12v yes. AC? She'll do 75 purring like a sewing machine with the windows down to the end of the Earth and back. If it's cold outside then there's your AC
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12v yes. AC? She'll do 75 purring like a sewing machine with the windows down to the end of the Earth and back. If it's cold outside then there's your AC
12v yes. AC? She'll do 75 purring like a sewing machine with the windows down to the end of the Earth and back. If it's cold outside then there's your AC
Beautiful ride! My brother had a 63' with shag carpet everywhere, including the steering wheel and top. I think drugs were legal back then.
Please center those hood decals. My meds still won't make that look right.
Maybe he lost the last word
I see why you had the beer cooler. That's a lot of driving on Spring break.
Not pictured is the foam South Carolina Gamecocks cooler I've had on there for the better part of 15 years.
OHFIVETJ
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Please center those hood decals. My meds still won't make that look right.
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Good lord.. that is sweet. If only it could talk and share stories about where itās beenā¦
There were two ā63ās that passed through my life. Owned neither. Both were the same color as yours with a red interior. At least they started that way.
My brother had a bone stock, fully restored ā63 for about a week. Long story but the short version is the guy he bought it from must have not have realized what he had and conjured a story about misunderstanding on the purchase priceā¦ who would let a teen aged buyer take a mint ā63 home without a clear understanding as to the purchase price? Anyway, my brother had to give it back.
Good friend of mine just hacked up a ā63 into a wide body with a worked mid-engine mounted 2.0 16v with dual side drafts. Fuchās wheels. Caged interior. And of course, sporting a Herbie paint job and all the 53ās. Few know Herbie was a ā63. Iāll see if I can find his Instagram page.
I had a mint ā71 Kharmann Ghia that I sold for a Triumph TR8.. Regret selling both of them.
Mine has the red or oxblood interior. My favorite part about owning the car is the stories I get from everybody else sharing memories. And obviously the ones I've made with it.
Every. Damn. Time. I. Stopped. For. Gas. Best was an old woman who stopped next to us at a light. She said she had stories of what she did in them in the '60s. Hahaha.
BTW, Oxblood is a damn good Oi! band.
Funny thing is I found a set of 5 of those wheels local to me for $200. It was a bummer because they were the 16x8 with 5.5ā backspacing version
Found these wheels at a yard sale for $100,not my first choice but could not pass them up
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Patriotblue9779
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I have to run a 4x4.5 to 4x5 adapter. It is 1.25ā thick
Patriotblue9779
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Iām thinking about getting these except in the tj bolt pattern and just running a 1 inch spacer
Whatās the backspacing on the TJ bolt pattern? I donāt remember them having the TJ bolt pattern in a 17ā when I ordered them a few years ago.
Patriotblue9779
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Brianj5600
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They are starting to show some wear, but still hanging in there.
bbaldwin237
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I have the same Pro Comps on my mind that the PO installed. They wouldn't be my first choice and the "bolts" are insanely flashy for my taste. But, yours give me hope! lol I'm trying to figure out a way to paint the bolts black that isn't a nightmare.