Let me start by explaining the VW part. I love VW Vanagons & Westfalias. I own 4, 2 tin tops and 2 Westfalia's. I also buy and part others out . I presently have 6 on my property. So back on July 7th I had a guy drive from New Hampshire to buy quite a few parts. That was a Sunday. I checked in mid week to see if he got her running. All was a go and he took it for a test drive to Boston and back. Another satisfied fellow Westy owner. 2 days later on CL Boston I see a green SSP for free. I contacted the buyer of Vanagon parts and ask if he goes to Boston much. He tells me he goes everyday, he works there. Asks me whats up and I explain the situation. I send him the link and he tells me that the grill is in the town his friend lives in. 30 minutes later he calls to tell me his friend picked up the grill and he will pick it up on his way home. He pikcs it up and calls me later. He said " Its a charcoal bbq but lights with propane. I've never seen one like that before" I explain what it is. Oh, I forgot to mention, he was coming back to get more parts in a few weeks. He was suppose to come in August but you know how the summer can be. Well he came today with the grill almost 3 months after he got it for me. She's a DD . She's filthy, rickity, and busted up. Lid is mint with only 1 chip in the bowl. Will need a bunch but I have a spare parts SSP. I get to restore it :) But check this out. We take the grill out and over to my house. He comes back with all this paperwork the original owner gave with the grill. Right down to the original reciept, owners manual, Weber news letter, and little recipe book. How cool is that Fellas. I 'll post pictures here as I restore this one.
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Great story. Love the crossover with the Vanagons...I too am a fan!
Cool grill and even better story! I had a '72 VW bus my then girlfriend now wife and I travelled from FL to PA in, camping along the way. I bought it in '94 and sold it in '00. Wish I still had it. Cool hobby you got there.
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good story all the paperwork too , and for free/delivered . 3 month wait must'v been hard though .
Man that looks great!! Very cool story.. glad you were able to work out getting it home with the buyer of your van parts.
You VW guys might like this.. about finding an old VW panelvan in the woods.. getting it running out there and driving it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_aoJDpkjmM
My 8th grade science teacher had a vw 'bus' for a long time. Another friend of mine is a huge VW fan and took my wife and I to a VW meet... saw a lot of beautifully restored camper vans. I could see myself getting into that..
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My 87 Wolfsburg Westfalia
Flew one way to Houston and we took 3 weeks to drive her home. 10 years ago
Im happy to see that there are others here that share both my passions. Good luck
@CatskillSmoker restoring SSP. I just finished restoring my beetle wheels and selling those EMPI 8 spokes in my avatar.
Great story!!
Congrats brother!
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Got the whole thing broke down today. Needs threaded rod for leg cross supports.
Not that bad after I look it over, Had time to clean a few items .
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This is the only scar on the lid.
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Bowl had this nasty stuff all on the outside
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Cleaned right up. Bowl only has the two chip on the outside
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Took some work but the inside looks decent. A little rust on inside at leg sockets.
And man did this guy like his sauces. Don't think he ever cleaned it.
amazing ! that's gonna be a nice one '
Wow great clean up! Love the story too
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Great story man!
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When he brought it there was no lower tray or charcoal baskets.
He called to tell me he loaded it up at night, The pieces were still in his garage.
He'll bring them when he comes back around Thanksgiving.
I have another SSP frame and I'll be using the best parts off both for this green.
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Man that looks great!! Very cool story.. glad you were able to work out getting it home with the buyer of your van parts.
You VW guys might like this.. about finding an old VW panelvan in the woods.. getting it running out there and driving it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_aoJDpkjmM
I LOVE this video! Thanks for sharing!!
Grate post, and grate story CatskillSmoker! Looks like it's gonna clean up right nice!
I'm a fan. My daughter has a 5 speed jetta and I acquired my sons once he wrecked it and I fixed it
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I'm a fan. My daughter has a 5 speed jetta and I acquired my sons once he wrecked it and I fixed it
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That looks amazing! Looks brand new now. Great job fixing it.
Great story! I like Double D's as well, even Webers. Fantastic job on the grill & the VW.
I miss my beetle :-(
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How could you even see out of that thing when you had the "trunk" partway bringing home a kettle find?
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I miss my beetle :-(
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There are more. Love the marathon wheels btw. That thing looks sweet. I changed my wheels from empis to OG. These are the actual date stamped wheels my bug left Wolfsburg with(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171018/1d01fe486c7484cc8cae7274f0b9b2e7.jpg)
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Roof rack and all.
That's sweeeeeet.
It was a cool beetle and it was a true Marathon beetle from 1972. Those are the factory wheels that came with it :-)
Too bad some dumbass had to pass another car on a 2 lane road doing 50 mph and left me with the choice.. head on crash or hope for the best and take the guard rail.. guard rail won and I lost :-(
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So I met up with
@603kettle today on his travels to NY.
The guy who picked up and dropped off the grill from NH forgot the charcoal baskets
and lower rack.
@603kettle was generous to meet up with him and then we met on I90 at the
Mass/ NY border. He was in a rush to get home but we did get to chat for a bit.
@603kettle I thank you for getting these pieces to me.
Update on SSP is all frame pieces compounded and waxed.
Next the brackets that go into legs will be welded.
I have pretty much everything else to put her back together, just waiting in my friend to weld it up.Will post pics of putting it back together.
Great story on the Performer and tie-in to another hobby!
For their "2nd car," my parents used to by the cheapest one they could find with A/C.
In 1973 that was a basic Gremlin. Levi's Jeans seats! That sucked! As did the rest of the car!
Prior to that it was '63 and then '67 Beetles. Yes, each had A/C. No one they found ever really could keep the Bugs running, however.
The '63 in particular was very much back in the day when Beetle owners would always wave to each other on the road, and most pump jockeys got confused on where the gas tank filler was. :)
Damn. Another jetta in the garage. This one is a mkv and it's my daughters. Last one was my sons. I'm almost done with deconstruction.
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I miss my beetle :-(
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There are more. Love the marathon wheels btw. That thing looks sweet. I changed my wheels from empis to OG. These are the actual date stamped wheels my bug left Wolfsburg with(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171018/1d01fe486c7484cc8cae7274f0b9b2e7.jpg)
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Those are both very cool

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Quote from: james1787 on September 28, 2017, 05:34:09 PM
Man that looks great!! Very cool story.. glad you were able to work out getting it home with the buyer of your van parts.
You VW guys might like this.. about finding an old VW panelvan in the woods.. getting it running out there and driving it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_aoJDpkjmM
My 8th grade science teacher had a vw 'bus' for a long time. Another friend of mine is a huge VW fan and took my wife and I to a VW meet... saw a lot of beautifully restored camper vans. I could see myself getting into that..
Wow - The video is just wow!
Love it. Its sooo cool
Man I would love to have one of those. The VW that is. Congrat's on the SSP they are awesome as well.