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Old 06-07-2025, 09:28 AM   #1711 (permalink)
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Must not open the frunk much or mostly rides with a passenger to reset those mirrors.

I cant see having a safari front window where you drive freeways in the summer. Bug impacts sometimes really hurt.

The water A/C add on went out of style?

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Old 06-08-2025, 01:23 AM   #1712 (permalink)
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I guess you already know about the Alabaster Beige (bege alabastro) in Brazilian VWs, which I'm more familiar with.
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I'd like to see a whole car in Silver Beige, a seat frame color.
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justacarguy.blogspot.com: Volkswagen of America plans to restore the white-over-blue Type 2 Bus that appeared in the famous photo of the lone surviving vehicle in the Palisades fire in the Malibu area
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Old 06-20-2025, 02:09 AM   #1715 (permalink)
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Under the 30-year rule, this beauty is now eligible for collector plates in Brazil.



Too bad I didn't have the money (and a garage to store it properly) when this '76 showed up for sale...










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Did the body-colored bumper come stock? Did they fill the body trim holes and replace with that gold pinstripe?

There is a Beetle (for sale) down the street from here that has a set of those wheels. You don't see them often here.
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justacarguy.blogspot.com: one hell of a cool design for a roof rack. Only the 2 inch clamp in the middle of each side, is holding it on

I agree with JACG. My roof rack has four legs and a center clamp, but this one has six longer legs with triangulation and better side rails. I'm going to steal the idea of clear tubing on the feet.



I still prefer the Jim Dandy rack.
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Did the body-colored bumper come stock? Did they fill the body trim holes and replace with that gold pinstripe?
It's an Itamar-era ('93 to '96) Brazilian Beetle, notice the cutout at the left rear fender for the exhaust tip. So, not only the body-colored bumper is stock, so is te adhesive pinstripe, and there were no trim holes to be filled. It's all standard for the Itamar
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Plastic tubing on the feet doesn't makes sense if it stays installed long or often. The clear plastic tube goes hard in the sun super quick, and I can see wearing the paint in the rain gutter from collected dirt
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I currently have Plastidip on the feet. There must be some tubing that would work better. Brass?

Wear on the paint is common.

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