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Originally Posted by freebeard
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).
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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.
- Scott