How many members are VW guys

[classicchev]

I know of a few of us on here... They just keep popping up

My car life started with a 69 Beetle that I bought 34 years ago, and yes its still sitting in the front of my garage. I redid it twice and was actually working on it the third time when I bought a 2wd Jimmy, then it got pushed into the corner, where it still sits in the same condition, primer....

I have since bought a couple more, a 55 Canadian oval, was going to get the full "Porsche" treatment, but then I bought Gringos Blazer, so that got put out to pasture literally, then I bought the last one, a 68 Turbo type 4 Beetle. the 68 was complete running and all I had to do was drive it. It has been a blast being able to get back behind a Bug again, especially one with a little boost to it.

I know there are a bunch of us VW guys on here, but it seems I always come back to the 67 72 's.

Whats your story??

[special-K]

I "was" a VW guy through the '70s since I first started driving. My first car was a '56 bug. I fixed it up and did all the European touches. It took till after HS for me to finally paint it. I chose Mercedes Medium Blue. This was in '73,I believe. The only pictures on the computer are these from when I pulled it out of my parent's barn when I got back from CA in '77:

[FLcustom10]

I've had a 65 and a 73. Would love to get another one some day.

[Boog]

I started out with VW. Dad and I built a dune buggy in 69 for my first car. Fiberglass body, T top and all. Loved that thing. Kept it about 7 years. I'll see if I can find a pic of it.
I still like the bugs and if the shop were bigger I might buy another one. 66 to 72s were my favorite. I helped my girl friend buy her first car, a 67 VW. Her first vehicle was a 67 Chevy truck. She's my kind of girl. We've been together now for 41 years.

[sbc383rulz]

i had a 67 baja which i never drove on the street due to being too young then i had a 73 super i drove for awhile, i like pretty much everything but ford and dodge! i have driven so much stuff and just have a passion for cars not many people my age (25) have!

i want to do a bug with a subaru engine for a driver one day. course 3 kids don fit in a bug well.

[mgkgmc]

Here is my 66 baja with a 1915 unfortunately I have to let it go soon.

[Shyguy]

I had three, a '61, a 66 and a '74 Super. They were fun to drive and got pretty good mileage. I towed the '74 Super Bettle behind our motorhome.

[68shortstep]

I have a 1-owner (me) gold '74 limited edition super beetle convertible "sunbug" - special gold paint, black top, chocolate brown interior, special wheels. I later added a set of Empi Sprint wheels & also kept the stock "sport" wheels. I bought it new May 1974, & it now has about 74,000 miles on it.

It's fairly rare; I've been told that only 500 were made & 300 sold in US & 200 in Europe, but haven't been able to verify those numbers. I've only ever personally seen 5 - 6 of these gold convertibles besides mine, and have seen photos of about a dozen others or so. They made lotsa beetle & super-beetle sedan sunroof-sunbugs, but not a lot of convertibles. They were probably just too expensive for the day: mine was just over $ 4100 off the showroom floor. Same story tho: just because it's "rare" today, doesn't make it especially valuable.

My guess: reallistically, probably worth about $ 7500 - 8500 or so; lotsa people have tried to buy it, and I still own it ..........

Here's a photo before the Empi wheels & before I changed to a replaced right rear fender (where my wife backed it into a truck bumper). Terrible blind-spots in these things.

[74baggedbug]

I still have my 74 super beetle on airride..
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[schurg]

alittle later model, but yeah I've been known to drive a vw :P

[special-K]

I had a '66 Bus,too. I drove that thing all over the USA and Baja,Mexico

[CG]

I used to be a VW guy, I still like em, just haven't had one for ages. First engine I ever rebuilt was on the living room floor for my 66 bug.

I was working on picking up a 60's dune buggy and the deal kept falling through. I wanted something kind of different so I bought my panel and put way too much dough in to it.

Soon after the guy with the dune buggy called me, we struck a deal. Course by that time I was way to deep money wise in the panel so the dune buggy just sat in the barn. Couple years later I sold it back to the fella I bought it from.

Boy do I wish that whole fiasco would have turned out differently lol. Buggy would have been done and I would have been a ton of money ahead.

[frontline72]

I guess I should get in on this. We have over 25 air cooled vws and 3 water cooled. To list a few---61 convert 61 slider 67 convert 58 baja 73 thing 63 notchback 67 panel 65 camper ghia hardtop and convert .and 4 tube frame buggies. Got the first vw at age 13. Got the first 72 short bed at 16.
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[99-LS1-SS]

I used to have a red '74 Beetle. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Bugs. I might still own one one day.

[classicchev]

Hey Mark, you could have built a couple buggies for what you put just into the BLACK paint!!

I built my first Beetle engine in my spare bedroom, then carried out the long block by myself to the unheated garage...

[Boog]

My wife scanned a pic of my dune buggy circa 1971 or 72. That's a good friend's 66 Vette there also. We are parked on the levee on the Mississippi river just above main street Helena.

[theastronaut]

I'm one, I have an original paint '64 Sunroof that's my daily driver, a '66 that's halfway restored, and a '71 stalled project car. I'm building a 200+ hp 2276cc with a knife edged/lightened/polished forged CB crank, CB CNC wedgeports and IDA's for the '64. Dad has a restored '57 oval.








90hp 115tq 1679cc in my '64.

[classicchev]

Cool stuff. 200 hp beetle just sounds like fun
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[68longhorn]

some nice cars here! I'm not surprised you had a bus tim. lol I have wanted a baja bug for a long time but haven't found the right one at the right time. I have a friend with a stroked motor in a tube chassis sand rail, it carries the front tires and plants you in the seat, and sounds amazing!

[glos55]

I have a 67

[Boog]

That's a real nice original paint 64 there. 200 hp will be big fun.

[jhwkns]

My Buggy. It's the only VW that I've ever owned.
1600, mild cam, ported heads, Bugpack intake, Progressive Weber carb, 009 distributor, High energy coil, Tri-Mil exhaust, external oil cooler, external oil filter, breather box, close ratio gears, super diff, KYB gas shocks, Mickey Thompson Baja tires, and a set of paddles for out at the dunes. It's a fun little car. Very reliable, and a comfortable ride.

[felixthecatjr]

This is my 1966. This was a full pan of resto.

[Daze57]

I have a 67 -still have it but its been on blocks for 15 years - drove it all the time thru college - then put it up and started on my 57 truck - the vw has a 1776 with a squarback trans and lowered front spindles - color is mercedes lapis blue - great car -but i think it may be time to go - let someone younger than me enjoy it now .

[67ChevyRedneck]

I'll likely never own one, but I do think they're cool looking cars. We have a fairly large club here in the upstate of SC and their group usually has a really good showing at the small local shows. Quite a few of the cars are "patina" or "rat rods" but look cool as hell.