How Many air cooled VW owners, Who had an air cooled VW car or van back in the 60-80s Options

[burton73]

I was just thinking of all the Air cooled VWs that I had. I started with my first car a 1958 VW Bug that I bought in 1968. $75. And a real piece of shit but my first car.
I went on to having more new VW Bugs and Campers in my life and got started with VW –Porsche 914 in 1978. Always loved the VW air cooled product and also enjoyed a new Rabbit Pick Up in 1981


Bob B

[Porschef]

In 1978 I inherited my uncle's 68 beetle. He was a heavy smoker, and I still remember washing down the headliner and all the lovely brown gac that drizzled down the windows from it. I painted it a lighter shade of blue, and ran it for a good year or so. Had no idea that a bug motor could be tweaked to make lots more power.

Got pretty hammered up with a buddy one rainy Sunday afternoon, drove down to a local beach, and decided it would be fun to run it up a large berm into the parking lot that only big 4x4's would attempt. Well, it did the task so well, that after getting airborne and landing on all four wheels and laughing our asses off, I thought it would be a good idea to try it again. The next display was not so elegant, and required the removal of a nearby fence rail to wedge the fenders away from the tires so the wheels would turn... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Sold it sometime later to finance the purchase of a '65 GT Mustang fastback.

Wish I still had them both. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Recently, I stopped by a mechanic friend's shop. He's got a Superbeetle there that's getting worked on. When I opened the door, all the memories came flooding back.

Must be the horsehair...