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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
Glen, what color was your ‘60 beetle? Mine was Arktis Blau until I ran the left front fender into a guardrail while testing out some new Michelin Xs. Then it was Blau and primer gray.
The gas pedal was an ON/OFF switch. It was either full power (such as it was) or no power. Paid $600 for it and sold it for the same amount after taking the Xs off and putting them on my new, powerful, 40hp ‘63.
Seafoam Green.

I had to buy a set of tires for it. I went with re-cap bias ply tires. The set of 4 mounted and balanced was $24. And I remember my outrage the first time I had to pay THREE whole dollars for a fill-up!
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1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
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