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    Closing in on a purchase of a car today. If all goes well, I'll be a new owner of a really clean, 1973 VW Super Beetle.

    Not this exact car pictured, but close. Those seller better be for real.

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    • When I grow up I'm going to buy an old Beetle and covert it to electric. It's been an idle fantasy of mine for a good 15 years now.detritus
    • Bugs are fun, this is how i learned how to work on cars when i was 14, I had a '63 with dual dellorto'smoldero
    • my cousin just gave to me a few months after he bought it at a car show, I miss that carmoldero
    • Herbie!!!shapesalad
    • Nazi mobile, just saying....shapesalad
    • Yes, Designed by Nazi's but loved by Hippies. I have an '81 Westfalia and have been looking for a good Baja Bug project next.fooler
    • SWEET! I've built many of them. Here's my 69. https://c1.staticfli…GM278
    • a couple of good pieces of advice. 1) GET THIS BOOK: https://www.amazon.c…GM278
    • 2) Always carry a spare throttle cable and cable pin (the little barrel and bolt that hold it to the carb)GM278
    • 3) get a small basic set of metric tools that you can keep under the back seat on the drivers side (the passenger side has the battery)GM278
    • 4) Join the aircooled vw forum: https://www.thesamba… TONS of resources, knowledge and parts there.GM278
    • Thanks GM278 I'm definately gong to cop that book right now.shellie
    • I had a 69 in high school and have had sellers remorse ever since. To be honest my cousin did all the work. But not this time.shellie
    • You're welcome. They're so easy to work on. That book is like the aircooled VW Bible and makes it even easier. Congrats on the purchase!GM278
    • You had a what in high school, Shellie?!
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      *Schoolbiy tittering in the back      detritus
    • can't take you anywhere det.shellie
    • haha!
      Funnily enough, that was MOTHER's philosophy too...      detritus
    • shellie, you are awesome!oey
    • Woohoo she's mine!shellie
    • Post picts when you get it.GM278
    • http://i1126.photobu…
      Gonna put some work into it over the next few months.      shellie
    • So clean! Not bad for a SB. Only thing I'd update is the disc conversion on the front. (The kit is around 200 bucks)GM278
    • Down the line if you need more pep you can bump the motor to 1776. I wouldn't go any larger or you'd make it un-streetable. (don't get me started) hahaGM278
    • might hit you up sometime to chat GM.shellie
    • A lifetime ago I paid for university as an aircooled VW mechanic. Ping me with any questions.GM278
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