Jeffrey Sabel knows how to party. For his birthday back in October 2007 he participated in the Shannons Australian International Motor Show Auction held in Melbourne and successfully bid on a 1959 Ascort TSV 1300. Try wrapping that up as a gift. This wasn't Jeff's first 'Volkswagen' having already hotted and lowered a succession of Beetles since the age of 18, his first being a $600 1962 bug that he dropped so low that it was only a closed fist from the ground. The car also received what could arguably be the nation's first matt paint look - eight coats of paint applied in 38ยบ heat (the paint was drying before it left the gun) and sanded back to a matt finish. Thirty years ahead of his time... When Jeff finished university and began to earn a wage, he found paying the professionals to work on his cars more rewarding - the paint looked better for a start and the cars were always safer and more reliable to drive.

    

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