OK, Who Had (or Has) an Original VW Beetle?

[CO Liberal]

In 1970, I learned to drive in a '56 Beetle (my sister's - repainted Ford Mustang yellow by my father, years before VW sold yellow Beetles).

I took my date to the Senior Prom in 1971 in my father's white '63 Beetle.

And after I graduated from DeVry Tech, I bought a grey '62 Beetle.

[curse10]

1. 1974 Super Beetle

between me and my brothers we owned 4 of them. Great cars.

[caledesi]

2. I had 2 Super Beetles (both light blue) 1971 and 1977

Great, great car!

[patdem]

3. My very first car was a VW Karman Ghia...

TOO cool to even comment upon! :bounce:

[shirlden]

18. My Karman Ghia came off the first boat load.

1959 if I remember correctly. Ordered it when I lived in Ct. and went to NY city to see it come off the boat: first shipment made to America. Owned several others and several bugs. The Karman Ghia was the best car I ever had out of dozens. The most fun too.
Drove it to Los Angeles from Hartford, CT in 1960 and used $22.00 worth of gas. A very true story

First car I bought myself was a 1939 Pontiac Coupe. Bought it in 1954.

:bounce:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. I had one for a while.

The best thing about it was that is was so light, cuz we had to push it a lot.

[BiggJawn]

5. I was a Bus Man.

Typ II to da Bone, Bra!
A '56 and a '72...
Gawd, I miss 'em....

[GumboYaYa]

7. Me too, '71 bus.

Did anyone else own John Muir's book "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: the Complete Idiots Guide?" That book saved me lots of money more than once.

[CO Liberal]

20. I Did!!!!!

The title was "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot".

:-)

[BiggJawn]

24. "NOBODY is too 'proud' to learn to set their own valves..."

"Not Banker, Teacher, Indian Chief."

I did a compleat overhaul on mine, new jugs n' plugs, new head after the exhaust seat in Nr. 3 came loose and tore the shit out of things.

I'd still be driving her except the tranny packed it in and I couldn't find another one

[liberalhistorian]

6. My parents divorced when I was three years old, and

the first car I remember driving in with my father was a blue VW. I'd sit next to him in the front seat and grab the two "handle-thingies" protruding from the passenger side dashboard (never did figure out what those were!), and pretend I was driving the Beetle with him.

In college, I had a three-year relationship with a graduate student in his forties who was exactly my mother's age, in fact, he was six months older than my father. His only mode of transportation was a 1956 VW, and he liked to joke that his car was older than his girlfriend (I'm a 1965 model)! It was always breaking down, though, and it got harder and harder for him to find parts for it and people who knew how to fix it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. I HAD 2

One was a 67 bug and the other was a 75 convertible SuperBeetle that I restored stock...but them sold because I had outgrown the urge to ride around in unsafe vehicles. It was pretty though..and I did ALL THE WORK including rebuilding the engine myself.

[Don_G]

9. I Had Fun With One

A friend in High School had a '61 VW. He worked in a fast-food joint and often wouldn't get off before 1 AM. We would pop the hood, jump the switch, wrap a rope around the pulley and start it. He had a hard time finding the Bug where he parked it.

If he was keeping an eye on it, we would pop the hood and switch #1 and #4 plug wires. On that engine (like the early Jeeps) it would start and idle normally but die every time you put it in gear.

[Catch22Dem]

10. 73 Super - It's no longer with us :(

[trof]

11. me...3 sorta

2 bugs and a Karmann Ghia convertible.
Spiffy little car.

[corarose]

12. Do you remember the ones with the Rolls Royce Fronts on them?

I almost bought one when i was in High School that had a Rolls Royce Front on it. I couldn't drive stick shift at the time or I would have bought it.

[Don_G]

14. JC Whitney Sold The Body Parts

Ugly though.

[peacefreak]

13. Me

:hi: :hippie: first car 1970 VW semi-automatic (I was a wuss)
Current car 1990 VW Fox--this one is standard, tho ;-)

[proud patriot]

15. I own a 1958 VW camper

I used to own a 67 bug or beetle .

my husband still has his 71 Ghia

[SoCalDem]

16. I bought one exactly like this one a few years back

and as desperately as I wanted a beetle in High school, it was not as much fun to drive as an adult, so I gave it to my son.. He loves it :)

I drove an Accord EX for too long and liked the creature comforts bt the time I found my dream beetle.:(

[madrchsod]

17. my wife had a 1963

beetle and my best friend had a "thing". me, i owned i960 era saabs-15 of them,and 1950 era simca`s. 6 of those

[BrotherBuzz]

19. 67 Bug

I sorta outgrew it, or so I thought. Wish I had it today.

[mw]

21. I have a 70 beetle. Just restored it to near-mint.

New paint - 2001 VW "vapor" color (Light blue greyish)

Whole new interior - upholstery, dash, switches, headliner, carpet

New engine - 1914cc, chromed, counterbalanced crank, reinforced heads

Gauged out--tach, volt, oil temp, oil press.


Sweet little car. Love it.

[amazona]

22. i had a dasher does that count?

the only swamp hen to drive a dasher which no one else remembers was ever invented anyway so wtf are you bringing it up for

[BiggJawn]

25. Sorry, it had a radiator and a HEATER....

Doesn't count. At least it wasn't that POS Rabbit....

[BrotherBuzz]

27. Hey, bugs had heaters

granted, they felt like a chipmunk panting on your left foot.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

23. Two Bugs, a Karmann Ghia, and a 64 Bus painted like an American Flag.

[redwitch]

26. tan , '71automatic w/shift

my sister bought it new and then gave it to me when the engine seized (she forgot to put oil in it). I drove it for several years, then it went to sister #3, and finally to my brother (who had been called by one of us every time it wouldn't start) after about a decade. It was finally put to rest with terminal rust about 1981 or so.

[dofus]

28. My first two cars were Beetles!

A '59 convertible -- my sixteen year old is quite impressed that my first car was a convertible. I owned it for about a year in 1967-68 when I lived in Tucson. Sold it when I moved to the DC area where I lived without a car for the next seven years. I bought my next Bug, a 69 regular beetle in 1976 when I decided to start taking classes at Northern Virginia Community College, getting to and from school and work wouldn't have been very easy on the busses.

[Gore1FL]

29. I broke my leg on one when I was 5.

I was climbing on it and my leg went between the bumper and the car and snapped right above the knee.

My ex-wife for some reasons spent a ton on an old rustbucket VW. I hated that car. It had no dash lights, would never start, and she always thought of things (like it needed gas) when it was dark.

Nothing like jump-starting a VW in complete darkness.

She finally got rid of it at a $1500 loss (not including the 1-2 thousand she put into it.

My wife and my money are soon parted.

[Awsi Dooger]

30. We had a light blue '63 Beetle

I was a tiny tike and my parents were sure I would be thrilled by the little car, just my size. Apparently my response, often retold including this summer, wasn't what they expected: "I don't like that car. Take it back."

We had the Bug until '74, and it even made cross country camping trips until my sister and I were too big to fit on the plank back seat with light blue vinyl that my dad constructed.

Damn I was in agony during those summer trips! I had/have extreme motion sickness and we didn't know anything about that, or that I needed to be seated in front to combat it, for at least two more decades.