Past the 50.000 posts mark

[Caretaker]

A milestone reached, very nice 

[RichardL]

OMG! (are geezers allowed to use that?) I think I was quite accidentally and unconciously the 50,000th post. Back in the day I used to delete posts to avoid passing 1000 and seeming obsessed. Too late.

Richard L.

[muskrat]

And like an A7/10 still going strong at 50 000.
Cheers

[bsa-bill]

 well done the lot of you and e of course

so who got first prize of a 1960 Volkswagen Beetle  , don't laugh the first prize for 100,000 is two

Apologies to VW B fans, fine cars (put smiles on billions of faces - mostly pedestrians) I could have chose Lada but as they're VW now as well !!!

[muskrat]

My 1st car was a beetle. 1961 mod same as me.
Cheers

[bsa-bill]

OOPS not good policy to upset a moderator - excellent cars those 1961 VW Beetles

[Topdad]

Can't agree or otherwise only drove one for a very short time and I mean short ,from one side of a car showroom into a stone wall!! I hadn't seen the note saying "no brakes "  took some explaining !!  *doh*thankfully kept job ,lesson learnt never now move off without feeling resistance at least on brake pedal , great milestone to achieve may the forum go from strength to strength BObH.

[Caretaker]

I was quite accidentally and unconciously the 50,000th post

Yes indeed, congrats, and I remember your great support for the forum in the humble beginning, thanks.

and btw, owned a VW Beetle as well, 68', remembering it as lots of fun + with the right tires what a great car in the snow and adverse conditions we sometimes get here (but next to no heating, had to dress well!) And painted it mil green with a US star on the sides, in this style lol > http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/11/09/77/84/dsc03610.jpg Was a great time, being young!

[Greybeard]

I hate old Beetles and the microbus variant! I was a mechanic back when there were still lots around. Flippin gutless things! Horrible to work on the engine in situ: best to take the unit out. I had a couple of split screen Morris Minor convertables, (US Soft top) around that time and comparing the two I much preferred my Moggies. The Beetle was a great car for it's time but was outdated by the 1960's.

I had a friend who had a record player deck in the dashboard of his Beetle.

[duTch]

   

I had a friend who had a record player deck in the dashboard of his Beetle.

Geez GreyB's, I bet you had a fair bit of groovin happening at every speedbump/pothole-or do they only exist in Oz??

  V-Dubs are great - we had a '62  1200, but was better after I grafted in a flat 1600 from a type3, then we had a T3 wagon....also awsome
Was a bloke here in Brizzy had a 'dub donk in a Beemer in the 70's...

   But now my Beezers' even better, and congrats on the 50,000 that has to be worth a carton or two....???

[Greybeard]

Nicely steered back on topic Dutch!

[morris]

 

[Greybeard]

   

I had a friend who had a record player deck in the dashboard of his Beetle.

Geez GreyB's, I bet you had a fair bit of groovin happening at every speedbump/pothole-or do they only exist in Oz??

We invented potholes in the UK and then exported them to Oz, along with your naughty ancestors.    No, no need to thank us!

The record player deck wasn't too bad on the move actually; it must have been well sprung.