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Details
- Registration Mark
- LZX 277
- (a) Type:
- Type 1
- (b) Year:
- 1976
- (c) Colour:
- Metallic Green (Originally Lofoten Green)
- (d) Paint code:
- Non VW (Originally L61H)
- (e) Engine CCs:
- 1200
History
- (a) Country of origin:
- Ireland
- (b) County first reg'd:
- Kerry
- (c) Current or last known location:
- Limerick City
Model information
1200 Beetle Deluxe
Info
LZX 277 was last seen in Limerick City while it was having some mechanical work done by Tony Cross. I took this photo in the early 1990s and the Limerick City based owner who worked in a car body & paint shop had recently fitted new wings and repainted the Beetle in a non VW dark metallic green, changing from the original colour of Lofoten Green (L61H).
The Kerry registered Beetle certainly looked smart and the new shade of metallic green really suited the shape of the Beetle. The owner was selling his Beetle at the time and we believe it was sold shortly after this photo was taken. At the time, if you were talking Beetles, there was only one man you would go to and that was the aforementioned Tony Cross. Tony ran a very successful service and repair garage that specialised in aircooled Volkswagens. Tony managed to keep most of Limerick’s aging Beetle fleet running despite the lack of spare parts and repair panels at the time. Anyone that owned a Beetle knew Tony. A great man that taught me so much about Beetles.
Apart from a brief time spent in Limerick with its then owner, and seeing it for sale in Tony Cross’ garage, very little is know of this Beetle’s history. What we do know is that this 1200 Beetle Deluxe was assembled in Dublin, was originally Lofoten Green (L61H) and was sold from Divane’s of Castleisland in June of 1976.
Submitted by: Cathal O'Toole
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