It was a lovely autumn day here in England, the trees are changing and the light in the afternoon is golden. I took this opportunity to give my ’67 a run up to Knightshayes Court, a stately home near my parents. It was met with quite a few people of a certain age (over 60) flocking over to have a look.
Thanks, Matthew, for sharing your ’67 with 1967beetle.com.
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Nice! Love that color combo.
Agreed. I’ve not seen that many in the US of this color, etc.
Hi Matthew. Nice pics of your 67. It is amazing how many people like to stop and take a look at our 67s.
Great photos Matthew. Hope you will let us blog about our Africa Safari Challenge in May. Stewball is ready and we will be too.
Janet and Ed Howle
Thanks for reading!
Yes! Of course let us know all your travel adventures, one request is if you find any beetles on your travels, especially 67s can you get a photo for us.
Matthew
Of course. We are in touch with VW clubs there and should have the opportunity for photos of their cars.
Beautiful car! I love the color combo.
The vented rear deck lid appears to be from a ’67 Cabriolet, yes?
Brian
Well spotted there Brian, Its an accurate reproduction of a 67 only cabrio lid I made, I have a standard on as well. This is to keep the engine cooler, I’m running a 1200 fuel sipper at the moment but have all the parts for an H block 1600 Single port engine (1500 barrels are too expensive these days) plus I have a doghouse fan housing and larger corresponding fan, with all this the extra cooling will hopefully produce a nice engine that runs well with modern traffic.
Well, since you took that comment in stride, the rear bumper overriders look pre-’67 to my eye. I imagine good ’67s are hard to come by, and probably no reproductions out there. (Speaking from a position of ignorance, I’m a 356 guy lately.)
You are right Brian, the bumpers are unfortunately, “sunny chrome” repros, I would love to rectify this but bumpers are hideously expensive, for the wolfsburg west ones over in the uk they are around £450 each which is around $717, which would still be wrong as no one makes the 67 only rear overrider. I have been looking for second hands in good condition but alas they are so rust pitted that they would make re-chroming more expensive than new ones. I may go Harrington group stainless steel but only when I win the lottery as funds are tight.
Well, I’ve rained on your parade long enough. Don’t you hate guys like me? Authenticity is a curse, and unless a car is a true “survivor” and does not wear replacement parts, it doesn’t matter a tosser. The car looks great.
Speaking of “sippy” engines, I just bought a ’92 Civic VX rated 55 mph highway. Of course now I’m getting nickel and dimed to death, it’s got 1/4 million miles on it. Penny wise …
Brian I like all the comments, this car is a survivor in a different way, i.e. it should have gone to the scrapper years ago as when I got it only the roof was good, this is a picture of where I started to build it after I took out all the rust
http://s6.photobucket.com/user/opl505e/media/now/P1010165.jpg.html?sort=3&o=597
You might enjoy reading this Brian as my dads first car was a brand new 67 black with red interior and the reason I built mine, kind regards
https://1967beetle.com/matthew-keen/
Some more photos of interest are these of the inner rear suspension mount that I produced by hand out of 16 gauge sheet, alot thicker than the awful repro panels
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/opl505e/now/P1010107.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/opl505e/now/P1020854.jpg
and the car nearly ready to be bolted to the pan
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/opl505e/now/P1020782.jpg
sorry here you go, eric can you change the link to this one in my comment
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/opl505e/now/P1010165.jpg
You can always edit, no?