My 68 Beetle

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Ok so grey= two points
black= 0
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Gotta be grey
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That Grey is :hangloose:
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I'm lovin this colour - if my 68' had this colour I wouldn't have touched it - think you just need a nice rack and a turn of a spline at the rear !
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Blitzkrieg wrote:Two tone doesn't look cool on a '68+ Beetle.

Go with a single colour - you won't regret it. :hangloose:


Think you just need to get the colours right ! (Though I am biased - a little :D )

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i agree, your color is also good. and its just starting to get the patina look. drop it and rack it.
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Thanks for all the support
Things that I know I'm going to do the end of the year is drop it and rack it and I want to paint it because
the last owner did a balls up on the paint they did not prep it the correct way so the paint is lifting in some places and i want to change the colour cause i don't like dark colours thats why I was leaning to the yellow and grey
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I'm really liking your 68' - Got any more pictures of it? :D
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Yip I will post some more now what pics do you want
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This is my interior
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And I want it a little lower than this
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That drop will look good...just don't expect your pan halves to last for too long.
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I only use her to go to work and back home and the road is flat with no speed humps and if I need to travel far I hijack my wifes car :lol:
And when it comes to the time when it goes to meets I will use a trailer
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If you only use it for a daily driver...drop it,buff it,get some white walls and fix small things.

Then after all that is done, build up a nice engine and tranny combo...and roll her as is. :mrgreen:
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I've got a type 4 engine I think it's a 2L I would like to drop in so I just need to find a gearbox that will work
and I need to sort out the cooling and not to mention the brakes a car needs to stop
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Re: My 68 Beetle

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What about VW coral? It's a very nice classic colour!
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