Re: PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-03-02 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 2, 2020, at 1:13 PM, John wrote: > > Maybe "61" is his race-car number. How are those numbers assigned anyway? That depends on the organization. Classes (people actually racing against each other) are grouped into run groups that race on the track at the same time, because the

Re: PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-03-02 Thread John
Maybe "61" is his race-car number. How are those numbers assigned anyway? On 2/29/2020 11:45:02, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 29.02.20 um 16:41 schrieb ann sanfedele: like the photo, sorry the car owner felt the need to shout what year it was using that silver paint. The year is not even

Re: PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-02-29 Thread Alan C
Agree. Also the bumpers. I had '60 & '63 beetles long ago. Alan C On 29-Feb-20 06:45 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 29.02.20 um 16:41 schrieb ann sanfedele: like the photo, sorry the car owner felt the need to shout what year it was using that silver paint. The year is not even correct.

Re: PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-02-29 Thread Bulent Celasun
Hi Ralf, >The year is not even correct. >This is a rather late Beetle, definitely not from 61. Note the curved >windscreen which was introduced in 1972 and the big tail lights (1973). You are right. Real sixties' models are very rarely seen here these days. Most of those in fairly routine use

Re: PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-02-29 Thread Bulent Celasun
Hi Ann, >sorry the car owner felt the need to shout what year it >was using that silver paint. I was thinking like that while shooting. The owner might have been a youngster. >Got to New York from Chicago in a black '57 beetle >in August 1958. Beetle's are special as strong threads of memory,

Re: PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-02-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.02.20 um 16:41 schrieb ann sanfedele: like the photo, sorry the car owner felt the need to shout what year it was using that silver paint. The year is not even correct. This is a rather late Beetle, definitely not from 61. Note the curved windscreen which was introduced in 1972 and the

Re: PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-02-29 Thread ann sanfedele
like the photo, sorry the car owner felt the need to shout what year it was using that silver paint. Got to New York from Chicago in a black '57 beetle in August 1958. ann On 2/28/2020 7:34 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote:

PESO - 1961 Beetle in pink.

2020-02-28 Thread Bulent Celasun
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/49592189703/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ (K20D, FA 35mm.) Not mine. That is, the beetle. I used to have a RED one (1962) as my first ever car. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr