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Newly restored 1967 Squareback finished in May 2013. This car has a ton of power throughout all gears, especially second and third. It is a load of fun to drive and it gets looked at while cruising all the time.

The car spent about a year and a half - two years undergoing a full restoration. The vehicle was purchased locally near Sacramento, CA.

If you are local (Sacramento), feel free to call and come check it out. More pictures available upon request.

Clean title and currently registered.

The Good:

-100% rust free

-POR 15 floorpan, inside the vehicle and underneath along with the wheel wells

-2.0L 916 Engine with 2l Porsche Heads

-Runs on EFI Megasquirt

-5630 Jake Raby Cam

-Crank was polished

-Heads were repaired and touched up at a local shop

-Motor rebuilt with new rings, bearings and etc. from type4store.com

-IRS subframe

-Tranny shifts well

-New Pressure plate

-New clutch

-New throttle bearing fork

-large oil cooler with 10" fan above the transmission

-Chrome molding is new, original chrome is good

-Great paint job

-Bodywork was done well

-One-piece windows (no leaks, no rattle)

-Pop out windows work!

-Undercoated fenders and bottom of the pan

-New windshield

-New seals everywhere

-New dash pad

-New master cylinder

-New fuel lines

-New alternator (70 amp)

-New brake lines

-New shows and pads for brakes

-New shocks (all 4)

-New tires (all 4)

-New rubber cargo mat

-Most parts are new; ask for specific pieces

Interior:

-New TMI Interior

-Seat covers, headliner, carpet kits and door panels

-Three point retractable seatbelts up front

-Lap belts in the back

-Correct bucket seats w/ new plastic pieces that allow them to slide

-Red and black cocoa mats

-Chrome drink holder/basket

-"Bamboo" parcel tray

-Has functional (stock) heat

Sound

-Alpine Receiver

-2 amps

-4 5 1/2" speakers

-2 6x9" speakers

-1 10" woofer

The Bad

-Few chips in the paint from driving

-Speedo is not accurate, clock does not work

-Hit in the left rear; some minor damage. Paint is still intact. People at shows do not notice.

-Not 100% tuned, but runs and drives well once warmed

-Starts well in the cold

-takes about 3 minutes of driving to idle nicely

Buyer is responsible for shipping costs and planning. I am willing to tow the vehicle to the Oakland port if needed/requested. If payment is made with Paypal, buyer pays the fee.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact me.

Please feel free to email me at Nickyg321@gmail.com or call/text at 916 698 5337.

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YouTube's Super Bowl commercial buzz list dominated by automakers [w/videos]

Thu, 31 Jan 2013

After Sunday's big game, YouTube will be the place to watch every commercial that you missed when you left your seat for an emergency guac refill or, as we say in Cleveland, took the Browns to the Super Bowl. That makes YouTube the nation's water cooler on Monday, and it's got some preliminary stats to share in the lead up to kickoff.
As you know, Super Bowl advertisers, particularly automakers, like to endlessly tease their big budget commercials in the weeks before the game, many times revealing them outright days in advance. Because of this, YouTube can tell us which commercials have been viewed the most so far, and their top five list is all automakers.
Kaley Cuoco appears to have been a good investment for Toyota, as her ad for the RAV4 has garnered the most YouTube views - six million and counting - among Super Bowl commercials so far. Second place goes to Mercedes-Benz, though not its actual Super Bowl commercial, but rather the teaser for it. You know, the one with Kate Upton and the car washing, which is up to 5.6 million views. Third place is Audi's Prom commercial (3.3M views), fourth goes to Volkswagen's slightly controversial Get In, Get Happy ad (3.3M views), and the fifth and final spot is bookended by the teaser video for Kaley Cuoco's commercial (3.2M views). You can watch all five in order below.

2013 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo Convertible

Wed, 10 Apr 2013

Less Flower, More Power
Pardon our political incorrectness for a moment, but the Volkswagen New Beetle was, undeniably, a "chick car." There was almost nothing that the New Beetle offered to enthusiasts (of either gender), and by the end of its run, VW had even stripped all of the exciting engines from the car's lineup. Looking to resurrect some of the excitement behind the Beetle, the third generation of the iconic car ditched the cuteness when the coupe debuted for 2012, and now the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible aims to show how much fun drivers can have without a top.
Celebrating almost six and a half decades of the Beetle convertible, Volkswagen is offering a trio of distinct special editions that celebrate three of the car's most popular decades (the '50s, '60s and '70s), but as one of the unofficial cars of the 1960s, it would almost be a crime not to test this version, right? Besides, this is also the only special edition to get the turbocharged engine. While our first drive of the 2013 Beetle Convertible was in the fuel-miser TDI variation, our two-week romp in the 2013 Beetle Convertible '60s Edition came just as peak convertible weather was kicking off down in Florida.

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The Volkswagen brand sold 407,704 cars last year, a 6.95-percent decline compared to 2012, and it's down a further 8.36 percent through the end of April 2014 compared to this time last year. In order to to put the sales football between its Strategy 2018 goal posts, the brand would need to add 100,000 more sales every year to achieve the lofty 800,000-unit target. Coming to grips with how unreasonable that is, VW US CEO Michael Horn has said, "For now, we have to have realistic targets."
The reasons for the brand's slow-down are imprecise, but lots of folks are throwing lots of reasons around. Last November, VW Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech told Bloomberg, "We understand Europe, we understand China and we understand Brazil, [but] we only understand the US to a certain degree so far." Analysts say the brand hasn't had midsize and compact SUV offerings, especially an overdue retail version of the CrossBlue, and the ones it does have are priced too high for their segments. It "didn't introduce enough new engines, or alternative technologies or model variants" for the Passat and Jetta. It devoted so many resources to China that the US market suffered. It was being outspent two-to-one on advertising by competitors. Its J.D. Power dependability ratings aren't high enough to overcome its past. It "has never really taken the US customer seriously." And so on.
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