Some people have all the luck

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February 06, 2009, 12:21:37 PM Last Edit: February 10, 2009, 05:32:05 AM by 6T5 square
I was talking to some of you the other day about I guy I know in Princeton that I met on the samba. Just recently( two weeks ago) he found a 1965 notchback in great condition only 8 blocks from his house. Bought for next to nothing. (Notchbacks do not exsist on this coast- I've seen maybe 4 at local shows in the last 20 years)

This morning he calls me- An elderly gentleman that he knows talked to him yesterday. It seems the township has requested that he remove some of the old cars from his property. Since the older gent knows that my friend is into VW's  would he be intrested in buying his. He'll let him have it real cheap cause I think the guy is in his 80's and he just wants to get rid of it.

What's the car you ask?







1959 Bus




in good to great shape.


What ever is rusted, the guy has replacement parts for it because he was thinking of fixing the bus up a couple of years ago.


He's going to look at it on sunday. He'll send me pictures.


scuse me while I shoot myself.
John
60 Beetle- Ned
65 1500S Squareback-Weezer gone but not forgotten
2014 Jetta
Dont know everything but I'll try and learn
Friends don't let friends drive 6 volts
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njgt-1

#1
February 06, 2009, 01:13:49 PM
Quotescuse me while I shoot myself.

fig2 fig2 no problem!

Its always "the one that got away"!

About that notch, I had a friend many years ago whos father used one for a daily driver. Eventually this guys little brother got it from the dad and you don't want to know what happened to it! but one of the things that did happen, it ended up with bigger tires and cut out wheel wells!
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matt

#2
February 06, 2009, 07:27:00 PM


You know that is how things usually work out, but then again, you got a good bug!


Matt


1955 3-fold semaphore Oval beetle
1971 Convertible beetle
1977 Westfalia, FI,  Berlin interior

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.?
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lovebus (jack)

#3
February 06, 2009, 09:25:49 PM
Ya John, things don't get much better then your bug fined. I had a notch for a few months but never did like um. Now the bus, thats a great find. Go ahead, I'll wait while you shoot yourself.
I don't have to go to work in the morning....

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"Why restore it to its former short comings
When you can modify it too its full potential."

50split(paul)

#4
February 07, 2009, 02:52:26 PM
let me know if your friend wants the bus as i would be interested. thanks,paul.

6T5 square

#5
February 07, 2009, 04:42:50 PM
with the deal he may be getting with this bus, I doubt very highly that he would not be intrested.




Besides I told him to call me first !5!
John
60 Beetle- Ned
65 1500S Squareback-Weezer gone but not forgotten
2014 Jetta
Dont know everything but I'll try and learn
Friends don't let friends drive 6 volts
Obnoxious objector??

Baha (Shawn)

#6
February 07, 2009, 08:46:00 PM
I think it was traveler who posted it. Ya gotta keep one out in the open. It's a magnet for people who are getting rid of them.
The VWs you can sleep in are more gooder

There are 3 kinds of people in this world, The kind that can count and the kind that can't.

50split(paul)

#7
February 09, 2009, 11:18:35 PM
any update or photos??????????????????????? bus))

6T5 square

#8
February 10, 2009, 05:36:03 AM
I've seen pictures of it and will post the links later. It's not bad. Some rust in the driver/passenger area- the PO did some crappy repair work. drivers side panel has a bottom rust issue, but the floors underneath only have surface rust, all panels are straight- small wrinkle in the rear hood area and a small wrinkle on the nose. Wiring is a nightmare though. Ed (the new owner) is happy with it and hell, even I would roll it!
John
60 Beetle- Ned
65 1500S Squareback-Weezer gone but not forgotten
2014 Jetta
Dont know everything but I'll try and learn
Friends don't let friends drive 6 volts
Obnoxious objector??

Bugaru "JAY"

#9
February 10, 2009, 07:40:53 AM
 Is this the Same Ed aka PopTop from Princeton?

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6T5 square

#10
February 10, 2009, 12:30:06 PM
Quote from: Bugaru on February 10, 2009, 07:40:53 AM
Is this the Same Ed aka PopTop from Princeton?

That it is, Jay! how do you know Ed? Fellow bus horror stories?
John
60 Beetle- Ned
65 1500S Squareback-Weezer gone but not forgotten
2014 Jetta
Dont know everything but I'll try and learn
Friends don't let friends drive 6 volts
Obnoxious objector??

6T5 square

#11
February 10, 2009, 06:58:47 PM
John
60 Beetle- Ned
65 1500S Squareback-Weezer gone but not forgotten
2014 Jetta
Dont know everything but I'll try and learn
Friends don't let friends drive 6 volts
Obnoxious objector??
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