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68 Import wareabouts???

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Hi all the guys out there...

Here are a few pics of my 1st beetle i owned in early 90's. But i would like to know if anyone knows were and if this VW still exits??

I bought the car from a mr.Steve Spicer late in 1990 if my memory serves me rite.. Payed R7500 for it. :? It was a rare ( well so he said, and what did i know) 68 imported beetle with the following specs:

German Import
Recon 1600
13600km
New clutch assemble
Disk Breaks front
Honda Prelude seni leather front seats with inertia seatbelts ( all grey)
Centre console
Colour coded Fan shroud and detailed engine parts - chrome etc

A letter was written to Werner Alker and Jacarande Beetle club and that is how i got news of this car. Long story short, i bought it with Student Loan money :roll: and shortly after crashed it on the way to Nelspruit after falling asleep in those amazing Honda seats... :shock:

And after the panerbeating work was done:

I put 8 Spoke Empi wheels from Smith Wheels
and had a custom motor built by some guy called Frans that was sopposed to know what he was doing - long duration cam, ballanced and ported
36DCD Carb with manifold
4-in-1 Cowley Exhaust put on and had
dropped suspention - front and rear...

Man, how the BM's and Uno Turbo gasped with surprise if they couldnt shake my ass off the line... :hangloose: :mrgreen: :finger4u:

Anyway, i found a medical repping job that required alot of mileage; and as it would be, the motor was not built properly and was costing me alot of money ( which i didnt have) and time to maintain. After haulling ass past the Shell garage uphill towards Midrand on the N1 Nr 3 resigned from any future and current performance and said good bye in a huge puff of oily smoke. Thus spending another few Grand i had a recon 1600 motor put in.

I was susequently and sadly forced to trade it in for a Opel Astra 160iE in 1995. :cry: :cry:

Pics of the original car:
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And this is what it looked like when i fixed it up and when i sold it..

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I cant remember what the registration was when i sold the car; however i can remember this:

Car was raised up again to some rediculous hight :shock:
Some lady from Krugersdorp apparently bought it for the same amount as i did
She had already had a smash after the 1st few months on the right front fender :evil:
Original registration: ND 151517


Does anybody know where this car might be???????
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anybody??????
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Ok...

So has anybody go any ideas as how to even try and locate the wereabouts of this bug.... :shock:

Would the police be able to track the old registration nr to the new owner etc etc... :|

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PS: Dont wanna talk to myself for too long...ppl might get the wrong impression...lol
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I like those seats very mutch,where did you get them?
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Lo Bees,

They r original Honda Pelude semi leather seats - think it '92-96 model..??

I have another set for my pro-ject 74 custome beetle that God-will will start sometime this year.. and they fir perfectly on the standard rails.. so you have plenty of adjustment posibilities... :mrgreen:

Found my set at a scrap yard in Durban after a few months of looking around..

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No news is bad news???

Can nobody help??
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stop crying bout the old...and get started on the new.

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lmao... ok ok already!!

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