VW Bug?

[Swampash&Tweed]

I owner a 96 Passat that was an awesome car. Loved it but it was stolen and Totaled.

[Glen W]

Had a '60 back around '66/'67. No 1st gear synchros then. 36 hp. Perfected my clutchless driving skills a couple times after the cable broke. I reversed the rims (just flip 'em over!) to create the illusion of performance...

Went from that car to a 396 Camaro.

[adifferentbreed]

Herbie was #53.

[Barbeque John]

First "furrin" car I ever drove was a 58 Ghia, quite a change from my moms' 54 Plymouth. In the 70s I had a 58 bus, with a 40horse in it, and then a Squareback as a ski car. Plenty heat going up the hill, chillier coming down. In the 60s, I had a girlfriend with a bug that had a gasoline heater, which was a popular option in Minnesota, as I recall it only took about 30 seconds to have heat coming out, but gas mileage suffered.

[speedmusic]

I've got one imported from california.

Great fun it's my 6th bug. (and first wife)
1200, 1303 automatic, 1300, 1200 and finally 1303 cabrio.
the second picture was from a newspaper with my three kids and bug.

[jguitarman]

I never owned a bug but back in my college days I had an early '70's squareback. I did drywall and painting jobs on the side and I pulled out the rear seat in order to fit an air compressor, six foot ladder and other tools. The odometer broke and when I finally sold it it had to have had well over 200,000. miles on it. I sold it for more than I originally paid. What a great car.

[JimmieT]

Drove a 63 for years. I'm not a mechanic but the idiot book walked me thru changing out a clutch, an engine and a tranny. The horn switch went out and all the info the idiot book had on horns was...drive your vw as if you are stapped to the hood and you won't need a horn.

[Hiker]

Originally Posted by Sherpa

My old '65 - the Idiot book saved me a few times as well...

My black '63 model was almost it's twin. Thanks for posting the photo! I'm no mechanic, however...
A partial rebuild (I did) on the carburetor was probably easier than loading & unloading a dishwasher.

[shakey_slim]

Here's my ongoing project. It's the brown one, a '68 with a 1600DP engine. It usually runs about 2weeks each year...

[sean001]

Had a 66, 69, 72, 73...and a Rabbit but I suppose that doesn't count.

[Sidney Vicious]

Had a couple of 65s, a 66, a 64 bus and a 71 bus. That Idiot book was my Bible.

[scrumley]

Apparently telecasters and vw's go hand in glove. I feel a tdpri bug-in coming.

[Tele Bee]

Got a green, '76 bug in my garage right now- my Disco Beetle. The PO in the eighty's modded it pretty good. I love my bug. So fun to drive around town. Yup.

[jbrtwork]

My first car was a '58 that I had to rebuild back in 1970, then later I built a '64 for my daughter, but unfortunately, one summer day it burned up at rush hour on the 91 Freeway in Riverside, California. I'd still have another one. And, yes the Idiot book was the best repair manual ever written.

[Hiker]

It recall a yellow Super Beatle with a white convertable top, and this sighting was in 1973, or 1974 in our driveway...
it belonged to a family friend.

[dijos]

Originally Posted by shakey_slim

Here's my ongoing project. It's the brown one, a '68 with a 1600DP engine. It usually runs about 2weeks each year...

That's what I'm talking about.

[Durtdog]

Originally Posted by Glen W

Had a '60 back around '66/'67. No 1st gear synchros then. 36 hp. Perfected my clutchless driving skills a couple times after the cable broke. I reversed the rims (just flip 'em over!) to create the illusion of performance...

Oh gawd, I remember all of that. Plus braking with the hand brake when the brakes faded.

My first car was a '67 Beetle. It would go where Jeeps fear to tread and never failed to start.

[bossabilly]

My daily driver, unrestored 1960.

[Paul in Colorado]

I had a '63 with a cloth sunroof. I drove that poor car into the ground but it took me on some great adventures. A lot of trips between the Bay Area and Tucson and up to Humboldt County. I remember one night driving through the desert with the sunroof open looking up at the stars, then looking at the road, and looking up at the stars, then the road... Luckily there wasn't much else on the road that night.

I later had a squareback with dual carbs. I hit a light pole to avoid a head on and that was the end of that. A great car while it lasted. I also had a '66 campmobile that caught fire. There was no clamp on the fuel hose and it came loose spraying gas all over a hot engine. Luckily out of nowhere came three truckers with fire extingishers who put it out. A friend who did body work bought it from me and got it back on the road.

The Idiot Book taught me more about auto mechanics then I care to think about. I remember camping at my parents house for a week one time while I did a valve job on the bus. I'd never mess with that stuff in a modern car.

[Panheadless]

Originally Posted by bossabilly

My daily driver, unrestored 1960.

Whoa! Beautiful. So's the black one. It just needs whitewalls

I've owned several, from 66 to 74 Super Beetle. Most dependable cars I ever owned. In fact I tried to buy one last week from a guy. The rear engine is situated just like a Porsche, you can throw them into controlled oversteer drifts that will scare the uninitiated to death.

One day there'll be another one in the yard.