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Great restoration of an old icon.
We never had on of these but as a teen my parents had a beetle.
There were five kids and two adults squeezed into this.
Still remember the trips with the youngest on mums lap, 3 in the back seat and taking turns in the very back of the beetle.
They solved this with a new vw wagon so 2 of us could sit in the very back (on the engine) on trips to melbourne!
Still remember the summers in the very back cooking away breathing exhsust fumes. These days you cant even put a dog in the back!!
The good old days
Also i bet there are not many of these engines left especially the mag alloy ones.
I was at a party years ago and a guy said he had a couple of kilos of magnesium.
He then got an engine block and put it on the fire outside.
About 20 minutes later it ignited and turned the whole valley into day.
You couldn't even look at it, and if you did i bet you would have permanent damage. It went for about 15 minutes of daytime and then back to stumbling around in the dark.
This was a combi engine block. I bet you can still hear the dying screams as its burning away.
Cheers
Andy
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