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1951 Beetle!

We've been restoring this Beetle for a few weeks and I just found out today, thats its a 1951 model!! Super rare!! Guy said that there is only like 26 documented ones still alive! Cool! Has a 27 hp engine!! lol..

also have an rx7 with an LS7 in it. and yes, it hauls a$$...










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Cool story and car. Keep us informed with pix!
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I doubt if they're that rare (maybe in the hundreds), my buddy has one.
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1951 Beetle!

My brother's daily driver for the last 35 years has been his 52 bug.
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That's an oval ('54-57)....with a convertible decklid.
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Hate to break it to you, but there's more than 26 of those around.

Here's my '52

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This one showed up at a track event...
I can get you his contact info if you like,











This is what he was driving on the track..
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Here's my '50. Same color. The guys like to have it on the showroom floor at my father's VW dealership. (Boardwalk VW in Redwood City) It's a great ice breaker.

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Sorry, that was meant to say 260, not 26!!
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Sorry, that was meant to say 260, not 26!!
2,600, if not 26,000 would be more like it, depending on how you qualified it, ie 11C vs 11G, etc

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