1:24 VW Beetle, half price

Now down to Six Quid.
 
playmofire said:
Thanks, Phil. I'd copied the link and then forgot to paste it. My short term memory really is getting bad!
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Brilliant! Just ordered one Click-and-Collect from Waitrose in Worcester - many thanks for the heads-up on this.
 
Bummer. Just spent a week building a Tamiya 1:24 kit of a 1966 VW beetle which I thought was a bargain at £10.
 
idlemarvel said:
Bummer. Just spent a week building a Tamiya 1:24 kit of a 1966 VW beetle which I thought was a bargain at £10.
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Probably could have brought a new real one for that money in '66.... o_O
 
... and here it is! Collected this morning from Waitrose in Worcester, and a very fine load it will make for the Caradon Light Railway, too. Opening doors and engine compartment and finished in American export spec I think with its whitewall tyres. Total cost: £8.00.
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Just finished my Tamiya model. It is a nice detailed kit but it took a while to complete because every time I tried to glue a new piece in place I realised it needed painting first. Anyway here it is in showroom condition. I haven't got around to weathering it yet . I painted it orange which wasn't a colour on offer for a '66 beetle but my first car was an orange beetle so poetic license and all that. I loved my beetle but it was a bit of a rust-bucket. Towards the end of its life I tried to change a back wheel, turned the handle on the jack and the car just bent in half. They were notoriously light on the front axle which made steering and braking interesting at times. Someone I knew who also had a beetle used to drive around with a bag of cement in the "boot" (at the front). The picture below is typical of me every Sunday trying to make sure it worked next week by threatening it with ever bigger hammers...

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My first car was a 1963 VW 1300 with 75,000 on the clock. I bought it from my father and he had had it from new and it was the first VW 1300 in Leeds. It was dunkel blau (dark blue), reg DUG739C. A great little car, although the starter motor began playing up eventually. Fine first thing in the morning but then later in the day or night wouldn't start. Push starting, especially if it had been raining and the car was wet, was like trying to push a giant, blue, slippery rugby ball! I had a small paving slab in the front end to improve stability in cross winds.

Rust wasn't really a problem. The passenger side running board had to be replaced because of rusting side memebers, but a good sand down and anti-rust treatment followed by filling the holes with plastic padding solve that, plus a new running board. The only other rust was at the very bottom of the driver's door pillar in the front inside. My father had put some clear sell-stick celluloid over the area to protect it against scratches as he got in an out (he was 6' 3"), and I noticed that there was rust showing under it. I pulled the celluloid off and the rust came with it, leaving a large hole. The small independent garage where I had the car service specialised in VWs and they welded a plate over the hole and drilled a half inch hole in it, through which I sprayed Waxoyl and closed the hole with a grommet.
 
Shopping experience - Bad
Entered my post code for a Click and Collect they directed me to Edinburgh 441 miles away!
Wait response, just hope they don't sell out.

SW
 
The site even confirmed my post code so no error there.

John Lewis must be out of date in their post codes, it has existed for nearly 3 years.

SW
 
Aaargh had to be a Beetle didn't it. Button clicked. Ah well at least it's not a massive amount to explain to the missus. :giggle:

I almost bought their VW Camper too. Grandkids would love that. ;)
 
playmofire said:
My first car was a 1963 VW 1300 with 75,000 on the clock. I bought it from my father and he had had it from new and it was the first VW 1300 in Leeds. It was dunkel blau (dark blue), reg DUG739C. A great little car, although the starter motor began playing up eventually. Fine first thing in the morning but then later in the day or night wouldn't start. Push starting, especially if it had been raining and the car was wet, was like trying to push a giant, blue, slippery rugby ball! I had a small paving slab in the front end to improve stability in cross winds.

Rust wasn't really a problem. The passenger side running board had to be replaced because of rusting side memebers, but a good sand down and anti-rust treatment followed by filling the holes with plastic padding solve that, plus a new running board. The only other rust was at the very bottom of the driver's door pillar in the front inside. My father had put some clear sell-stick celluloid over the area to protect it against scratches as he got in an out (he was 6' 3"), and I noticed that there was rust showing under it. I pulled the celluloid off and the rust came with it, leaving a large hole. The small independent garage where I had the car service specialised in VWs and they welded a plate over the hole and drilled a half inch hole in it, through which I sprayed Waxoyl and closed the hole with a grommet.
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My first was a 1964 1200, bought at Auction in Walsall for the princely sum of £96.00.

Turns out the brakes were sort of non-functioning so I had to drive it home on the handbrake. A mere £6.40 for a master cylinder repair kit sorted the brakes out. Bargain motor. Ran for a fun-filled 6 years, before buying something practical for the family. Wish I still had it now.
 
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