Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:28 am
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Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
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Re: Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:41 am
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!
Re: Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:23 am
was that the orange holy grail car?
Re: Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:25 am
That is soooooooo beautiful..
Re: Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:35 am
if you are talking about how they found it, being painted orange, and butchered to be a farm work horse in Eastern Europe, then yesTony Z wrote:was that the orange holy grail car?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... d7ecee7138
Re: Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:05 pm
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
this is the one I was thinking of
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=461391
Re: Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:41 pm
Oh yes. That is also a good one. Following that too 
Re: Found: Bug Prototype 1938 (!) VIN 3806
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:00 pm
although, nothing has happened so far