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Victor_c3

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5. Nice work (and a good story)

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2018, 06:41 AM

Dec 2018

I love frame-off restorations. After I got back from Iraq in 2005, I spent 2 years doing a complete restoration of an older corvette that I had bought when I was in college for $6,500. It was a lot of work, I can’t say that it was a lot of fun, but I was proud as hell of the project when I was done.

Before doing it, I had never worked on a car at all. Everything I needed to know I found on the Internet.

Again, great story!

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Lucky Owner Gets Her 350,000-Mile Beetle Restored by VW for Free [View all] Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 OP

'66 VW is my favorite vehicle on earth. byronius Dec 2018 #1

Worse mistake of my car life was selling my '69. Damn, I want that car back. Lochloosa Dec 2018 #7

'66 was the last year of the 6 volt. byronius Dec 2018 #8

Good for her! Canoe52 Dec 2018 #2

I learned how to drive in one of those when I was 14 yrs KelleyKramer Dec 2018 #3

not possible Guppy Dec 2018 #4

Nice work (and a good story) Victor_c3 Dec 2018 #5

Sweet. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #6

I taught myself to drive a stick in a shopping center parking lot with a 60's era Beetle. nt demgrrrll Dec 2018 #9

That is impressive! I still can't... Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #10

good for her natheo Dec 2018 #11