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1958ghia
15 years ago
Btw you've never followed a 6v lowlight ghia if you think the rear indicator lights flash. They are telepathy based indicators.
Standard split
15 years ago



The slab sided monstrosity with massive rear window for comparison...

If you want off load one of the "Worst Cars" ever that you own I'd be happy to take pity on it and save it from the scrappage scheme ;-)

1958ghia wrote:



You have some smashing cars - no mistake:beer:

'Slab-sided' is a term that well describes full body width cars,which today is just about everything, Beetles, Morris Minors and most cars from the pre 1950s do not have this plain-sided style. They have separate flowing wings, and many have running boards. While the Ghia is all very nice, to my eye it is of the more modern style, (not a monstrosity!) and I just don't think that cars without semaphores are really that old. If the Ghia is off to the scrappage scheme I won't be after it. I've space here for your smashing two vintage Beetles though :wink:

Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
lifeintheslowlane
15 years ago



You have some smashing cars - no mistake:beer:

'Slab-sided' is a term that well describes full body width cars,which today is just about everything, Beetles, Morris Minors and most cars from the pre 1950s do not have this plain-sided style. They have separate flowing wings, and many have running boards. While the Ghia is all very nice, to my eye it is of the more modern style, (not a monstrosity!) and I just don't think that cars without semaphores are really that old. If the Ghia is off to the scrappage scheme I won't be after it. I've space here for your smashing two vintage Beetles though :wink:

Standard split wrote:



I think you'll be asking the wrong man for those "two smashing Vintage Beetles"...it'll require a sea voyage rather than a chug down the M6.:lol:
John.
Standard split
15 years ago



I think you'll be asking the wrong man for those "two smashing Vintage Beetles"...it'll require a sea voyage rather than a chug down the M6.:lol:

lifeintheslowlane wrote:



And I was thinking 'lucky sod':!:

A Razor Edge Ghia would be nice to own on account of its rarity due to short production and severe tin worm. With such a huge glass area I could grow my veggies in it too:twisted:

Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
1958ghia
15 years ago
Sadly they are not mine. This is part of Wiggy's collection.

Are you following me John? I'll get back to the samba

Dan
Standard split
15 years ago

Sadly they are not mine. This is part of Wiggy's collection.

Are you following me John? I'll get back to the samba

Dan

1958ghia wrote:



Don't follow Ghias, sooner be looking at the back of a split-window Beetle any day. No car deserves so much character as the original VW :wink:

Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
Standard split
15 years ago
This is nice:beer:

Stuff Top Gear:!:

The Mini of which they think so much ran to less than 5 million units built, and that number includes vans, estates and pickups, whereas the old VW was practically all just the car at nearly 22 million (maybe nearer to 21 million though?) :beer:

Notice that Porche's early Deluxe is not shiny either :wink:
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Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
GKL 7
15 years ago
Standard split
15 years ago

Blasphemous

'50 Karmann wrote:



:shock:

Certainly not intended to be. Just as football is almost a religion to some, even men of the cloth, so it is for some with their obsession with the old VW 😮



Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
lifeintheslowlane
15 years ago
Some say...

...the great man put in an appearance in Hessisch Oldendorf...

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John.
GKL 7
15 years ago
It's like shooting a chained dog:lol: just tooooo easy
GKL 7
15 years ago

Some say...

...the great man put in an appearance in Hessisch Oldendorf...

lifeintheslowlane wrote:




Yes,the Grundmanns metal work maestro, was seen to be on his knees praying for some help on that one.
Standard split
15 years ago

It's like shooting a chained dog:lol: just tooooo easy

'50 Karmann wrote:



Yeah, too easy eh, well your hit man sure is making a muck up of it :twisted:

Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
Standard split
15 years ago

Some say...

...the great man put in an appearance in Hessisch Oldendorf...

lifeintheslowlane wrote:



Excellent, I missed the ghostly Porsche figure in the background the first time I looked:o

Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
GKL 7
15 years ago



Yeah, too easy eh, well your hit man sure is making a muck up of it :twisted:

Standard split wrote:



Well should have known better.
If you want a job doing................:d
Standard split
15 years ago



Well should have known better.
If you want a job doing................:d

'50 Karmann wrote:



Woof! This damn chain is tight:p

Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
lifeintheslowlane
15 years ago



Excellent, I missed the ghostly Porsche figure in the background the first time I looked:o

Standard split wrote:



I did to wind up Trevor, who wasn't interested in the "heap of junk" in the church until Dave Cantle pointed out that Herr Porsche had very probably laid hands on that very same "heap of junk." All of a sudden it became a revered object.:lol:
John.
Standard split
15 years ago



I did to wind up Trevor, who wasn't interested in the "heap of junk" in the church until Dave Cantle pointed out that Herr Porsche had very probably laid hands on that very same "heap of junk." All of a sudden it became a revered object.:lol:

lifeintheslowlane wrote:



A Beetle in a church – and I thought the 'God' expression to be tongue in cheek – blessed be the vintage Beetle:beer:

Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
kdf38
15 years ago
Very Probably???????

If he did not touch it many times, I'd be surprised. :d :beer:

Mike



I did to wind up Trevor, who wasn't interested in the "heap of junk" in the church until Dave Cantle pointed out that Herr Porsche had very probably laid hands on that very same "heap of junk." All of a sudden it became a revered object.:lol:

lifeintheslowlane wrote:

Mike
Texas
Nov. 1947 +
Febr 1949 shell
lil2lo
14 years ago
I recently discovered this forum and registered. Then I found this interesting topic about Top Gear and their dislike towards VW beetle's. I'm from the Netherlands and Top gear is a huge succes over here (although they're a year behind over here with the series). I'm a real VW addict myself owning several pre-67's. Therefore I was really suprised when at Top Gear they started to whine about how bad beetles are an how ugly and that they're nazi cars and so on and so on. In Holland nobody cares about the beetle being a German car. WW2 is so long a go. And after all it were the Britts who saved the VW factory from being bombed.

Despite the beetle boycot I still liked Top Gear, That's until I saw a preview of series 16 for next year. In the short movie clip a 70's beetle is seen hanging under a helicopter and being dropped. That's it, I'm going to set up a Top Gear boycot here in Holland.

If you want to view to clip go to:
https://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/series-16-montage 
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