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Stetoppingphoto
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Joined: February 15, 2012
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Location: Darwen
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 Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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Lovely work and what a great looking car 
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disneyherbie
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Joined: September 02, 2006
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Location: Mercer, PA
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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Managed to refit the correct "ribbed" semaphores! Can't say enough good things about what a work of art these are from Matt up in Canada! Thanks buddy! Beautiful job and I'm one step closer to a more correct split...
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62beetle
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Joined: August 09, 2009
Posts: 30
Location: UK
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:57 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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| Amazing history and what a transformation on the paint |
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disneyherbie
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Joined: September 02, 2006
Posts: 363
Location: Mercer, PA
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 2:03 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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| Thanks mate! It's coming along nicely!!! |
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disneyherbie
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Joined: September 02, 2006
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Location: Mercer, PA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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Lucked out today and was granted access to take some unrestricted pics with the Nine-o-Nine B-17 owned by the Collings Foundation. It made a tour stop in Butler, PA which isn't too far away. So I broke my rule about not driving the split in the rain to capture this cool moment. Ironic in a way that these B-17s were hammering away at the VW factory not even a decade before my car was built there. Sometimes it's good to bury the hatchet. Enjoy the pic...
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René R.
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Joined: July 06, 2015
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Location: No. Calif.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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Great photo!
I flew over Silicon Valley in Nine-O-Nine a few years ago. That was the 4th B17 I've flown in. Incredible experience, pricey but worth it.
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Gone but not forgotten: 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1966) - another 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1996) |
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Mif
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Joined: June 07, 2013
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Location: Uk
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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| Such an awesome car and it was built 59 cars later from mine according to the chassis numbers... |
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disneyherbie
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Location: Mercer, PA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:03 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Split (formerly Mike Wolfe's from American Pickers) |
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| Thanks Mif! Pretty cool to know they were probably built the same day! I recently got the birth certificate for my car. It was produced on Jan 10th 1952 and delivered to Hahn VW in Stuttgart... |
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