NOS 1968 69 70 71 72 73 1974 VW BEETLE BUG CABRIO Bulge Type Rear Apron Panel For Sale - New and Used

You and me both. We are both supposed that I have this panel. I have another one too. I saw the red oxidized behind some Mustang fenders & other sheet panels and figured I was looking at some NOS 60’s / 70’s Ford Panel. So I started shuffling sheet metal around, tripped over a wiper motor, fell on top of an old trunk lid, put my hand in the web of some spider (probably deadly) and said a couple colorful but meaningless words out-loud which no one was around to hear except maybe the spider and some of his friends. Once I pulled myself together and got to the panel behind all the panels, I saw a couple others like it. But the panels looked like bugs, like the backs of beetles. Seemed weird because we never had any bugs or beetles—we had FORDS. I’ve never even sat in a beetle. I don’t think I know anyone who owns a beetle. I don’t remember my parents hanging out with any beetle people. But somewhere along the line, at some point in time, someone needed beetle parts and my dad knew how to get parts for people. Why we still have them? No idea. This panel had to have been manufactured in the 70’s or early 80’s. It must’ve have taken my dad a year to get these in from Brazil. That’s a long time to wait. Anyhow, that’s the story. These aren’t the new IGP reproductions, that’s for sure. Pretty vintage:) Thanks for listening.

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