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Date:         Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:50:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
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From:         Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Subject:      Re: 1997 <Mexican> Beetle FS <Arizona/Utah>
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
In-Reply-To:  <970908175214_350422060@emout14.mail.aol.com>
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At 20:31 08-09-97 -0400, Chris Turner wrote:
>hmmm.....a '97 beetle conv???   I dunno about that...
>As far as i know the only mexican made bugs were hardtops, and the last
>bug conv. was made by Karmann in Germany in early '80....
>
>maybe someone made the bug into a conv. with a top frame off a junked
>'70's bug conv??
>highly  possible..with a welder, you can do anything...  :<)
>
>anybody else know??
>chris
>
Don't know about this one, but I do know that a former roommate hacked the
top off a hardtop bug and made a convertible.  He really did a great job
and sold it as a genuine convertible.  He claimed the only difference was
his version occasionally sagged in the middle.


Kelly Bauman
Delta, BC
'91 Westy
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