Well it was an excellent Christmas for me this year. I acquired my first split beetle December 10th. I have been wanting one for a few years now but did not get real serious about it until a few months back. I have several friends who own splits and I put the word out that I was in the market. Within a matter of days a deal was struck and I brought the 51 home. I am lucky that I am good friends with the past two owners, so I do have around 30-32 years of ownership history. The person I bought the car from owned it for the past 10-12 years and the previous owner 20 yrs. The car sat in dry storage up until the last 1 to 2 years. Unfortunately the car got flooded during this past year. Right now my goal is to reverse the water damage , and make it road worthy.
The car had an outside respray in 2007-2008. Inside the car is still original paint and a very old original style interior. I also believe that the motor is numbers matching, and I have ordered a Birth Certificate to confirm this. Vin and Motor numbers are both 3/51 so more than likely it is the original motor. My ultimate goal down the road is to do a complete restoration, but I am going to finish Courtney's Ghia before I start blowing the split apart. I do plan to drive the heck out of it though until that time.
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