Imagery...

holy shit! :shock:

schwim wrote:

Zippy is a celebrity-by-proxy!
In Feb of 2015, Laurent Dubois said he wanted the fiberglass fenders off of Zippy for a nostalgia project he was working on. Paying the cost for shipping(which was catastrophically expensive), I basically gave them to him with the best of luck on his project.
Today in my Facebook feed, I saw Zippy's fenders again:
In the time it took me to get the pan temporarily fastened together, he build this(FB link, may need account).

I'm not on FB but judging by the pic above it's a nice built.
However I'm not so much into fiber glass parts and the shag pile (flokati rug?) sun visors are weird aren't they? :shock:

I'm sure Zippy will be of a different stamp once back on the road. ;)
And his former vintage flared fenders served for a good cause at last.

Maddel wrote:

I'm not on FB but judging by the pic above it's a nice built.
However I'm not so much into fiber glass parts and the shag pile (flokati rug?) sun visors are weird aren't they? :shock:

He had a very specific vision for his project, I remember. He was over the moon at having found the fenders and was willing to pay whatever it cost to ship overseas. I'm really glad he got some use out of them.

Here's one Zippy didn't donate to:

i want to say euro 67... not sure that'll buff out. what's the story behind it?

Super_Randy wrote:

i want to say euro 67... not sure that'll buff out. what's the story behind it?

There was no context on the FB post and I couldn't find anything on the web via image search or looking at the tag.

Burlap fender covering!

VW related, I promise.

i see at least 2 bugs

^ ^ ^ The Bug stayed ahead! :D

Back then...

Tessellation/tiling spotted on TheSamba...
I wonder how much weight that Bug gained... :)

With the way those rear wheels are toed in, I'd wager that they turned the torsion bars to the max to compensate for the weight :)

Equally heavy:

you never realize how big, bloated, and out of proportion the last incarnation of the beetle was until you see it next to an air cooled car

chassed that 66 down on my way to work this morning. didn't even notice it was next to a new beetle until i cropped the pic :lol:

It's the super-superbeetle.

die Tasche ist wunderbar!

schwim wrote:

die Tasche ist wunderbar!

In den deutschen eBay Kleinanzeigen stehen mehrere ungeöffnete Tüten zum Verkauf.
Gar nicht mal so teuer (9 - 22 EUR). Soll ich für Dich zuschlagen?

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/vw-bus-bulli-t1-kekse-leibniz-sammler-selten-deko/2152413472-234-1606
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/bulli-kekse-leibnitz-t-1-vw-kekse-vw-bulli-bahlsen/1722587719-248-390

Maddel wrote:

schwim wrote:

die Tasche ist wunderbar!

In den deutschen eBay Kleinanzeigen stehen mehrere ungeöffnete Tüten zum Verkauf.
Gar nicht mal so teuer (9 - 22 EUR). Soll ich für Dich zuschlagen?

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/vw-bus-bulli-t1-kekse-leibniz-sammler-selten-deko/2152413472-234-1606
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/bulli-kekse-leibnitz-t-1-vw-kekse-vw-bulli-bahlsen/1722587719-248-390

Ah, vielen dank aber ich kann nicht! I have to ensure I don't employ my family and friends in my obsession with trinkets and keepsakes carrying the VW logo :)

Let's go camping!

not in a parking structure. last time i started a bonfire in one of those the sprinklers came one, an alarm went off, and police and fire department showed up and ate up all my damn smores.

:lol:

VW power train rework at a former Henschel aircraft engine workshop at Altenbauna...

New transmission factory at Baunatal. Some of my uncles worked there back in the day...