Posted by: Standard split - 07 July 2009 19:51:51
This looks like great fun, and for sale in the UK too :d Tempting if you want to be straight on the road with something different :o Shame its not built up on a Standard split – it would be so much more like a KdF :wink: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=812445 [ATTACH]3268[/Attach]

Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 July 2009 20:02:20
HOW MUCH!!!!!Should be wearing a mask. Doesn't want the lowly split now,356's only. Before you start Anna-i'm winding you up.

Posted by: mrsherbie - 07 July 2009 21:04:17
[quote='50 Karmann]HOW MUCH!!!!!Should be wearing a mask. Doesn't want the lowly split now,356's only. Before you start Anna-i'm winding you up. [/quote] :lol: I DO want to keep it! but we just bought a new one :d and him indoors says we are not allowed to keep 3 '50s. Rationing? I said? its like the war! But with less splits :? :lol: I drive it around the fields more than the road these days! That pic above is a steep hill that we only take the tractors and Syncros up & down, but the chunky tyres really work! but I am taking it to war & peace to play though as it really confuses my German military friends with its Swedish looks :lol: Its a bit of a niche car and splits are so hard to price at the moment :shock: But I just need to find another woman just like me to buy it! :idea: There is a story behind the car John, I bought it for someone else as a surprise (unwanted!) so ended up with it myself and it was kind of a healing challenge to get it on the road myself instead. It did its job :wink: . And through this car I found my perfect man who turned out to be the one I bought it from NOT the one I bought it for! :lol:

Posted by: pre67vw - 07 July 2009 21:07:53
[quote=mrsherbie] I just need to find another woman just like me [/quote] No comment :lol: :lol:

Posted by: pre67vw - 07 July 2009 21:08:44
Shame it's not advertised here though, must be hoping to export :wink:

Posted by: lou cypher - 07 July 2009 21:12:20
[quote=mrsherbie] splits are so hard to price at the moment [/quote] 356 boy only paid £1500 more for an original matching number, with original motor 11G :shock:

Posted by: mrsherbie - 07 July 2009 21:16:01
[quote=pre67vw]Shame it's not advertised here though, must be hoping to export :wink: [/quote] Not especially but at the same time I think I will be unhappy to see it around so further away somehow feels better? I am 100% certain a buyer will repaint it though so I dont know why I am worrying really. Why is it so much fun buying new cars, but so horrible selling them!

Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 July 2009 21:35:24
Lou(Philip) your location....is it a 35 or a 42?

Posted by: mrsherbie - 07 July 2009 21:37:00
[quote=lou cypher] 356 boy only paid £1500 more for an original matching number, with original motor 11G :shock: [/quote] No he didnt and you just watch it or you will get a slappin :lol: Anyway, I might take offers or p/x's if you've got anything my way + cash of course.

Posted by: mrsherbie - 07 July 2009 21:56:51
[quote='50 Karmann]Should be wearing a mask. [/quote] Yes and I can crochet them to order if anyone else wants one too? [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/crocheted-hat-mask-02.jpg[/img] Actually its not all bad news, my ovals new (old) Trelleborgs are here! yippee! :d :d [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/trelleborg.jpg[/img] Yes, OK, so I decided the pretty whitewall tyre thing probably just does'nt suit me after all :lol:

Posted by: vintagebug - 07 July 2009 22:37:52
[quote]Lou(Philip) your location....is it a 35 or a 42? [/quote] George, when you find out if it's a 35 or a 42, will the next question be directed at Jean (Resident Translator)??!! :lol: :lol:

Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 July 2009 22:39:08
No,i can manage that one thanks Dave:roll:

Posted by: vintagebug - 07 July 2009 22:46:22
Maybe I'm away off on the wrong track... :wink:

Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 July 2009 22:49:49
There's an NOS pair of rear wings(53-55) on the Samba Dave,same guy i suggested for the sem lens. Cost a fortune to ship tho'.

Posted by: JD - 07 July 2009 23:01:42
[quote=mrsherbie] Yes and I can crochet them to order if anyone else wants one too? [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/crocheted-hat-mask-02.jpg[/img] [/quote] What the hell is going on there? Is there a matching costume to this? It´s like the bastard offspring of a Clanger and a Sea Devil! Just wrong, and on so many levels.:lol: :lol:

Posted by: vintagebug - 07 July 2009 23:14:59
[quote]There's an NOS pair of rear wings(53-55) on the Samba Dave[/quote] Cheers George, I've already seen these. Unfortunately I'm looking for a wing for a '56- different rear light mountings (I need one for a snowflake light). I heard about one today though, just waiting for pics. Anna- what IS that??!! Are you going to wear it at Peppercorn? :shock:

Posted by: dry&heavy - 07 July 2009 23:17:29
like the Leigh Bowery style head wear [img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/3698546385_dd78703ac4.jpg?v=0[/img]

Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 July 2009 23:22:55
[quote=vintagebug] Unfortunately I'm looking for a wing for a '56- different rear light mountings [/quote] UMM!Yes,i've seen you with a welder,maybe you should hold out for one with the holes in the right places.:lol: :lol: :lol: (i couldn't stop myself)

Posted by: 69project - 07 July 2009 23:28:14
[quote=mrsherbie] :lol: I DO want to keep it! but we just bought a new one :d and him indoors says we are not allowed to keep 3 '50s. Rationing? I said? its like the war! But with less splits :? :lol: I drive it around the fields more than the road these days! That pic above is a steep hill that we only take the tractors and Syncros up & down, but the chunky tyres really work! but I am taking it to war & peace to play though as it really confuses my German military friends with its Swedish looks :lol: Its a bit of a niche car and splits are so hard to price at the moment :shock: But I just need to find another woman just like me to buy it! :idea: There is a story behind the car John, I bought it for someone else as a surprise (unwanted!) so ended up with it myself and it was kind of a healing challenge to get it on the road myself instead. It did its job :wink: . And through this car I found my perfect man who turned out to be the one I bought it from NOT the one I bought it for! :lol: [/quote] what have you bought to replace this then or is a secret? i have a new toy in progress but im not allowed to talk abt it on here as its a year or two too new....:cry:

Posted by: 54 Gertie - 07 July 2009 23:46:16
[quote=69project] i have a new toy in progress but im not allowed to talk abt it on here as its a year or two too new....:cry: [/quote] And its not exactly stock is it....:wink:

Posted by: 356boy - 08 July 2009 09:05:49
thought you were keeping it:roll:

Posted by: mrsherbie - 08 July 2009 09:29:08
I was, but something just too good came up :d Anyway, You already got my absolute fav col choice. a Bordeaux sunroof! even better than our dirty brown one!

Posted by: 54 Gertie - 08 July 2009 12:45:39
[quote=mrsherbie]even better than our dirty brown one! [/quote] :shock: [-x

Posted by: Next_Racer - 08 July 2009 13:04:29
wow that looks nice:!:

Posted by: 48REME - 08 July 2009 14:23:25
[quote=mrsherbie] I am 100% certain a buyer will repaint it though so I dont know why I am worrying really. [/quote] If that's the case then, forgive me for being inquisitive but doesn't that mean that it's quite a daunting price you're asking for? Are you bringing it to Peppercorn? :wink:

Posted by: mrsherbie - 08 July 2009 16:18:42
No not bringing anything to Peppercorn, I am only going Sun for a couple of hours. Actually trying to figure a price this week I searched the net everywhere for another 'driving/road legal' 1950 ([i]not later 51 or 52[/i]) split under 20k euros and found NONE so I have pitched it very sensibly as the lowest priced '50 available. I will accept £15k, but not less and if I sell it or dont I am equally not bothered. Yes its a funny old car certainly in a bit of a niche with its mix of deluxe/standard, but unlike most shiny splits I know on the road, mine ( albeit a bit dented) still has its og valances, quarters, pans and channels etc and is not full of filler nor made from repro or new parts or wearing repro or 60's wings ( like most splits & ovals nowadays) Its certainly not priced stupidly in the 20-80 zone with the cal/resto cars. To be honest I am getting tired of hearing people whine about why or how they cant find a really solid split or rustfree oval under 10k, knowingly denying the reason staring them in the face that most vw people want one at some point, yet there are few unwelded cars around now, and we are paying more than most people on here would for our new one so I am not sympathetic I'm afraid. So No, its not a daunting price at all for a solid largely unwelded 50 but dont worry you wont offend me because I love my car :lol:

Posted by: Standard split - 08 July 2009 17:45:07
[quote=48REME] If that's the case then, forgive me for being inquisitive but doesn't that mean that it's quite a daunting price you're asking for? [/quote] I think that the price while not a bargain, is not excessive. It is in line with current value trends for split windows Beetles being advertised around the world :d The split window Beetle is the huge Volkswagen company's roots and so is an immense landmark in private car history and deserves its high status. If anything these cars have been undervalued in recent years. I do however think that the price of this particular car would actually be attractive if the military theme was based on a Standard model. Those piped cloth deluxe seats would never have lasted 5 minutes with military use and abuse! I'm afraid that a Deluxe is the wrong model for the military conversion and it also has the bloody troublesome hydraulic brakes :evil: I think that the car needs painting in one all-over green :wink:

Posted by: 69project - 08 July 2009 18:08:27
[quote=54 Gertie] And its not exactly stock is it....:wink: [/quote] hmmm,some people spend too much time on the darkside.....:wink:

Posted by: lou cypher - 08 July 2009 18:46:23
[quote='50 Karmann]Lou(Philip) your location....is it a 35 or a 42? [/quote] ah ah ah ah........ getting warmer, you've been extracting information from somebody :twisted:

Posted by: GKL 7 - 08 July 2009 19:49:58
How many people have rebuilt a 4cam in Belgium this year,not many i bet.:wink:

Posted by: mrsherbie - 08 July 2009 20:07:51
[quote=Standard split] I'm afraid that a Deluxe is the wrong model for the military conversion and it also has the bloody troublesome hydraulic brakes :evil: I think that the car needs painting in one all-over green :wink: [/quote] You are certainly right and I agree totally. (Except I actually like my brakes because they work! :lol: ) But I bought this car for someone else, I never had any intention to be involved with it, but things changed and then I didnt want to embark on making it shiny deluxe again with all the deluxe parts missing ( I didnt want to use all repro) I knew it would take years! ( well more years than the 5? it did anyway :lol: ) Albeit wrong for the 'look' the og interior is correct to the deluxe and when I was facing the choice of sparkly new reupholstered seats to look more in keeping or the og deluxe there was no choice, og wins hands down. The old split seat cover matched like fate too. And all this old cloth makes the car smell er.. nice :lol:

Posted by: dubrockers - 08 July 2009 22:23:38
one wonman to another i love your car shame your are selling this, look's like you have had it for some time with love, i hope it will be driven and not stood up in a garage (seem's some never learnt if you can't say anythin nice don't say anythin at all) i'm sure you will have no problem's selling it i would love this but the other half stopped me after i got my 55 oval and a 57 panel van men just don't understand:lol: if you want i'm happy to swap my husband and a lazy 14 year old for your car your hippy gimp hat it's sooooo coool i know a few people that would love one of them but in black with a zip added in the mouth could you make a knitted style of the seditionaries range by vivienne westwood from 1976 when she had sex down kings road showing my age there:d

Posted by: 356boy - 09 July 2009 07:20:42
the early beetle (45 i think? maybe wrong) parked around the back with the kubels and schwimmers at hessisch had pea pattern camo seat covers and it that looked like original camo material, looked cool

Posted by: Standard split - 09 July 2009 10:33:31
[quote=356boy]the early beetle (45 i think? maybe wrong) parked around the back with the kubels and schwimmers at hessisch had pea pattern camo seat covers and it that looked like original camo material, looked cool[/quote] I've a set of those somewhere. If Anna's car was just plain green (NOT SHINY) and it was mine I'd put them in 8) This car would make a great useable split :beer: [quote=mrsherbie] You are certainly right and I agree totally. (Except I actually like my brakes because they work! :lol: ) [/quote] NO, NO , NO:!: This nonsense about cable brakes is just that. Most my cars have cables and the cable brakes on my '50 Standard are really fierce – better than my 1972 1300! Old cars with hydraulic brakes that are seldom used are a real pain as I'm finding out with the few I have. And come on Anna, you said yourself that you have driven your split mainly on private grassland so why the brakes worry. Okay to worry if you was up and down the M1 regularly, but best buy a boring modern VW for that. Cable brakes are fine with good condition cables, shoes and drums and proper adjustment. Old hydraulics – YUK :twisted:

Posted by: RockStock - 09 July 2009 11:10:09
[quote=356boy]the early beetle (45 i think? maybe wrong) parked around the back with the kubels and schwimmers at hessisch had pea pattern camo seat covers and it that looked like original camo material, looked cool[/quote] Oct 45 [IMG]https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/RockStock/HO09/P6270331Large.jpg[/IMG] [url=https://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=17028]https://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=17028[/url]

Posted by: 356boy - 09 July 2009 11:46:13
thats the baby, super cool interior8)

Posted by: RoRoVw - 09 July 2009 19:40:21
[quote=Standard split] NO, NO , NO:!: This nonsense about cable brakes is just that. Most my cars have cables and the cable brakes on my '50 Standard are really fierce – better than my 1972 1300! Old cars with hydraulic brakes that are seldom used are a real pain as I'm finding out with the few I have. And come on Anna, you said yourself that you have driven your split mainly on private grassland so why the brakes worry. Okay to worry if you was up and down the M1 regularly, but best buy a boring modern VW for that. Cable brakes are fine with good condition cables, shoes and drums and proper adjustment. Old hydraulics – YUK :twisted: [/quote] I agree. The cable brakes on my 1960 Standard are certainly better than the hydraulic brakes on my 1957 Oval. They were inferior when I first got the Standard butI discovered they were very much out of adjustment and balance. Once I'd adjusted them as per the manual then they were fine (and still are).

Posted by: Standard split - 10 July 2009 09:16:28
[quote=RoRoVw] I agree. The cable brakes on my 1960 Standard are certainly better than the hydraulic brakes on my 1957 Oval. They were inferior when I first got the Standard butI discovered they were very much out of adjustment and balance. Once I'd adjusted them as per the manual then they were fine (and still are).[/quote] A 1960 Standard – yummy, sounds nice :beer:

Posted by: mrsherbie - 10 July 2009 13:45:36
OOh I LOVE those seat covers! but my bum hurts just thinking about driving anywhere on them :shock: :lol: Funnily enough I have some Swedish army camo tents in the large M90 splinter that I was going to make seat covers from, but I thought it might look a bit ......busy ? in my car :lol: Yes, thats true I would say that the one thing that is the only constant maintenance for us is sorting stuck or leaking brakes from lack of use, and its a lot like the 6v (v 12v) debate, if the original system is in optimal working condition then there is nothing wrong with it at all. So I can see the advantages of cable brakes for cars that see little use. Owen put together all my brakes from nos parts so they work [i]really[/i] well but even then I had one that started to leak. Likewise the 356 has one stained wheel from a leaky, and O's 50 sunroof the same! In fact I was thinking about it and the only parts repro on my car are a pair of flat steel door straps and the black semaphore switch and starter button from Kaefer Nostalgie, and the heater channel bottom plates from Wolfparts, some small bits of metal cut from 1 gen grey later H channel & couple of inches from the bottom of a gen front bulkhead only for the very bottom corner repairs but aside from that all the parts are old. I would challenge this against any restored or even most original splits out there bar only a couple that are really original :d So although my car has funny paint 99% of its parts are old and thats preferable to me over any fully restored retrimmed car but thats just me and I realise my car is not for everyone :d

Posted by: mrsherbie - 10 July 2009 14:09:30
[quote=dubrockers] if you want i'm happy to swap my husband and a lazy 14 year old for your car your hippy gimp hat it's sooooo coool i know a few people that would love one of them but in black with a zip added in the mouth could you make a knitted style of the seditionaries range by vivienne westwood from 1976 when she had sex down kings road showing my age there:d [/quote] I have Owen and a lazy 12yr old :lol: I do knit but I didnt really that hat unfortunately, I wish I had though! I have been knitting recently in chocolate brown & beige undyed alpaca from a local alpaca farm( I have ambitions to own my own as pets sometime in future) and the colours match our cars perfectly! :lol: In 75 I was only 7! But I did regularly wear a very short tartan mini skirt with big black punky boots and lots of straps from Shelleys Neal St. in the early 80s that she was certainly the inspiration for :d

Posted by: 356boy - 12 July 2009 17:32:13
[quote]In 75 I was only 7[/quote] :lol: :lol: :lol: liar

Posted by: GKL 7 - 12 July 2009 20:05:29
356boy PM'd you.

Posted by: kdf38 - 23 July 2009 02:30:51
I have just seen a pic of her New Beetle. [u]https://knithacker.com/2009/07/09/vw-bug-cozy-art-car-parade-houston-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-596[/u] Mike [quote=mrsherbie] Yes and I can crochet them to order if anyone else wants one too? [img]https://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/skippy53/crocheted-hat-mask-02.jpg[/img] [/quote]