Monster mash

Addie Vroegindewij from Melissant in The Netherlands has been into VWs for over 20 years. Unsurprisingly, a few cars have come and gone in that time, but the ’72 1300 Beetle you see here was his first, bought in 1998, and so occupies a special place in his heart.

Purchased 23 years ago as a basket case, the car has been rebuilt twice in that time, once as a quickie resto in his early 20s, and a second time as a nut and bolt renovation into the car you see here. Painted in the unusual choice of Late Bay Taiga Green, with a matching interior, we think you’ll agree he’s nailed his colours to the mast with this one, and produced a late model Looker that just works so well.

I’m not about to say that first time VW builders can’t turn out some really cool cars, because that would clearly