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Old 23-07-2018, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyG View Post
I once had (in my late teens), a '76 L Bug, '74 Kombi, and a Type3 Wagon who's year I forget. People didn't want them, so they dumped them on me. The Beetle was my pride and joy, and most weekends were spent restoring it. By the time I started uni, it was de-rusted, repainted metallic gun metal grey, with all new rubbers and, seats and trim. Bless Brazilian NOS. Knowing an aircraft surface finisher, and motor trimmer went a long way. Any time not spent working on it, was spent working to pay for it. My girlfriend at the time dropped me for "not spending any time with her". I was upset for all of 1.5mins.

Just as a new motor was about to go in, my old man sold it for $800, and gave me half. Having spent $1500 in parts, and countless hours working for others to balance helping me, I was without words...

No photos, as this was in film camera time, and we didn't have dough for that stuff.

Pray tell ... what did you do to your ' old man ' for doing that ...
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