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Old 11-20-2008, 10:10 PM
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VW beetle....Awesome Perfection CHECK IT OUT
so i was at this car show of all types of vehicles and i stumbled upon this

















And heres the trunk



jk jk thats the trunk of a 64 impala
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Old 11-20-2008, 10:17 PM
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I can appreciate the restoration but it doesn't change the fact that the car is hideous...
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Good grief, is the front end actually sitting on the ground? I like the Miata behind it better.

Karmann Ghia >>>> Beetle anyway, IMHO. But whatever floats your boat.
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cool bug! I have a black 72 super beetle and my dad has a 71 Karmann Ghia
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Old 11-21-2008, 08:44 AM
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nice looking bug
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Old 11-21-2008, 08:50 AM
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its clean..all too common here in so cali but clean
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Old 11-21-2008, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
its clean..all too common here in so cali but clean
common yeah, badd *** yeah...i like seeing cars like this, i was drivin down santa ana, and saw a blue one like this, just couldnt keeps my eyes off of it
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Nice find TC. the car looks realllly good.
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like bugs but I love ghias and buses
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yea im not a huge beetle enthusiast but when i saw this it really caught my eye... if someone was to do a beetle this is how it should be done..
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nice bug but would take that miata behind it thats for sale
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i looked at it.. you dont want it... its an auto
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Nice, where was this????? I took some pics of very nice VWs at a Clearwater(next to Tampa) meet they had.
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Originally Posted by khronus79
Nice, where was this????? I took some pics of very nice VWs at a Clearwater(next to Tampa) meet they had.
this was in tampa... at the firestone building on E Fowler...a lot of different vehicles i think the host was team profile
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Here's some of the ones at the Clearwater meet











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nice nice i believe all of those are superbeetle except the convertible..but the op is a superbeetle with the old beetle front end...
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