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Old 12-12-2016, 10:08 AM   #82 (permalink)
ThermionicScott
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
ThermionicScott — That's a nice selection. The last sunroof Beetle I had was a '67. Sold because the only place I had to keep it was in a ditch in front of the house.

I had as many as seven, but I'm down to two; a '71 Superbeetle (two years of production) and a pile of parts — a '58 Canadian Beetle body (semaphore pockets) on a '71 floorpan. Currently unregistered; but the State of Oregon has gold on blue Pacific Wonderland plates for a one time $100 surcharge. I'd like to do that.

The Thing has a lot of possibility. Do you follow EVTV? They have two with electric conversions, with dissimilar motors and chargers (that they sell).
Boy, those Super Beetles can be surprisingly tough. My brother has a '73, so it has a bunch of one-year-only parts. Not many options for the cracked dash.

I'll have to check out EVTV! The problem with my Thing is that it was a longtime winter car for previous owners, so it needs bodywork like you wouldn't believe. The engine in it is strong, though, and I even had a new 1776cc longblock built for it when I thought I was going to build it into a beefy do-everything vehicle. I have some nice rebuilt 35 PDSITs for it, too.

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