the 300SL that were at the LaJolla Classic Car... with and without front bumper made for a contrast and comparison moment

 Noitce the above headlights aren't as nice looking as the below

 and above the bumper doesn't accentuate the car like having the bumper removed below

 marvelous luggage

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Bart has a cool site about Samba's, and most other VW cool stuff at Barts57.blogspot.com

this is just the booklets that came with his '57... lucky guy! http://barts57.blogspot.com/2011/03/1957-manual-for-my-57.html the service manual, the VW dealership map, and the owners manual

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1917 Dort brochure was found among the things his grandparents kept, and "They Kept Everything" is his Tumblr

from http://familyephemera.tumblr.com/page/3 

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San Diego Porsche Concours photos from this morning

Tere has a more extensive gallery at http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/08/san-diego-pca-tour-delegance-2011.html

 More 912s than I've ever seen parked together before

 the above and below belong to a 912 that has more than triple the documentation paperwork (aside from catalog and brochures) of any car I can remember ever seeing... and he brings the originals to car shows, ans when I asked him if he had copied all his originals for a backup, he replied no. Never thought about it, and seemed to think the idea not worthy of consideration. Idiot.

Just one dropped open bottle of water, one careless dog owner, one natural disaster (as San Diego is home to the nations largest wildfire ever, and an earthquake and tsunami zone)  etc etc etc and not a single piece of the irreplaceable purchasing, shipping, restoration, repair, registration, and prior ownership will ever be avilable again.

Think about your most important papers, and consider making a xerox copy of all of it to keep in a safe deposit box, or safe, or with family in another state. If you ever lose your originals, the easiest way to get them replaced with the right authorized ones is a xerox copy that can give you the phone numbers, id numbers, websites, account numbers, etc etc. Good advice I read years ago is to copy everything in your wallet or purse annually. You never know when you might lose or have it stolen... and the fastest way to cancel credit cards and accounts is the info on the cards that you won't have unless you xerox them

 Read he last couple of lines in the above.. .. risks of was, mines and torpedos

  From very stock concours perfect looking engine above, with what looks like a pair of flower watering can (well, that is what they remind me of) to gradually more performance modifications in this series of 912 engines from 4 to 6 cylinders

What the hell? I've never seen anyone paint the back of their license plate, and then flip it. What the point? Leave it right side out, get a vanity plate or logo plate, or take it off.

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