When you click the link, you can begin to appreciate this cars special history.... and then realise that what this freddie bloke has done is vandalism, thinly veiled in the name of fashion.

Pipvan, I hope you return this car to stock height :beer:

beefykeefy wrote:

...Also i have never bought any whitewalls before and i dont think they are easy to come by can anyone help out any links or contacts

pipvan wrote:

Hi rob,

Yours is exactly the type of website we like to support. We would be happy to give all your members 5% discount and free UK mainland carriage.

I drive an aircooled VW myself so am always pleased to help others.. and stock is always the way to go for me ;)

Let me know if I can help with anything else – tyre pictures, information, fitting charts etc…

Thanks
Charlie
Vintage Tyres

Beefy, i think thats harsh to freddie it was his car he should be allowed to finish the car how he likes and he was a top guy, but everyone is entiltled to there own view. Thanks guys for the links and i love the look of the bug in them dont like the eye brow thingys but the whitewalls look awesome. I will PM you for steves number when i figure it out.

pipvan wrote:

Cheers for links, what size tyre is ideal and off top of my head are wheels 15"

pipvan wrote:

Failure to obtain consent before altering a listed vehicle may result in a fine or even a term of imprisonment. Local authorities can also serve an enforcement notice in respect of unauthorised works requiring owners to restore the vehicle to its former state. These notices can also be enforced for works carried out by previous owners.

You’re right of course, if you own a vehicle it is really up to you to do with it what you want, nobody can argue that. I’m sure Freddie is a top bloke too, but one thing that is difficult to quantify is the fine line between ownership and custodianship.

When we buy or own something that is new, in current production or otherwise plentiful, there is no particular pressure to do with it anything other than exactly what we want, that’s because what we have is replaceable and whilst it may be valuable it has little or no intrinsic historical or cultural value.

But any item, whether it be a car, a house, a piece of furniture or anything else that has outlasted its contemporaries, has a value that reaches beyond the fiscal, it’s history and story of survival means that ownership of it carries a responsibility to ensure that that story is given the opportunity to live on and grow.

As we get older the concept of custodianship becomes easier to understand, faced with our own mortality we come to realise that things we know and love will outlast us and their true value is not measured in money, but in the story that they can tell about us to future generations. With that knowledge and understanding, respecting and preserving it becomes the obvious thing to do.

I think this accounts for why many of the guys on here, myself included, frown when we see an old stock VW, a survivor, pass into the hands of someone who does with it something that detracts from it’s originality and in all likelihood will shorten it’s life.

The oval you have bought is lucky to have found you, you’re going return it to stock height, respect it and maintain it and hopefully protect it from the elements. That way it will outlive all of us on this board and be able to continue telling it’s story a long time after we’ve all gone.

That’s the difference between ownership and custodianship. :wink:



Good luck with all you do to the car and keep us posted!

Mike :thumbup:

Mike Peckham wrote:

You’re right of course, if you own a vehicle it is really up to you to do with it what you want, nobody can argue that. I’m sure Freddie is a top bloke too, but one thing that is difficult to quantify is the fine line between ownership and custodianship.

When we buy or own something that is new, in current production or otherwise plentiful, there is no particular pressure to do with it anything other than exactly what we want, that’s because what we have is replaceable and whilst it may be valuable it has little or no intrinsic historical or cultural value.

But any item, whether it be a car, a house, a piece of furniture or anything else that has outlasted its contemporaries, has a value that reaches beyond the fiscal, it’s history and story of survival means that ownership of it carries a responsibility to ensure that that story is given the opportunity to live on and grow.

As we get older the concept of custodianship becomes easier to understand, faced with our own mortality we come to realise that things we know and love will outlast us and their true value is not measured in money, but in the story that they can tell about us to future generations. With that knowledge and understanding, respecting and preserving it becomes the obvious thing to do.

I think this accounts for why many of the guys on here, myself included, frown when we see an old stock VW, a survivor, pass into the hands of someone who does with it something that detracts from it’s originality and in all likelihood will shorten it’s life.

The oval you have bought is lucky to have found you, you’re going return it to stock height, respect it and maintain it and hopefully protect it from the elements. That way it will outlive all of us on this board and be able to continue telling it’s story a long time after we’ve all gone.

That’s the difference between ownership and custodianship. :wink:

Good luck with all you do to the car and keep us posted!

Mike :thumbup:

Mike Peckham wrote:

Christ that's a good spot but what the hell is it doing in the bush:lol:

pipvan wrote:

Its definitely in the bush cheers for the pix

pipvan wrote:

Thanks Rob, I'd forgotten about the 5% discount from Vintage Tyres! That's made me think- how about a "sticky" of a list of companies that offer a discount on their products to pre67-ers?

vintagebug wrote: