Dammit...looks like someone alredy took Adi...will have to be adi no2.
Well, im adi, i got a 66 beetle which i got almost by accident.
Iv always had classics, iv never owned a modern vehicle in my life, but its allways been unremarkable stuff. I had a 65 vespa when i was 16 but appart from that nothing interasting. 70's beetles.
I had just sold my 73 beetle, when i wanted something tax exempt, when by chance i happened to be in London with a buddy of mine and saw a beetle for sale. I figured its just some usual late 1200 with older wings etc. For £1300 i didnt expect much more.
Bought it for 1100 or something like that, rolling, barely MOT'd (week left) and no logbook. Limped it home to Dorset on 2.5 cylinders and bad lights.
It turned out to be a 1966 1300 deluxe, made in 1965. Almost no welding, still wearing original paint even in the usual rot spots, etc.
Well now a few months down the line its got a new mot and a v5c, iv sorted everything with it, almost, and i use it as a daily driver doing about 60-80 miles a day, as its my only car.
So, hence im here. Someone from VZI suggested i join here, as its a nicer place in general for stuff like this.
You could say my speciality is electrics/electronics. Having a 6v car as a daily driver isnt ideal, but im determined to not convert it to 12v, as everything gets converted to 12v. Iv got decent halogen lights, i think i found a design flaw in the lights relay that noone has noticed before so now that iv sorted that the lighting system is as good as any other car, and i have a home made valve/tube stereo rig to go in there at some point when i finish tweaking it, since the lack of stereo on 6v drove me insane.
So, erm, hello.