the beetle convertible is not a rarity by any stretch...
very common...and cheap by our standards--$6000us dollars...the difficulty
in getting one back here has been addressed in this forum many times...At
08:31 PM 9/8/97 -0400, Chris Turner wrote:
>In a message dated 97-09-08 08:18:48 EDT, vanbondo@PRIMENET.COM writes:
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><< .. They also
> forgot to mention that its a convertible! Triple white. >>
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>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....
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>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...  :<)
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>anybody else know??
>chris
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