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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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Cool!!
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I doubt if they're that rare (maybe in the hundreds), my buddy has one.
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'74 Porsche 914, 3.0/6 '72 Porsche 914, 1.7, wife's summer DD '67 Bug, 2600cc T4,'67 Bus, 2.0 T1 Not putting miles on your car is like not having sex with your girlfriend, so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend. |
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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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'74 Porsche 914, 3.0/6 '72 Porsche 914, 1.7, wife's summer DD '67 Bug, 2600cc T4,'67 Bus, 2.0 T1 Not putting miles on your car is like not having sex with your girlfriend, so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend. |
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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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Love 'em! Thanks for the pics, everybody. Crazy...when in High School, I really wanted a VW....never bought one.
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Sorry, that was meant to say 260, not 26!!
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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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