1966 Athens, Greece
1966 Athens, Greece
Hi everyone.
Even though i have been a member of this great forum for some time, i have never gotten around to introduce my Pearl White '66.
I bought it in 1999 at an auction from the Greek State. It was in good shape, but the previous owner had changed the front fenders to upright headlights, the bumpers to square ones, the taillights to Superbeetle and had closed the holes in the front apron (where the export bumper supports stick out).
After remedy of all the above the car looked like this :
http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/view_al ... me=album03
In some of the pictures you will notice that the front rims have changed to 4x130 bolt pattern. This was because we changed the front end to disk brakes. I believe that if you use a Beetle as a daily driver it is necessary to upgrade to disks.
In December 2003 some lady ignored a stop-sign. I T-boned her Toyota with about 60 kmph. The result can be seen here:
http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/view_al ... me=album01
And a closer examination of the damage:
http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/view_al ... me=album01
Since then many things have changed - the birth of my first and my second daughter, different job(s) and some personal stuff. Anyway, it was not until 2009 that i took the car out of the garage and decided to fix it. I am currently working on a new Photoalbum that documents what has been done and how it turned out. I will post the result soon.
Thks for looking
Even though i have been a member of this great forum for some time, i have never gotten around to introduce my Pearl White '66.
I bought it in 1999 at an auction from the Greek State. It was in good shape, but the previous owner had changed the front fenders to upright headlights, the bumpers to square ones, the taillights to Superbeetle and had closed the holes in the front apron (where the export bumper supports stick out).
After remedy of all the above the car looked like this :
http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/view_al ... me=album03
In some of the pictures you will notice that the front rims have changed to 4x130 bolt pattern. This was because we changed the front end to disk brakes. I believe that if you use a Beetle as a daily driver it is necessary to upgrade to disks.
In December 2003 some lady ignored a stop-sign. I T-boned her Toyota with about 60 kmph. The result can be seen here:
http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/view_al ... me=album01
And a closer examination of the damage:
http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/view_al ... me=album01
Since then many things have changed - the birth of my first and my second daughter, different job(s) and some personal stuff. Anyway, it was not until 2009 that i took the car out of the garage and decided to fix it. I am currently working on a new Photoalbum that documents what has been done and how it turned out. I will post the result soon.
Thks for looking
Finally, some more pics in my album.
Please feel free to check them out. http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php
Please feel free to check them out. http://snowman.myphotoalbum.com/albums.php
A little update .. and just for the record my first attempt at video editing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww1wKTB9OBo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww1wKTB9OBo
- rokemester
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Love your car. I enjoyed watching the detail that went into your interior. Did you do all the work yourself? If so unbelievable! The color combo reminds me of the 65 Sunroof Bug I had back in 1973 - 1977. That's my Mom's 72 Vette which she still owns, but without me to detail it.
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Thanks rokemester. Apart from the respray and the seats i did everything myself.
The color combination is outside color Pearlwhite (the original color the car had from the factory) and the interior is quite close to the burgundy of the original (color only - everything else has changed).
I'm really proud of the result and seeing that others like it too is truly heartwarming.
The color combination is outside color Pearlwhite (the original color the car had from the factory) and the interior is quite close to the burgundy of the original (color only - everything else has changed).
I'm really proud of the result and seeing that others like it too is truly heartwarming.
- rokemester
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- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:46 pm
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio