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Old 01-01-2020, 10:31am   #1
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IMO a well done video by VW. I've missed the classic Beetles for years and I've always wanted a '67.
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Bugs are going to still be on the road long after all of us are dead.
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IMO a well done video by VW. I've missed the classic Beetles for years and I've always wanted a '67.

https://youtu.be/uKuYXNLGlOc
I have a '67 that I've been toying with selling.
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Old 01-01-2020, 12:28pm   #8
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I learned to drive a manual on a '74 SuperBeetle. It was a rust bucket, but I'll never forget it.
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Old 01-01-2020, 12:39pm   #9
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And I have a low mileage C5 that I'm probalby going to sell. May keep the C3...
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Old 01-01-2020, 12:42pm   #10
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I learned to drive a manual on a '74 SuperBeetle. It was a rust bucket, but I'll never forget it.
My frist driving experience was in my sister and BIL's '63 dark green Beetle. They then got a '66 and parked the '63. Several cars later they still had the '63 and in the early '80's they asked if I wanted it (free) but I never took them up on the offer.
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Old 01-01-2020, 2:43pm   #12
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Here's a nice, clean 2004 Edicion Ultima for low $ 6K's....it was the last production of the Beetle in Mexico, so it has all the 'modern' goodies, more chrome, a radio, air conditioning, etc. Of course, the challenge would be to get it into the US with US plates.

https://auto.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM...4-445eef4d0393

If I was picking a Beetle to have, it would be an 'Ultimate Edition,' last year off the assembly line version like this one.


https://auto.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM...4-445eef4d0393

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http://www.oldbug.com/03ultima2.htm
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Here's a nice, clean 2004 Edicion Ultima for low $ 6K's....it was the last production of the Beetle in Mexico, so it has all the 'modern' goodies, more chrome, a radio, air conditioning, etc. Of course, the challenge would be to get it into the US with US plates.

https://auto.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM...4-445eef4d0393

If I was picking a Beetle to have, it would be an 'Ultimate Edition,' last year off the assembly line version like this one.

https://auto.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM...4-445eef4d0393

Good article on the Edicion Ultimas:

http://www.oldbug.com/03ultima2.htm
Same link twice
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Old 01-01-2020, 8:29pm   #15
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That was my first car - a 67 bug. Easiest car to work on. Did several mods while I had it.
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Moving.

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An Ad that makes the eyes to water and gets the viewer choked up.

Bought my Daughter the car of her Dreams at age 16, yes, a used Turbo Beetle.

She just turned 22, is a Grad Student, & Teaching Assistant, and Smart. Purdue.

She doesn't see why anyone would ever want to replace a car. Ever.
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It's a '12 with under 30,000 miles.
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That was my first car - a 67 bug. Easiest car to work on. Did several mods while I had it.
When I graduated college, I had shit for money, but HAD to get a car to get back and forth to work. I found a '69 Beetle that ran and drove, but needed a lot of work, $500. Great car, fun to drive, easy to work on, parts were plentiful then (1986), even at the local auto parts store. Good times.
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The last gen of Beetles was on the Jetta platform wasn't it?
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