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Rob126
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Location: Mellieha, Malta Drives: Corsa D 1.4
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28th Jul 06 at 10:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
she just bough this 1968 beetle to restore it completely to factory condition!






should be a good project
3CorsaMeal
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28th Jul 06 at 10:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i love the way the dash is of same quality finish to a spainish villa wall
SXi_Tim
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28th Jul 06 at 10:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Clean car that maye, loving the exhaust think the pics could be a bit smaller though
Corsa_Carl
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28th Jul 06 at 10:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lolol

doesnt look like a hard project, think its quite good condition my self, in my opinion
Rob126
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sorry about size of pic... didn't know they were that big
Fee
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28th Jul 06 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ace ....I really want one
Rob126
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28th Jul 06 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it has some small bits of rust which need to be taken care of. also it will be stripped out toattaly and resprayed in a dif colour. and brought to its original state... especially the interior!
gianluigi
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28th Jul 06 at 10:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is that a 1.3 engine?



[Edited on 28-07-2006 by gianluigi]
Rob126
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28th Jul 06 at 10:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no 1.2
previous owner wanted to put a porsche engine... i think of the 944 in it! he said it would have fitting beautifully! engine was rebuilt 4yrs ago and still got 1 year warrenty with it!
Corsa_Carl
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28th Jul 06 at 10:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
good look with it i love restoration projects
Rob126
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28th Jul 06 at 12:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks mate!
its actually my 2nd restoration... 1st was a 1970 ford cortina mk2 1600E... hope to get it as perfect as the cortina!
Rob126
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28th Jul 06 at 13:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
close up of engine



[Edited on 28-07-2006 by Rob126]
Jules
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28th Jul 06 at 14:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Doing a factory resotration job on it will cost you a fortune and take ages due to the rarity if some of the hard to find pieces.
A better idea in my opinion would be to turn it into a nice cal or resto cal looker
Tom
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28th Jul 06 at 14:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Very nice, i'd forget restoring to factory spec and get that porker engine in, it fits with g/box dead easy
Baskey
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28th Jul 06 at 14:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks good mate, keep it 100% standard, its one of my fav cars of all time, most 'modded' ones on the other hand are a joke. Actully all modded ones are shit.

What colour are you gonna re-spray it?, not sure what its called but IMO the off white colour they did was best
Rob126
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28th Jul 06 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
would do that tom bt its my gfs car!!! and she wants it original.
im thinking about doing it myself... imagine it to be fast!!! sprayed like herbie... would be amazing!! need cash though
Rob126
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28th Jul 06 at 14:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its gonna come a sort of beige with the seats changed to a dark red leather (original)

[Edited on 28-07-2006 by Rob126]
Baskey
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^^ best colour mate do it!

 
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