Well I’m alive and in one peace but the bug is not so good
I has heading south on Conway road “Orlando fl” doing about 45 and hydroplaned the car, flipped at least once landed the right way up in the median. It might be fixable only time will tell. It lost the front, and rear windshields, and crushed the driver side front and rear fender and the left side of the roof. I got a bump on my leg and shoulder. I may have bumped my head I have had a slight headache or it just my be stress I’ve had the car 11 years and I rely don’t want to part with it

This is an email I just sent out to my friends and Fam.
Some people think bugs are flimsy POSes. Not so
Some people think its a merrical, I walked out of the car I think it German engineering
I know this should be on O.D. but I really don’t go there
Now if we had an O.D. under D.D. ……..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I guess old German engineering is the best

That sucks my friend. But at least you are OK. The bug can be rebuilt. As you probably know, you can order practically an entire car from a catalog these days.

I'll be getting mine out soon. I wouldn't do so well in a rollover though.

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Yes....similar situation here...bugs are a lot more robust and well engineered than they seem.









Lets just say I was not having a good day....

Anyone with a good eye for VW will notice that engine has not a drop of oil on the bottom of it...that car had less than 3k miles on it when this happened...ie...after a FULL RESTORATION

BTW..I have a few superbeetles if you want to work a deal on a good body/parts.
We have a score of super parts kicking around and I am sure dad would cut you a very excellent deal. Email me.


EDIT: you are in FL...I thought you were someone here in salem with a VW

The offer still stands..the parts are just a tad far away

I never was in an accident in any of my Bugs, but I remember seeing a rollover when I was a kid. Flipped the car back over and it was good to go, minus the dimple on the roof. Glad to hear you're ok.

Hurts to look at those pics!

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Man, those pics are painful. Looks like did the motor right though. I see you have a external filter. Any oil left in that motor is sitting in the head.

I would love to pick up an older shell for a Baja project. My son is 2 and this will be our project in the years to come. Right now I have a Porsche 914 motor stashed and enough fiberglass to build 3 Baja's. Including a 1-piece tilt front end.

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'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

Important thing is you walked away............that trumps anything else.

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I’m going to look for a car that needs motor and or a transmission
The front windshield pillar, the hood, under the hood, the roof, and both fenders are tweaked on the left side getting body estaments would be hard because I can’t drive it around guess I could take some pics


Sorry have not been to sleep yet rambling

Thanks again

Hey,
Yeah the pictures are rather painful...by a complete restoration that included a full engine overhaul by myself (great learning experience).
In all honesty, I could have put the car back on its wheels and drove it home. The only thing perventing driving was the fenders being tucked in and they just needed to be pulled out.

When I started the engine some weeks later it smoked so terribly...the oil bath air cleaner drumed oil into the carb as the car did a 270 up onto its roof and over onto is side while doing a 180 laterally...

It still runs like a champ but I am still working on a body so I can make it pretty again. The floor pan survived very well.

The use of 3 point seatbelts in those cars (stock ones) I can safely say saved my head a great deal of pain.

Lesson learned...on that particular corner..it would be better to climb the embankment on the outside of the curve and continue down the road then try to avoid it. The slope of the curve changes halfway through from some pitch to NO pitch and thus the bug lost traction while taking the corner at a very reasonable speed (45mph on a 45mph road with no warning).

Apparently about a car every other week visits that corner so I don't feel too badly...but its still sad stuff.

If you were near the northwest I have a mint body off a later year super beetle with a stock sun roof. It has 68k origional miles...some idiot start taking it apart but the body and metal around is still sweet

I wish

well i plan on taking detailed pics and bring them to autobody shops for quotes
if it's mor than $1000 i'll be looking for a new bug
i'll scan and post the pics when i get them

BTW the side mirror stade intacked

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That is a nice looking super beetle...congrats!

Save the snow tires for Winter on the new one.

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