Subject: '71 vw beetle 1300 Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:45 am
Hey guys, this is my 1971 vw beetle 1300 Rare metal sunroof model called 'Angie' i bought her in may this year and was a completely standard car in fairly good nick which i picked up for a bargain price after searching for 1 for a while. Here she is as i got her
i immediatly starting buying a few bits for her to tidy her up a little, removed the bumpers and relocated the number plate, added a few sticker and fitted a genuine empi roof rack, an ausi style windscreen visor and an adjustable 3"narrowed front beam, (she was loaded up with junk to go to a show)
although that dropped the front about 4" it still wasnt sitting right so i invested in some slightly odd front tires to give it a further 2" drop so 6" drop on the front in total the odd tires in question are actually a set of space saver tires that say around the whole wall of the tires "tempory road use only"........ figures i may get around 300/400mile max out of them being a very soft tires with barely legal tread but ive had them on now for about 1600mile and they still holding up well lol, i also repainted the wheels in a bright blue with a fresh white lip
so thats 'Angie' at the moment, plans are before i bring her out again in the spring after the snow has gone she will be having the rear end lowered so its sitting level and will have some nice camber on the rear aswel
Last edited by Mal666 on Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:10 pm; edited 1 time in total
Jonesy Moderator
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Subject: Re: '71 vw beetle 1300 Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:14 pm
I love that car! Lol Its beautiful, would love to see it in person. Good work.
kraig Infrequent Poster
Posts : 117 Join date : 2010-08-29 Age : 34 Location : cambs
Subject: Re: '71 vw beetle 1300 Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:28 am
looks awsome mate the front tyres are crazy lol yet another sweet vw
Mal666 Virgin
Posts : 7 Join date : 2010-12-19
Subject: Re: '71 vw beetle 1300 Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:01 am
yeah im shocked i havnt been had for my 'strickly legal' front tires lol, cheers for the postive responces guys, will hopefull have some more pics soon, once ive dropped the rear down and its sitting a little lower