Happy New '67 & '69 Sedan Owners!

[Sarge]

Nice score, Jeffrey...love them blue '69's, too!! 

[Rennsurfer]

Yeah, Jeffrey!!! That thing is SAWEEET! What a great find for you.



I'm eventually gonna do the same thing with mine. Major clean up ahead of me. Even though it got driven on the weekends by the owner's wife, it looks like it sat out in the desert for years without ever being cleaned. A LOTTA dirt inside and out. But underneath is a VW treasure. After that, I'll put my newly acquired wheels and drop spindles on. Next, pull out the stock engine after I get done building my other one.

Jeffrey, I took the liberty of changing the thread name. Now, we just need Mark to get his up here.

 

[jhicken]

You shouldn't have done that, this is Mark's thread, I just wanted to share a similar joy. I'm looking forward to seeing his new ride. The peek at the tail light was a tease. It looks like it could be real nice.

-jeffrey

[Rennsurfer]

You shouldn't have done that, this is Mark's thread, I just wanted to share a similar joy. I'm looking forward to seeing his new ride. The peek at the tail light was a tease. It looks like it could be real nice.

-jeffrey

Wait a gosh darned minute... I'M Mark and it's MY thread, so I changed it. So there. HAHA!! You're right about the tease; it's the only part of the car that was cleaned up at that juncture. I gotta go buy a few parts today. Hopefully, I'll get some more pics up, later on.

P.S. I was referring to seeing Mark R.'s car on here in my previous post. Sorry for any confusion. I'm your host... Ken Fusion.

[jhicken]

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention, I figured I was responding to Rick. Never mind. I gotta stop smokin pot...

Throw a couple "before" pics up. Some of us want to see whatcha got!

-jeffrey

[Rick Meredith]

Looks great Jeffrey!

[Rennsurfer]

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention, I figured I was responding to Rick.

-jeffrey

No worries, my friend. You and Mark can feel free to post pics on this thread. Like Dave used to say at the club meetings:

"We can't force you to have fun."

HAHAHAHA!!!! Classic.

[roland]

Very cool guys! Zenith blue 67 and white 69, both great models! 

[Rennsurfer]

Very cool guys! Zenith blue 67 and white 69, both great models! 

Thanks and I agree.

[DKK Ted]

Hey Mark, great find, love that color! That color is sure poping up lately!   See ya at Bug-In! Telling you that color....Uhm....

Ted

[Rick Meredith]

Very cool guys! Zenith blue 67 and white 69, both great models! 

Thanks and I agree.

Regarding our phone conversation about VW-1500 decklid emblems... I clearly have no clue as to what I'm talking about 

Here's mine and it's got the large 15 and the smaller 00 like you were talking about.

[Gaz1]

Zenith blue is a great colour,not that i'm biased or anything ,looking forward to seeing more pics of this one.

[nicolas]

look at this! so cool, i am one weekend without internet and all this pops up. very cool and keep us posted.

[jhicken]

Dropped spindles? Avis adjusters? Pulled torsions? Photoshop?

-jeffrey

[Rennsurfer]

Dropped spindles? Avis adjusters? Pulled torsions? Photoshop?

-jeffrey

NICE, Jeffrey! I'm gonna go with PhotoShop, because that rearend (huh, huh... I said rearend) is too low. Just messin' with ya. Pretty cool, though.

Thanks, guys... I'm pretty stoked on owning/driving an aircooled car again. Rick, that's how I remember your decklid badge looking, but I thought that you had it powder coated black. Did you de-powder coat it at some point, or is that a different badge?

[Rick Meredith]

Rick, that's how I remember your decklid badge looking, but I thought that you had it powder coated black. Did you de-powder coat it at some point, or is that a different badge?

The original "VOLKSWAGEN" block letter emblem was powder coated semi gloss black with the rest of the stuff on my car. This emblem was a later addition and was always like this.

[Rennsurfer]

The original "VOLKSWAGEN" block letter emblem was powder coated semi gloss black with the rest of the stuff on my car. This emblem was a later addition and was always like this.

Cripes! I'm losin' it, bigtime. Sorry, thanks for that. I do remember now.

[Rick Meredith]

The original "VOLKSWAGEN" block letter emblem was powder coated semi gloss black with the rest of the stuff on my car. This emblem was a later addition and was always like this.

Cripes! I'm losin' it, bigtime. Sorry, thanks for that. I do remember now.

I'm lucky if I remember anything from those days! 

[Rennsurfer]

Finally got most of the car dialed in. Poor thing had not been cared for in a long time and was extremely dirty. Sorry that's not in Cal Look mode yet, but I wanted to clean it up as a stocker, first.



I'm guessing the engine is a 1500 or 1600cc. Whatever it is, it still has single port heads. Now that my roommate has given it a full tune up and valve adjustment, it can actually get out of it's own way, now. It's amazing that it even drove two hours from the desert to my house. Points weren't operating and the valves were tight.



Gotta look into why the high beams and brake lights don't work. I'm guessing a relay and a brake light switch. I bought a switch yesterday. Gonna try to replace that today. I don't wanna drive it till that's fixed. I SO can't stand the outside mirrors on this car. YUCK! Aftermarket and wrong shape. Need the passenger side pear shaped mirror and black license plates to complete the exterior.

Next, will be the drop spindles. Monza exhausts are still on the cool list, yes?

[Rick Meredith]

That is sweet Mark!

As they say on the Barrett-Jackson auctions "Nicely Bought" 

[Rennsurfer]

That is sweet Mark!

As they say on the Barrett-Jackson auctions "Nicely Bought" 

It's far from perfect or show quality... but thanks, Rick. I just feel blessed that I scored one less than half of the prices of the other cars I was looking at. I could see the potential of this one, however. Even though it had oxidized paint and dirt everywhere. Think I already have the (barf!) roof rack sold. That'll go towards paying for the huge sushi bill for Joe and I, last night. HAHA!! He didn't want money for dialin' in my engine, so I offered to treat us to a HUGE dinner. We almost closed the place. Had to celebrate me getting another Beetle after all of these years.

[Carlos De Alba]

Car looks great............ 

[Rick Meredith]

That is sweet Mark!

As they say on the Barrett-Jackson auctions "Nicely Bought" 

It's far from perfect or show quality... but thanks, Rick. I just feel blessed that I scored one less than half of the prices of the other cars I was looking at. I could see the potential of this one, however. Even though it had oxidized paint and dirt everywhere. Think I already have the (barf!) roof rack sold. That'll go towards paying for the huge sushi bill for Joe and I, last night. HAHA!! He didn't want money for dialin' in my engine, so I offered to treat us to a HUGE dinner. We almost closed the place. Had to celebrate me getting another Beetle after all of these years.

Hmmm Sushi! 

[Carlos De Alba]

That is sweet Mark!

As they say on the Barrett-Jackson auctions "Nicely Bought" 

It's far from perfect or show quality... but thanks, Rick. I just feel blessed that I scored one less than half of the prices of the other cars I was looking at. I could see the potential of this one, however. Even though it had oxidized paint and dirt everywhere. Think I already have the (barf!) roof rack sold. That'll go towards paying for the huge sushi bill for Joe and I, last night. HAHA!! He didn't want money for dialin' in my engine, so I offered to treat us to a HUGE dinner. We almost closed the place. Had to celebrate me getting another Beetle after all of these years.

Hmmm Sushi! 

Hmmmm Sushi..........nothing better than "raw fish" 

sorry.......back to topic..........

[Rick Meredith]

I think we need to have a VW/Sushi cruise!! 

[louisb]

That is one clean looking car. You guys out in Cali make me sick being able to dig up these rust free VWs. 

Now, about that 2 liter you were going to build. 


--louis

[Gaz1]

Looks a nice bug


Now i know what mine would look like in stock form

[Rennsurfer]

That is one clean looking car. You guys out in Cali make me sick being able to dig up these rust free VWs. 

Now, about that 2 liter you were going to build. 

--louis

HAHA!! Louis, don't feel TOO bad... if it makes matters better, I've looked at many cars for the last couple of months. They were either rusted or asking way too much money for my shoestring budget. I totally lucked out with this car. My best friend (who ironically found my first car for me in 1979 while we reading the classified ads in high school math class) called me last Friday and said we gotta go look at this car. So, we headed out to Victorville, which took us an hour and a half in his new company car. Bought the '67 and even got the price down. Took us two hours to get home.

I agree with you... finding rust free cars, even here, is getting to be a wild goose chase. It's been a rather humbling experience. 28 years ago, we rarely saw cars with rust. A lot has changed since then and I'm finally learning that. Oh and about the engine... that might take awhile. So far, I have a counterweighted crankshaft, flywheel, Kennedy Stage 1 plate, and rods. Gonna build a 1914cc.

Thanks, again, for the kind words everyone. Rick, you know me... I'm always down for some sushi or just eating food in general. Name the time/place and I'm there.

[Rick Meredith]

I think that the lack of rust free cars in the southwest is because we're getting picked over from other areas where the climate is not as dry.

[Fastbrit]

I think that the lack of rust free cars in the southwest is because we're getting picked over from other areas where the climate is not as dry.

Damned foreigners...