Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:14 am
My first car was a 69 Beetle, white with red interior. Was easy to replicate.
Who else had a Beetle?
Who else had a Beetle?
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Replicating real cars of my past.
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Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:05 pm
'68 with a sliding steel sunroof. Lasted a month before the motor failed.
Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:52 pm
I also had a 68 beetle with steel sunroof, never drove it, pulled the body off and built this -
Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:14 pm
WTF is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:18 pm
It appears to be a mobile sun lounge-cum-garden shed on wheels (all in a very 1970s two-tone butterscotch paint job).motorman wrote:WTF is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:19 pm
Was that meant to be your Passion Wagon NIck??.................I bet there is a double mattress in the back with a mirrored Disco ball attached to the roof, 10CC "It's only love" playing in the background. How did you plan to get it out of your garden??? You Naughty boy!!
Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:22 pm
I bet all the local girls were queing up to go on a trip down the coast in that.........thing What were you thinking Nick???
What were you thinking Nick??? Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:24 pm
Don't tell me you sold it for £10000!!! God i am totally wetting myself!!!!!!!!!
Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:23 am
Later on I threw out the beetle floorpan and built a proper chassis, installed a rover V8, Jaguar mk10 irs and Triumph Vitesse ifs.
To get it out of the garden I built a table that sat on top of a 4 wheel trolley, invited a load of mates round and lifted the bare shell & chassis 6 feet to sit on the table and wheeled it out over the top of fences and hedges, Then I started having doubts about the chassis so I got ace chassis man Gary Layton to build a new chassis, then put it all back together, I then changed my job so had plenty of money but no time to finish it, I put it in a council yard and it stayed there until about 4 years ago when it went, where to I don't know....
To get it out of the garden I built a table that sat on top of a 4 wheel trolley, invited a load of mates round and lifted the bare shell & chassis 6 feet to sit on the table and wheeled it out over the top of fences and hedges, Then I started having doubts about the chassis so I got ace chassis man Gary Layton to build a new chassis, then put it all back together, I then changed my job so had plenty of money but no time to finish it, I put it in a council yard and it stayed there until about 4 years ago when it went, where to I don't know....
Re: Replicating real cars of my past.
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:36 am
Shaggin Wagon Heaven me thinks Nick. I mean how were you going to drive it on the road it has no headlights, indicators, windscreen wipers, side mirrors, reverse lights etc etc etc.nickjones wrote: I put it in a council yard and it stayed there until about 4 years ago when it went, where to I don't know....
Seriously mate it looks awful but i kind of love it in a way.
