a fool ,

X2... if my '67 had the spare in it, it wouldn't have been near as messed up as it was.

[Diederick/DVK]

i believe that yeah! thanks for reminding me to source a 5x130 steelie!! anyone? 

[jamiep_jamiep]

Sorry to see that Glenn, glad to hear your wife and daughter escape without serious injury. Hope their whiplash & chest injury heals quickly.

Metal can be fixed 

[Black Sheep]

Thanks again guy's for your words of support for the girls , little chick is fine and Her indoors is on the mend .
Had a very positive conversation with the insurance , their happy to go with my preferred vehicle repair center , so I've started shopping for parts 
If anyone's got any OEM panels you think I may need for the 67 drop me a line .

[Neil Davies]

Thanks again guy's for your words of support for the girls , little chick is fine and Her indoors is on the mend .
Had a very positive conversation with the insurance , their happy to go with my preferred vehicle repair center , so I've started shopping for parts 
If anyone's got any OEM panels you think I may need for the 67 drop me a line .

Glenn, I'd go and get a pair of genuine late front quarters from VW Heritage and modify them to suit the earlier features. On my car there is one genuine and one repro - the genuine fell into place but the repro needed extending and all sorts of modifications. Better quality metal too!
If you want to put slopers back on it, I've got a pair of genuine '62-67 wings in pretty decent shape?
Most importantly, everyone is ok!

[Black Sheep]

Cool Neil , send me some pic's and stick em to one side for me will ya ,
Looks like I'm loosing the upright lamp's and buggy bar idea 
May have got a compromise by loosing the wide trim and going back to standard 67 as i know of a 67 bonnet trim in need of a new home 
as she want's to keep the quarter lights and i think no side trim with quarter lights looks bobbins
Gonna loose the berlin mirror too , cant see a thing out of it  need to find a original RHD hinge mount jobbie

[Martin Greaves]

as she want's to keep the quarter lights and i think no side trim with quarter lights looks bobbins

Not if the quarter light are black and i have a new pair here.

[Black Sheep]

as she want's to keep the quarter lights and i think no side trim with quarter lights looks bobbins

Not if the quarter light are black and i have a new pair here.

I repeat , total Bobin's   especially If you cant open them coz of your cage 

[Martin Greaves]

as she want's to keep the quarter lights and i think no side trim with quarter lights looks bobbins

Not if the quarter light are black and i have a new pair here.

I repeat , total Bobin's   especially If you cant open them coz of your cage 

Wrong because you can knob jockey.

[Black Sheep]

Watch it birthday boy , 39 my arse 

[Martin Greaves]

Not till tomorrow.

[That's all folks]

Happy Birthday ole git!, Oh & lets have some prices on the parts asap to fix guys so to get it off b4 i go to EBI

[jonathan]

I bet you're gutted dude.Like you say though,it is only a car.
I've got a NOS genuine front apron I could part with,pm me if you are interested.

[kev d]

Heard about this at the weekend matey, gutted for you
As long as the girls are ok thats the main thing.

Look on the bright side - your not going to be bored over the winter
Cheers
Kev

[Black Sheep]

Breaking for spare's 
Let me know what you want , shipping not a problem

[kev d]

Nightmare
Is it worse than you thought?

[Richyrich]

Hay Blacksheep!!!, Not shore if Her indoors would like being called Her indoors,, Nice to see all thats not going on. And now ive got a pic of the Garage to go with Peggy. Still on the look out, not to much about, and if i find somthing nice its over priced, looks like i might beer calling your mate up the coast, to see what he has, that or just start putting a donk together, with a matching drivetrain and just waiting for the right car to turn up.... well will leave you alone to get bizzy, talk soon my friend.

[Richyrich]

Just one more thing, Thanks 4 getting me on this site, The Lounge is fantastic, Haven`t been sckooled like this for a loooong time. love you Brother....always stay cool. Your room`s  here always.

[Black Sheep]

Nightmare
Is it worse than you thought?

Yeah I've just got too may pots boiling at the mo something's gotta give .

[Neil Davies]

Glenn, if you've got the space, just stick it under a cover and come back to it later. You know how good the rest of the car is, so just leave it for a while. DKK Rick did!

I know what you mean about too many projects - I've got the '51, Emma's cab, and most of a race car, plus my Audi A6 with a broken engine and a Passat estate that needs MOT to replace the Audi. This all means that my daily driver is my Beetle, which needs a new motor as the mains and big ends are clattering away but as long as it runs I can get to work... On top of that I've got to change the carb on Emm's Golf cab! I need to prioritise, but they'll all get done!

[Black Sheep]

Insurance company's , written it off now still arguing the point with them but it looks like I'd have to re-register it once work was done anyway with a VOSA check etc .
My way of thinking at the moment is to loose the motor , GT box , 4 stud Mahle wheels , dropped spindle's , basically all the running gear .
Then find another 67 rhd pan with log book to save me the VOSA hassle and the rebuild it for my daughter's 17th with a single port 1300 /box 205 pcd running gear , bbt sprints day moulding's wings  , king/link frame head empi dropped spindles / discs , loose all the trim bumpers , fit buggy bars and paint it .
Phew , up for air now , it my daughters 15th today so I've 2 years to get this all sorted out 

[Richyrich]

And just what will Her Indoors have?, or is she all up for airbags now!!!.. But the plan sound cool Brother, wish i was around for the build... just one more thing, with all these cars theres going to be a lot of shipping to do when you come over!!!!!!

[Rick Meredith]

Glenn, if you've got the space, just stick it under a cover and come back to it later. You know how good the rest of the car is, so just leave it for a while. DKK Rick did!

Just don't leave it for 25 years! 

[Neil Davies]

Insurance company's , written it off now still arguing the point with them but it looks like I'd have to re-register it once work was done anyway with a VOSA check etc .
My way of thinking at the moment is to loose the motor , GT box , 4 stud Mahle wheels , dropped spindle's , basically all the running gear .
Then find another 67 rhd pan with log book to save me the VOSA hassle and the rebuild it for my daughter's 17th with a single port 1300 /box 205 pcd running gear , bbt sprints day moulding's wings  , king/link frame head empi dropped spindles / discs , loose all the trim bumpers , fit buggy bars and paint it .
Phew , up for air now , it my daughters 15th today so I've 2 years to get this all sorted out 

I think you can keep the reg number after a VOSA check, it just becomes non-transferable. One of the guys on a water-cooled forum I go on every now and again had one recently after replacing the front end on his car after a smash. About £45 to get it checked I think.