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Up for sale is an awesome little 1968 Beetle. This was originally a California car and is in great shape (70%) with no rust, some small dings, and a couple spots where the paint is rubbed off. This car will need to be painted and some touch up work done if you are looking for a show car, however, we have used this as a play car and it is great for it. This was originally a hard-top car and based on the work I would guess that sometime in the mid to late 70's the hard-top was removed. Everything was smoothed out and fiber-glassed and appears to follow the body lines flawlessly. We were looking to eventually send this car in for paint, a 4 inch drop, disk brakes, and some other little custom work due to the fact that it has already had some major custom work done (the removal of the roof/top that is). It is a 4-speed manual and the transmission is in good shape. Shifts smoothly and drives like a champ with the exception of the carburetor needs to be readjusted as it will sometimes idle down to the point where it shuts off only to restart with a firm foot on the gas and a turn of the key. As with a lot of cars there is some bad along with all the good. The carpet was glued in (if you are familiar with resto work then you know that that adds about 6 to 7 hours worth of labor to get it out and then remove all the glue resin), the few small dings it has in it (mainly the front fenders an a couple on the "trunk"/"hood"), speedometer doesn't work but we use it as a toy to go to the beach/lake during the summer and things like that so never really was a concern to us, and the rubbed of paint and few bubbles in the paint that can be seen below the license plate (none of which have rust under them). No radio or A/C (what good is A/C when you don't have a top) and no windshield wipers because hey, with no top you won't be getting caught in the rain (ok I guess that should say you won't get caught in the rain often). Very little bad with this car when you consider the lack of rust, the fact that the car is in good reliable running condition, and the interior is in good shape. Please contact me either via email or via txt at 325-261-2588 with any questions you may have or to request additional photos. SIDE NOTE: This vehicle does have a clear TN title...which I lost and am applying for a new title Friday morning. Titles in TN usually take about 14 business days to arrive in the mail after applied for. When title arrives I will immediately overnight within the U.S. and for those buyers outside the U.S. I can Priority Mail it out or send with the vehicle should it take that long to ship. I know this is an inconvenience for some and for that I am sorry.

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Wed, Apr 22 2015

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Thu, Apr 7 2016

Top Gear's latest quarter-mile drag race in the collects three very different performance vehicles: the 296-horsepower Volkswagen Golf R, 424-hp Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, and 666-hp McLaren 675LT. While each of these cars sit near the top of their segment, they each come from totally different rungs of the sports car price ladder. Spoiler alert, the Golf R doesn't win. But the final results illustrate the diminishing returns of price and performance. For example, the McLaren is only about a second quicker than the Porsche to 60 miles per hour, but the 675LT costs over 2.5 times more that the GTS. Related Video:

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