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General Forums => Member's VW's => Topic started by: Cerot on March 05, 2011, 09:32:20 PM
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Hey all,
I found this 66 bug in a salvage yard here in Powell River, got it for $500 :)
Since these pics of put all the glass in, and am prepping the fenders, hood, and decklid for paint. Since the car was pretty much stripped when I got it (as represented in the pics), I am on somewhat of a budget finishing it, its going to have the hood and W decklid from a 57. Fenders, hood, decklid all are going to be flat black (I won't be able to match the paint, so I figure flat black will work). Came with a strong running 1600dp installed and a spare transmission, the one it whines a little. Floors were apparently redone at some point, as was the headliner, they are in perfect shape. Only problems are passenger side running board panel is rusted through, rest of heater channels are perfect though. I'll post up some pics of its progress as it...uhm... progresses.
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Nice find!
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good score a runner for 500 bucks can't go wrong there man
let me know if you want that running board panel i have a few nos ones.
good luck on the rest of the project.
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I have a 66 engine lid here if you want to go with the correct one.
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nice find, looks like someone put some time into it, i noticed the rear has dynamat PDT_Armataz_01_37
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awsome, i wish we still had yards like that!
You guys remember when you could buy a car out of a junker and make it your ride!
I miss those days
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awsome, i wish we still had yards like that!
You guys remeber when you could buy a car out of a junker and make it your ride!
I miss those days
There still is one yard like tat, it's called uncle lesters and they specialize in baywindows! lol_hitting
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Yeah the whole pan, half the package tray, inside the doors, and behind the rear panels is all covered in Dynamat. It has new window cranks and door handles, as well as window scrapers, headliner, and trunk/decklid seals. I really think that somebody went "all out" restoring this car no more than say 5 or 6 years ago, then for whatever reason stripped it and threw it out (I know, I thought "STOLEN!" at first, still waiting for my letter from ICBC about previous owner, if anybody has gone through the "Lost vehicle registration" thing before and has any advice, let me know!!!)
I would totally be interested in a 66 decklid, as a friend of mine needs a W lid for his 57 and I feel like a jerk putting it on mine.
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Wow. Score!
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Let me know if you're coming down this way. I could meet up with you or leave the decklid somewhere for you. Great find BTW!!
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Well I finally got around to doing some work on it in the last few days, been very busy with school.
Put in a new clutch, tranny still whines a bit so I'm going to try the Moly grease trick and ride it till it dies.
Got the motor back in and all was going well until I went out to my dads place and he wanted to try my battery in an old truck, he very nicely put my battery back in and connected it backwards >:(
Fried out the alternator, luckily I'm working at a Starter/Alternator repair shop for my Practicum!
Gave me a good excuse to paint the engine compartment while the fan shroud was out, and put in new Pertronix distributor and carb. Got my fenders and hood all back on, and did the "front" electrical (turn signals, headlights). NOT fun on a '66, amazing the differences between this and my '65.
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wow!,.. you need to bring this out to the GCVWS this year !!
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That car looks incredibly similar to the '66 I had that was sold to Kool-Aid Man (and subsequently resold recently) ... especially with all the Dynamat in it ...
http://www.airspeedparts.com/forums/index.php?topic=16882.msg120939#msg120939
I would be interested to hear if you find anything more on it, but $500 is a steal.
Cheers, Craig
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...I do believe that is it, damn. I wonder what happened to it to get to where it was, and the state it was in.
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Know anybody in the RCMP or at ICBC thats how I got hold of the previous owner of my car.
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Im already on the last stage of the "No registration" ICBC thing, waiting for the registered letter to come back. Ive got the name of the last registered owner, trying to confirm it with any of the previous owners.
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Hey ya, that's totally my old car, crazy I sold it in December to a guy, I don't remember his name, but they did put the car in his wifes name i do recall. I find it bizare it ended up in a junkyard, Makes me worry about what happened with the previous owner. He was so stoked when he bought the car off me. Would it help you if i got you the registration number? cause i may have a copy of it. Also I will see if I can find old emails with the guys number and email address. This is just crazy man! haha
Tom
ps, great find for $500!!!!
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I can't find any emails, But I'm starting to think he just called me about it, I'm gonna look for my copy of the transfer papers.
Ill send you his info in a PM if my computer will let me send one this time, haha
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also, 2nd gear in that car is screwed, that extra tranny should be good tho ;)
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I wonder if the spare transmission it came with was the one you gave him with it? It was sitting on the passenger side floor when I got it, looks like its painted black, do you know if it was any good?
I dont know what the transmission in the car was like when you guys were driving it, but it howls VERY loudly now and if you try to go into 2nd from any speed over 15mph, grind city.
EDIT: haha you posted the answer right before I posted the question...
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wow,. can't believe thats the same car,.. would love to find out what happened !
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he very nicely put my battery back in and connected it backwards >:(
My dumb-ass brother did the same thing to my 74 Super, he hooked it up and walked away! :o a few minutes later I see a HUGE plume of smoke coming out of the rear vents. I think I said something like : " #$%^ !!!!!!!!!! ". that was the end of that car.
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Well it's all together now, only things left are to change the transmission one day, and put on the decklid when it arrives. In retrospect I wish I'd gone with regular bumpers instead of T-Bars, but the cost of some good straight German bumpers was just not in the cards, and I've seen what happens to the cheap ones after 2 months in Powell River ocean breeze.
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Not a bad looking "junkyard bug" at all! PDT_Armataz_01_37
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Might still be in kool-aid mans name, try getting papers and getting kool aid to sign em (if he does not mind)
And see if you can transfer away.
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Already checked out the names, it was formerly registered to a woman named Shelly. Nobody, including Kool Aid Man, recognizes the name.
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Got my registered letter back unclaimed today, car is now officially in my name and insured. Took it for a drive on the highway, drives really nice other than the LOUD transmission. Pulled it out today and am swapping in the spare that it came with. Kool-Aid Man, I REALLY hope its the same spare you gave them and its good!
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This is really one bizarre story :huh:
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This is really one bizarre story :huh:
iagree :o
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If it is the one I sold him that came out of my 65 and it was a good tranny.
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this one's got dead hooker writtin all over it ,............. just kidding!!!!
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20 years from now, i'm sure my car will turn up in a similar story 8)
Mirko
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any updates?
:D
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A pic from 2007..
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Haha thought I was done with the updates on this one, been focusing on other projects lately, but I have had some new developments on it.
The spare transmission is definitely a good one, no noises at all and shifts very nicely (though I'm having a pesky axle boot leak). I've been driving it for the past few weeks and going to some local town shows, everyone seems to like it. Scored a disk brake kit off of a local vw enthusiast for a great price, waiting on bearings to show up before I put them all together. Still looking for a 65/66 decklid for it, the replacement I got has a few too many issues for me to use it. Haven't heard anything new about how the car ended up where it was though.
I may have found a new project here, a guy in town has a 78 Champagne Edition bus, thinking of picking it up. Floors, frame, jack points, outriggers all totally solid, needs a dogleg patched and rear wheel wells. It will be my welding practice vehicle, then I'll come back to this bug with some experience and fix the heater channels properly.
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I still have that decklid for you. Sorry I never got back to you about it. Let me know if you still want it.
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And as final closure as to how this bug ended up where it was, heres an interesting story:
A friend of mine phoned me today to say he found a 66 beetle for sale, and wanted me to look at it with him. Went to the guys house and it was very nice, so my friend is going to buy it. The guy said it comes with some spare fenders and hood and such, and he showed them to me. All were painted seasand. Guess where they came from? Yep, he was the guy who had scrapped my 66. Had a long talk with him about it. I didn't entirely get the story on why he scrapped it, he said it wasn't really what he had been looking for, and it had too much rust. So, my friend is buying all the parts and the car, and I'm buying the fenders and hood and whatnot from him. Reunited at last :)
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Awsome!
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I have never enjoyed my morning coffee more. Great freakin story!!!!!!
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The fenders were pretty scraped up, so I might try repainting them in the future. Hood and decklid were nice though, and I kind of like the look with the black fenders.
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lookin good !!