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hotrodalex

June 29, 2014, 11:25:45 AM
The big reveal!

My dad bought this from SoCal (had a friend look at it and check it out and ship it here for him)

'72 VW Bug, 1900 motor with cam, dual carbs, big stereo, Recaro-type seats (no backseat), filled in dash, ugly front bumper that will be removed I assume. Candy apple red paint. Bought for $5400





Gotta-Qik-C7

#1
June 29, 2014, 11:43:00 AM
 Nice!!!
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CJ

#2
June 29, 2014, 11:56:22 AM
I like that front bumper.

Soup DeVille

#3
June 29, 2014, 02:04:31 PM
Nice.

Is Super Beetle. With earlier front fenders.
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#4
June 29, 2014, 02:13:40 PM
Yeah it's a Super Beetle which I normally find ugly but this one has been modified in most of the right ways to look nice.

The rear bumper bars are the style that he likes so I assume he'll get some for the front. Not sure if he'll lower it more. Maybe a roof rack too.

Soup DeVille

#5
June 29, 2014, 02:24:36 PM
Quote from: hotrodalex on June 29, 2014, 02:13:40 PM
Yeah it's a Super Beetle which I normally find ugly but this one has been modified in most of the right ways to look nice.

The rear bumper bars are the style that he likes so I assume he'll get some for the front. Not sure if he'll lower it more. Maybe a roof rack too.

The flat glass Supers always looked better to me anyways than the curved glass ones. Only old coots like me are going to notice the longer hood most of the time anyways though.

Here in the rust belt, the supers have serious problems with the mounting points for the strut and control arm rusting through. Its known as the "explor-o-matic option."
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hotrodalex

#6
June 29, 2014, 03:17:57 PM
Yay for California cars.

hotrodalex

#7
June 29, 2014, 04:24:25 PM
Here's the front

Soup DeVille

#8
June 29, 2014, 04:29:33 PM
Did he find  it on the Samba?

I lurk there still from time to time, and that looks familiar.
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hotrodalex

#9
June 29, 2014, 04:39:52 PM
Yep

CJ

#10
June 29, 2014, 07:38:06 PM
I see that your neighbors are lesbians.

cawimmer430

#11
June 29, 2014, 08:03:47 PM
Quote from: hotrodalex on June 29, 2014, 11:25:45 AM


Congrats!  :ohyeah:

And a beautiful Lincoln Town Car in the background.  :mrcool:
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#12
June 29, 2014, 08:26:27 PM
Nice car.



...but why is this in the Fast Lane?  This might be the slowest car on the Spin :lol:
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Soup DeVille

#13
June 29, 2014, 08:31:56 PM
Quote from: MrH on June 29, 2014, 08:26:27 PM
Nice car.



...but why is this in the Fast Lane?  This might be the slowest car on the Spin :lol:

Its a 1900, if its tuned right it'll surprise you. My '74, once stripped down of pretty much everything and running a 1915 could pick the front tires off the ground off the line.

And, I jealously guard that title.
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#14
June 30, 2014, 02:49:18 AM Last Edit: June 30, 2014, 03:05:21 AM by hotrodalex
Quote from: MrH on June 29, 2014, 08:26:27 PM
Nice car.



...but why is this in the Fast Lane?  This might be the slowest car on the Spin :lol:

It's basically a Porsche!

Byteme

#15
June 30, 2014, 11:16:59 AM
Quote from: hotrodalex on June 30, 2014, 02:49:18 AM
It's basically a Porsche!

That sound you hear is Porsche drivers gnashing their teeth.    :lol:

CJ

#16
June 30, 2014, 11:55:32 AM


What a great looking car, Alex.  Found this picture online.

Rupert

#17
June 30, 2014, 12:09:26 PM
Quote from: CLKid on June 30, 2014, 11:16:59 AM
That sound you hear is Porsche drivers gnashing their teeth.    :lol:

It is, though. A few mods, and a Bug will be about as good as just about any Porsche into the '70s.
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hotrodalex

#18
June 30, 2014, 03:23:32 PM
Just went for a ride and drive. This thing belongs in the fast lane. :lol:

I'd get a lot of tickets in it - easy to go fast. And non power brakes so less easy to stop! Didn't help that I was barefoot. Going into a turn a bit hot with non power steering is also fun. :lol:

Soup DeVille

#19
June 30, 2014, 03:56:18 PM
Quote from: Rupert on June 30, 2014, 12:09:26 PM
It is, though. A few mods, and a Bug will be about as good as just about any Porsche into the '70s.

The 356 was exactly that: a stripped down, lightweight Beetle. The 911 was the continuation of that idea: and there are lots of old VWs running around using earlier Porsche engines.

Not that the Porschefiles exactly like these facts: but facts they are.
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#20
June 30, 2014, 04:17:05 PM
Yep, precisely. The 911SC was probably the start of the 911 being a really different car from a Bug, but even then, it wasn't until the 964 that the two were really separate, IMO.
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#22
June 30, 2014, 05:39:53 PM
Quote from: CJ on June 29, 2014, 11:56:22 AM
I like that front bumper.


I like the front bumper, too.  Needs a rear one to match.

I'd forever be terrified of backing into something with practically no protection whatsoever back there.
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#23
June 30, 2014, 07:03:21 PM
Ahhh....my favorite car. Once air-cooled is in your blood, you can never escape it.

As to the Porsche reference....don't forget the 912 that came out along with the 911.

hotrodalex

#24
June 30, 2014, 07:34:21 PM
Coolness > practicality



Rupert

#25
June 30, 2014, 07:37:00 PM
Quote from: JWC on June 30, 2014, 07:03:21 PM
Ahhh....my favorite car. Once air-cooled is in your blood, you can never escape it.

As to the Porsche reference....don't forget the 912 that came out along with the 911.

Heh, and the 997 (or whichever the number is now) is the closest thing there is to a modern Bug, not the actual New Beetle.
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#26
June 30, 2014, 08:17:33 PM
Quote from: Rupert on June 30, 2014, 07:37:00 PM
Heh, and the 997 (or whichever the number is now) is the closest thing there is to a modern Bug, not the actual New Beetle.

991.








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#27
June 30, 2014, 08:44:09 PM
Yeah, that one. Whatever, it should be the 998, dammit.
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#28
June 30, 2014, 10:38:14 PM
Quote from: Rupert on June 30, 2014, 08:44:09 PM
Yeah, that one. Whatever, it should be the 998, dammit.

It makes perfect sense.  964, 993, 996, 997, 991.  Can't you see the pattern?

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#29
June 30, 2014, 10:43:06 PM
Quote from: Raza  on June 30, 2014, 10:38:14 PM
It makes perfect sense.  964, 993, 996, 997, 991.  Can't you see the pattern?

:lol:

You can totally fit an equation to it.  Based on this, I can predict the next 911 model code :lol:
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