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« Reply #30 on: December 03, 2015, 09:07:46 am »
just have some news it seems that the owner don't want to sell and want to restore the car to his former glory
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« Reply #31 on: December 06, 2015, 07:43:28 am »
Would be nice to see these iconic VW's back here in the US to there original owners and brought back to life..

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« Reply #32 on: December 06, 2015, 19:39:04 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on December 03, 2015, 09:07:46 am
just have some news it seems that the owner don't want to sell and want to restore the car to his former glory

Fabs, do you mean that he doesn't want to sell and does want to restore the car, or doesn't want to sell and doesn't want to restore it either? The suspense is killing me! Cheesy

Mind you, if I'm honest I always thought the Martinez chop was slightly too much - Tar Babe and the Goss car are perfect in my eyes.
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« Reply #33 on: December 06, 2015, 19:51:40 pm »
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« Reply #34 on: December 06, 2015, 23:21:55 pm »
That is a relief! Those wide fenders are the stuff of nightmares!
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« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2016, 07:08:34 am »
The original car didn't have wipers ,the white one does..?? and the parking lights..?...did they change it..?
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« Reply #36 on: January 13, 2016, 09:42:45 am »
remember the car is in japan and it's may be raining more than SoCal  Grin
and yes the rear light were changed to 55->60 model

thecar will be rebuild to his former glory
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« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2018, 19:44:40 pm »
here's ome actual picture of the car , the owner do some modifications
alloys are back , original fenders , 
car looks better now
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« Reply #38 on: January 03, 2018, 19:45:46 pm »
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« Reply #39 on: January 03, 2018, 19:47:27 pm »
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« Reply #40 on: January 03, 2018, 19:49:29 pm »
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« Reply #41 on: January 03, 2018, 23:02:01 pm »
Well that's better! Grin
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« Reply #42 on: January 04, 2018, 02:32:19 am »
"restore the car to his former glory".........?

Former glory of what? You guys make it sound as if the way the original owner customized it was the ONLY way it could be customized. If it was such a great car, why didn't the original owner keep it the way it was? Why didn't he keep it at all for that matter? You can't possibly think the next owner has the EXACT same taste, and won't change anything on the car, do you? To each their own. I see things I like about the car, and I see things I don't like about the car. Like Mom always said, if you don't having anything nice to say, why say anything at all.
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« Reply #43 on: January 07, 2018, 15:32:20 pm »
First time I saw it at OCIR brand new in black with a long fix it ticket on the windshield with several violations.
No wipers, no bumpers, no turn signals and others?
It was built/owned by a relative of a long time VW event promoter and body shop owner in So Cal.

My one regret back in 1989, this car and my pink drag bug were on display at a small show in Costa Mesa.
The black chop was then owned by Dyno Don.
He offered to trade it for my drag bug, I should of took that trade.
Now in white that So Cal moment seems to have been obliterated.
White thunder? why not call it Loud Lightning? lol
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« Reply #44 on: January 07, 2018, 16:42:40 pm »
I have a flyer from the Al Martinez swap meet many decades ago with the car on it...very cool.
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« Reply #45 on: January 07, 2018, 16:43:43 pm »
back of flyer
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« Reply #46 on: January 07, 2018, 16:59:06 pm »
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« Reply #47 on: January 20, 2018, 23:57:36 pm »
Quote from: MC Dyno Don on November 27, 2015, 21:31:10 pm
Im sick to my stomach.....    When I sold the Award Winning, Magazine featured, Bug-In Chop, after owning it for a brief stint, I had to perform some miracles first, and color sanded/Buffed/fixed the suspension/repaired the miles of endless wiring/ and "Dyno"Tune the car. When The car left my property to embark upon its long journey to Japan, after no one stepped up to purchase it here, It was in Pristine Pure Black, "NON louvered" Cal Look Tradition, and would "Fire Breath 12's" on any given day..!   Sad to see its ruined condition, Period..!!      If in fact, its the same car...


Kinda like how we felt after we saw what became of El Diablo Gris. I'm sure you remember that Dyno.
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« Reply #48 on: October 12, 2023, 20:21:05 pm »
here's how look the car now
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« Reply #49 on: October 16, 2023, 14:28:36 pm »
Awesome that its Black again!
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« Reply #50 on: October 25, 2023, 01:31:46 am »
Looks good again, thank you for the update.
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« Reply #51 on: October 27, 2023, 05:45:29 am »
Yes, Fabian, thank you for the photos and update!!!  Cool
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« Reply #52 on: December 01, 2023, 17:51:36 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on October 12, 2023, 20:21:05 pm
here's how look the car now

That's how it looked when I saw it back in the late 70s? at OCIR parked in the pit area.
He had been pulled over that morning on the way to OCIR and on the windshield was a fix it ticket for over a dozen small issues.
Turn signals, bumpers and whatever else.
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