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Details
- Registration Mark
- 8125 HI
- (a) Type:
- Type 1
- (b) Year:
- 1975
- (c) Colour:
- Black
- (d) Paint code:
- Non VW
- (e) Engine CCs:
- 1200
History
- (a) Country of origin:
- Ireland
- (b) County first reg'd:
- Tipperary
- (c) Current or last known location:
- Limerick
Model information
1200 Beetle Deluxe
Info
I bought this Beetle from my neighbour in April 1994. Esther had used it daily but it was sitting for quite a while outside their B&B in Limerick. I needed to get it from Esther’s house to a garage I had the use of so a lovely man, an elderly neighbour by the name of Billy Conway said he would tow it behind his Firsta van. Billy had been in the classic car scene for decades and we had towed a number of cars before.
It was all going really well until about half way there the o/s/f wing came loose and caught in the front wheel and was ripped off, bouncing across the bonnet of an oncoming Nissan 100NX. What was a cheap Beetle suddenly became very expensive as I had to pay for the main Nissan dealer to repaint the bonnet and surrounding areas that got scratched and damaged on the Nissan.
A black late 70’s Beetle is very unusual but really looked great. Sadly, it wasn’t an original black Beetle but it was Lofoten Green, a colour I really like on Beetles. The Beetle was quite bad, not bad by today’s standards but back then it was a parts car, and that’s what became of it. Today of course, 8125 HI would have thousands of euros spent on it in an effort to save it and make it better than new.
Submitted by: Cathal
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