Beetle barnfinds

[jmvv]

Some time ago, my friend Andre told me about some Beetles he found in a barn on a farm in doer-in-gone.

On Saturday,I got this whatsapp picture from him:


It is a 1970 Beetle, totally unmolested, all original, with 59K miles on the clock.
It still has the old white on black number plates

With original, undamaged interior:



And complete, unmolested engine


It has no rust whatsoever, with a perfect pan.

He was in the process of towing it to our shop.

This morning I found "Duifie" (the new name for the grey Beetle) in the shop
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It is amazing what a pressure washer in the right hands can do.
With this 1600 S outside


This one is a bit rough, but all the glass is there and the dash is in fairly good condition and all the seats are there as well as the original "leather" covered steering wheel and, best of all, the pan is perfect

It has some scars from a previous rough life, but it has no structural rust. This is the beauty of storage in a hot, dry climate.

After a meeting with the same pressure washer, it came out quite respectably.


(No, that is not a racing number in the window - we suspect it was a lot number from an auction, many, many years ago)


Now this is what I call a woman's day long weekend well spent.

[Blitzkrieg]

Nice. Plans for Duifie? Seems like you guys have a knack for finding these barn finds, remember the Squareback?

[Terry Phillips]

Nice find,the interior is worh the cost of the whole car, you can paint the car to almost look like the original but you cant re upholster the interior to look original.
Any one know where I can get those blinds from for my 61 to protect my suitcases.