Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806

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Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806

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http://www.spiegel.de/auto/fahrkultur/0 ... 26,00.html
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Yeah man. Followed this whole build on TheSamba. Quite amazing what they did. Probably 20% of the car is original, but it is enough. They did an incredible job in saving that!
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was that the orange holy grail car?
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That is soooooooo beautiful..
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Tony Z wrote:was that the orange holy grail car?
if you are talking about how they found it, being painted orange, and butchered to be a farm work horse in Eastern Europe, then yes

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... d7ecee7138
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I was actually referring to another car. I followed this thread a bit at the beginning of 2011 but stopped after about pg 70. This was the one they identified by the handmade bootlid being "uneven".

this is the one I was thinking of
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=461391
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Oh yes. That is also a good one. Following that too ;)
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although, nothing has happened so far
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