Secrets of the original Volkswagen Beetle...

[Bingo Fuel]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

Yeah...but you still loved that little fcuker car, didn't you?

Had a lot of fun in that bug.
It was stolen twice. Was awakened about 2am one morning by a
Fireman knocking on the front door.
He informed me that they had just put it out about a block away.
Someone had used a screwdriver to try and start it during the 2nd theft attempt.
It shorted out the ignition and burned all the electrical wiring under the
front hood.
The FD put it out with Purple-K.
That was one hell of a mess to clean up.

[Kerrmudgeon]

I had 2 Beetle beaters, paid nothing for one, and 500$ for the other, 68 and 69s. Best damn thing in the snow with those razor blade tires and engine over the drive wheels. Just froze your ass off without a gas heater, and they caught fire frequently! My parents big cars would be stuck and I'd drive right around them in the deep snow and get out. It was hilarious!

#42 Volkswagen - Snow Plow (TOP 100 Automotive Commercials of all time) - YouTube

[Wathen1955]

I also had a bug - a 67 that I got from my dad in 1972. I sold it in 77 for $500. I hated the standard seat, and I replaced it with a go-kart fiberglass seat. Easy car to modify and maintain.

[73sbVert]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

Snide and I took one for a test ride this past weekend.
It was cute.



The one we took out had the heritage wheels.
And yes he put the top down for short time (it was freezing up here).
It did seem to have a lot of room. It is suppose to be about 800 lbs. lighter than the Passat, but the gas mileage was better in the Passat and they both have the same engine.

That's not a bug That's a Beetle. Totally different.

[Fasglas]

Had a '66. Car never failed. Probably still running, somewhere.

A good VW story:

Windy Bagwell, RALPH BENNET'S VOLKSWAGEN CAR

On youtube.

[Mike Mercury]

1. name the guy next to Hitler - pointing?

2. the pic is real; but has been altered in one spot; where?

[jaxgator]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

And practically indestructible mechanically. Bullet-proof engine and tranny, no options to speak of to break, it just cranks and goes every time no matter the weather.

I had a friend that owned one in high school. He had 2 engine fires in that thing.

Speaking of that friend, one day we were driving across town to go to tech school (diesel mechanics) and got t-boned at an intersection. Of course, we were teenagers and getting stoned on our way there. We were using a 3 foot plexiglass bong. Up rolls the cops and one of my buds shoved it down his pants leg. We never got caught. Ah, the good old days.

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

1. name the guy next to Hitler - pointing?

2. the pic is real; but has been altered in one spot; where?

2. The VW symbol was added to the podium?

[DukeAllen]

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

1. name the guy next to Hitler - pointing?

2. the pic is real; but has been altered in one spot; where?

1= Das ist Herr Porsche

[Bingo Fuel]

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

1. name the guy next to Hitler - pointing?
Ganz

2. the pic is real; but has been altered in one spot; where?
The guy in the middle back wasn't nearly tan enough so it was retouched.

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by jaxgator

2. The VW symbol was added to the podium

Correct. The "VW" brand name didn't come until many years later.

Originally Posted by DukeAllen

1= Das ist Herr Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche

[onedef92]

Originally Posted by JRD77VET

I had two street VW's. Heaters sucked on both of the them during the winter.

Can't expect much from a 6-volt electrical system. Me and the J.C. Whitney Catalogs were good friends back in the day. My Dad had a '73 412 Squareback sedan. It was my first car, a hand-me down after he logged more than 600,00 miles on that joker!

[Olustee bus]

Originally Posted by Bingo Fuel

1. name the guy next to Hitler - pointing?
Ganz

2. the pic is real; but has been altered in one spot; where?
The guy in the middle back wasn't nearly tan enough so it was retouched.

Well captain obvious. We all know that Germans did not tan well.

[The_Dude]

I've had several. I still have a '67 that I drive in the spring and fall. I've got 3 engines sitting around the garage.

[ApexOversteer]

Just hopped out of the room mate's '72 Super Beetle. Great cars.

And that yellow menace a few posts up... that is not a Beetle, no matter what the marketing heads say.

[GentleBen]

4.The Beetle will float: The Beetle may have been inexpensive, but it was never cheap. Gaps were tight and doors sealed well. Additionally, it was a unibody car with a very flat floor with few openings. All of this meant that the car would actually float for at least several minutes after hitting the water before turning into a small U-boat.

Actually, there was one in high school that floated for almost 8 minutes in the lake in front of the Administration Building. It would have probably floated longer but its' owner, the Spanish teacher, swam out to it and for some unkown reason opened the door. Dive, dive, dive! Take her down - flood all main ballast.

Took a wrecker with a long tow cable about half a day to find it and winch it back to dry ground. That car went promptly to the junk yard.