| Karl .... (Photo captions are a work in progress) | Auto Gallery Home M60 Home |
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Built in October, 1970, Karl is a 1971 VW Superbeetle, the first year the convertibles were made. He has the flat windshield made only for 1971 and half of 1972. These photos show what a thorough, correct restoration was done. And beautifully well done at that!
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1 Driver side body panel (inside).
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2 Passenger door with top hardware.
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3 Stripped passenger door ready to dismount. |
| Row info will go here for each row. For now, the photo captions are the curator's best guess. |
4 Stripped driver door ready to dismount. |
5 Driver's door showing total rotted heating channel. |
6 Passenger's door opening showing totally rotted heating channel. It was filled with spray foam insulating material. |
7 Dash panel after instrument removal. The steering column is in place. |
8 Fender panel. Perhaps. |
9 Outer body behind door opening showing body work. |
10 Passenger side fender panel. |
11 Close-up of seat support. |
12 Passenger side seat riser and support with door in place. |
13 Detroit Lions. Or not. |
14 Passenger side inner wheel well. |
15 Underside of hood. Trunk lid. The front one. |
16 Looking down and forward on body floor and drive shaft tunnel. |
17 Looking down and rearward on body floor and drive shaft tunnel. |
18 Cowl and dash sanded and prepped for paint. Steering column and ignition switch are still in the car. |
19 Underside view of cowl and dash showing openings for glove box, radio, and fresh air vents. Dash appears ready for paint. |
20 View of the cowl looking toward the rear of the cowl. The round opening is for the steering column. |
21 Hump stamped out in cowl and dash. The Beetle had one hump, the Samba two. |
22 More of above. Some butchery of the floor is seen. |
23 And yet again another view. |
24 Next to last cowl view, from roughly the driver's seat. |
25 Last cowl view? Perhaps. When this was being sanded a message reading "Paul is Dead" was found scratched into the surface. |
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