My 1964 Beetle, TheQs

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My 1964 Beetle, TheQs

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Hi all,

Thought i would post some pics of my bucket of bolts, needs alot of work!!

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Nice.Even the bump looks cool. ;)
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early 60,s very nice
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Its got potential, I like the stripes.
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Nice to see the oldies
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Herbie's stunt double? I like!! :hangloose:
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What happened to the stripes in the 1st pic?

Iv got my eye on a 64 as well,....should hav it before the years out,very nice,from what i can see,doesnt need that much work,easy resto
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Sambabus wrote:What happened to the stripes in the 1st pic?
The first pic is on the 14th, others are on the 13th. My money is on the stripes were removed on the 14th
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How would 1 remove the stripes and keep the remaining paint in tact....he lives in the east rand,i say they got stolen
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Damn, so they're taking stripes and numberplates these days.......... :wink: :mrgreen:
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the first photo was taken on 12/09 the rest on 13/12, plates and stripes came as an early christmas present.
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Eben, change the thread name to GUESS WHEN THE STRIPES CAME...
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Out of what material were the stripes made? :P
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Hi there, bought the car without the front plate. As for the stripes, got them from the flea market, as a practice run for when i do the Herbie stickers. Any one know who i can get Herbie stripes and the gumballs from? It is my boys 5th birthday and he wants a Herbie party.
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Car is at my good friend Bugoff, getting a face lift and new paint. Bugoff will send me the progress via mms and with his permission, i will post them in a new thread. So look out for it.
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