Friday, 24 June 2011

Brazilian Beauty

I think I'm in love!! Just got some pics. of a dark, Brazilian beauty. Might pin them up in my new house. Reminds me of Ray's old Brazilian house keeper. She used to hoover his carpet really well. But always used to leave a thin strip untouched right down the middle (?)
Not as bad as the Eastern European one, though. Again an excellent job but she took absolutely ages hoovering the carpet. Why? I dunno. She was a Slo-vak!
Any way the Brazilian beauty is, of course, a Beetle. Like me. Bit more shiny I'll admit but I bet she's (she? Is that wishful thinking? We could have babies! Baby Beetles!) a lot younger than me. Can't tell by the registration: HAW, what's that then?
'Spect you have a clutch pedal as well! Very low tech!
Can't fault THE BODY though. WOWeeeeeeeeeeee! Get's the old ATF Fluids going, I can tell you!
Anyway here are the pictures:

5 comments:

CRK said...

I would think cars are generally female (like boats). In UK they are often referred to as 'old girl' or 'she's running well'.
I don't know, maybe there were more men drivers when cars were first invented and to a man the car was a sort of similar to a wife or girl-friend (expensive to run).
But you are right Beetles are more him than her! Except New Beetles, definitely female.

68autobug said...

Love the paraguay beetle withe the strange engine lid vents..
similar to South Africian beetles but not the same..
I don't have any idea of how old the beetle is.. Has 1970 tail lamps
and i don't know when they changed to the larger round tail lamps??

Lee in Australia

CRK said...

Hi Max,

Any details on your Beetle? Bit of interest on vwar.org

Unknown said...

@CRK You might be correct about Beetles being female, but I can definitely confirm that they are Wild.

I started my own Beetle Blog http://www.BeetlesInTheWild.com just a heads up :)

If you guys aren't interested please delete this shameless plug ;)

CRK said...

Hi t.a.
Thanks for the info. I am still down in Gravesend in my little garage. My rear end is still up in the air on ramps: very incongruous!
I am looking forward to the day my power plant is re-fitted and I can get out on the open road again.
Have you looked at the recent posts by the boys? They tell me it is difficult taking photos and dismantling engines at the same time. I am told the male of the human species cannot multi-task (and there are two of them!)