Our 8 VWs

[Shamrockez]

This is our VW family - we appear to be collecting them lol. It all started off back in 2001, with this little fella:

Bertie: I've had Bertie since September 2001, and he was my first car and taught me to drive, he was 'born' on 13th April 1971 and has a 1300cc engine to power him along. He failed his MOT in May 2003, so is currently waiting for us to get round to restoring him, but in the mean time looking quite sorry for himself, but making a rather useful shed!.

Before:
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Now:
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Oscar: We bought Oscar a couple of years ago locally. He's a late 72 Devon Bay, but we've sinces replaced the interior. He was orange and white, with 1 layer of blue hammerite slapped over the top when he bought him. As you can imagine, he looked terrible! So we hand painted him blue and yellow, which looks ok from a distance ;) Oscar's currently on the 'resto' list:
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~wurrzeldubbers/pics/ourvws/lucysvws/jamboree3.jpg


Joey: We bought Joey in March 2004 as our first resto project. We've learnt to weld with him, and learnt a lot! He's about 80% of the way through his resto, with only a small amount of welding to be done - then it's on to the mecanical bits and paint! Hopefully he'll be on the road in spring 2006! You can see pics etc of his full resto here: http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=134370
As he was:
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~wurrzeldubbers/pics/ourvws/lucysvws/joey040308pic2.jpg

Now:
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Ted: is a 61 Split was bought off a crazy 71yr old bloke called 'Ted' in Australia in Spring 2005 (and my dad then named the bus after him), who was starting his music career (I'm using the phrase 'career' lightly) at 71. We have an album he did called 'Chookshed Ted' and his 'hit' goes on about putting chicken poop on his head to grow hair... he's like an Australian Wurzel! Anyway, he had the bus for 7-12yrs (depending on which day you talked to him on), and for most of that time, it had sat under a car port type thing waiting for him to get round to restoring it. There is very little in the way of rust.
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~wurrzeldubbers/pics/ourvws/lucysvws/63split1.jpg

Skippy: My dad has named the 73 Bay 'Skippy' (we now have a Skippy and a Joey... ). It was bought off the same bloke in Australia (Ted). Apparently it's a 'Sopru' conversion. It's got a rock and roll bed, a hob, a fridge etc. It's very solid, and I could hardly find any rust! He's also the only one who is actually roadworthy! He'll be for sale once we've got Joey on the road:
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~wurrzeldubbers/pics/ourvws/lucysvws/73bay3.jpg

Bella: She was owned by a bloke called Mark from Liverpool (it's a small world!) who'd moved out to Australia, where we bought her in Spring 2005 to ship back. Just in the process of getting her back on the road... and slamming her ;D
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Widget: Widget is the baby of the family. Widget is a T5 (Transporter) with a 2.5l 172bhp TDi engine. He goes like stink! :D Very fast! He should be getting a few more additions in the future :) *So far he's had some bling side steps and a front splitter and rear spoiler, and chrome indicator bulbs.
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And finally, my little Robbie Rocket.... he's very naughty but I love him to bits! He's a 1998 Newbie TDi. He used to live in Houstan, Texas, but now he lives in chilly Bristol! I've done loads since I got him, including go faster EMPI stripes, 18in EMPI 5 replicas, colour coded interior goodies, custom made leather goodies, lowered 45+mm , clear/red rear lights, MS design spoilers, and other stuff I've missed out lol
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/Shamrockez7/Robbie/4aa5c34d.jpg

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*Lucy*

[imported_admin]

Lucy your family is like a VW orphanage it just keeps on growing - maybe you should approach Mr Blair for some government funding ;D

Hats off to you young lady :)

[Shamrockez]

haha, yeah funding would be great! :D

[Doodlebug]

Awwww they all so cute, i keep changing every day which one i like most, Joey is currently up there, i just want to give him a huggle :D :D

[Shamrockez]

lol, I frequently do :D

Bert's my fave :) Oscar's both Steves and my favourite bus - and neither of us really know why! But we're swapping Joey and Oscar over when we get back from holls - so I get to keep him for a bit :D

[Ali]

bless ya Luce - youve got a real passion.....cant you get your dad to unleash some of that cash and help you out???

[Shamrockez]

He already has - we owe him £9k as it is cos he paid for Bella, Skippy and Ted plus shipping, taxes etc for all 3 from Australia. We've gotta pay him back, and we're hoping that slling Skippy will reduce a big chunk of what we owe him :)

[Funky]

A true VW nut! 8-)

[Delenn]

I've said it before and I'll say it again! Cudos to you and Steve! 8-)

[Shamrockez]

Well someone's gotta look after the waifs and strays ;) :D