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Any info on the fate of a beetle?

  • 06-07-2011 12:25pm
    #1
    _Conrad_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭


    My grandfather's beetle, SCI 78, a beige 1200 which he sold in '99 when it was getting too hard for him to drive it and he got a brand new lupo which he still has. He has great memories of the beetle and i was talking to him recently about it and he said he'd like to know is it still alive somewhere?

    It was sold from limerick in 99 and from waht i remember it was in fairly good shape.


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  • #2
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Was fear of the impending NCT a factor in the sale too?


  • #3
    beagga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭beagga


    Try www.eircooled.com

    someone on there will know.


  • #4
    aidhan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 113 ✭✭aidhan


    Tell George that the beetle was dismantled for spares. There are pics of it in a scrapyard on eircooled site.http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz49/CoxyGT/Image0017.jpg


  • #5
    hi5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭hi5


    ^^^^Well,thats that one resolved:)


  • #6
    _Conrad_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭_Conrad_


    aidhan wrote: »
    Tell George that the beetle was dismantled for spares. There are pics of it in a scrapyard on eircooled site.http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz49/CoxyGT/Image0017.jpg



    It is and he may be a little sad to know that but i'm sure he'd probably prefer that to it having just been crushed and not used for anything else


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  • #7
    _Conrad_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭_Conrad_


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    Was fear of the impending NCT a factor in the sale too?


    No, he felt he was getting too old for the heavy steering and had an artificial hip and knee and the other hip on the way out. Something a bit easier for an old man to drive and a bit smaller was required. Around that time he sold a small site and had some spare money so bought the lupo new and still ahs it with about 30,000 on it.


  • #8
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭Bigus


    aidhan wrote: »
    Tell George that the beetle was dismantled for spares. There are pics of it in a scrapyard on eircooled site.http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz49/CoxyGT/Image0017.jpg

    Jazzus we have all the answers around here
    Image0017.jpg


  • #9
    _Conrad_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭_Conrad_


    Indeed. That's why i asked, such a widespread network or car nerds often throws up results quickly. A shame to see it that way as i spent many hours in that car but as i said at least it ended up broken for parts and not baled while intact or rotting in a ditch


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