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I love aircooled VW. I have had many, at least 25. My first car at 16 was a 1961 convertible. In the early 70's we chopped them up and made many dune buggies. Later I had VW buses with Westfalia camping conversions.
The cheapest I bought, was a good runner for $35, drove it 10,000 miles. It blew a valve and I drove it 5000 more miles on 3 cylinders, until the clutch cable broke and I sold it for $50 at a profit!
Now they are very rare in USA, except California.
Good to see you back in the game!
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Thank you For your comments. This is a 1965 Volkswagen that I bought a year ago, my children named her Monty. Needs restoration, which I am planning but it is quite hard, as I will have to import all the parts from Canada or the USA. You like Volkswagen?
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Wow!!! I would love to get my hands on a 1961 convertible, they are very rare in Pakistan just know of one guy who has a 1966 convertible. That is one of the reasons I would love to settle in California :)
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My $400 convertible is now worth more than $10,000, depending upon rust.
I have had the fortune of owning many new cars that became collector items. I am glad I had them new.
IMHO, the best cars are being built right now.
Not so, with cameras...
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Wow!!! I would love to get my hands on a 1961 convertible, they are very rare in Pakistan just know of one guy who has a 1966 convertible. That is one of the reasons I would love to settle in California :)
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Do you still have that convertible, if yes can post some pics (not to mention LF).
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I've done quite a bit of testing with filters (on green lat). You can use pretty much anything up to yellow #12 wratten. My favourite is #8 and #11.
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I have no VW's right now, but that can change in a second. Here are shots of my favorite ones. I sold the orange one recently.
If you need VW tech advice, PM me. I was an auto mechanic all my life, now I try to save cameras...
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Do you still have that convertible, if yes can post some pics (not to mention LF).
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One more VW image and I will stop. I cannot resist. This is 1969 winter drag racing with home made VW dune buggies.
I shot this chrome with a Pentax H3, using sunny 16. Not sure on film.
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Do you still have that convertible, if yes can post some pics (not to mention LF).
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I love aircooled VW. I have had many, at least 25. My first car at 16 was a 1961 convertible.
Randy, my first car, back in 1974, was a 1960 Bug. Been many years since I have had a VW. Had a Bus back in the late 80's for a few years. I have posted this pic before but I guess it is appropriate to post again. It was my first X-ray attempt. I actually threw the neg in the trash because it was so under exposed / under developed that it looked like it was blank. I dug it out of the trash the next day to have another look.
My best friend Russ passed away a couple years ago, so his poor car is just sitting there. I sure would like to get it and restore it. No $ :(
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Shot this over the weekend. First tray development, very happy with the results. Had to crop a lot in PS as my negative was quite off from 4x5 it was something like 3.3x4.2...very poor at cutting the x-ray film, but was fun. The far light was in the frame but there was no negative :)
Raffay, to avoid having to cut X-ray film, just start shooting with an 8X10 camera :)
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I wonder if in 30-40 years folks will pine over my first car - a '92 Toyota Camry?
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