1963 Beetle

04 commemorative · 09-08-2016, 9:14am

One of the best cars I ever had and would love another....

snide · 09-08-2016, 9:16am

04 commemorative · 09-08-2016, 9:19am

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snide · 09-08-2016, 9:20am

Would you have preferred "didn't read"?

marrepka · 09-08-2016, 9:38am

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please post pic once this is filled with correct substance, kthnx

04 commemorative · 09-08-2016, 9:45am

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Would you have preferred "didn't read"?

But....you did

Hoog · 09-08-2016, 10:32am

I never...in my wildest dreams...would've predicted that a $10k Beetle would one day be considered cheap.

edit....and I still would rather spend that money on a Manx.

The_Dude · 09-08-2016, 10:34am

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I never...in my wildest dreams...would've predicted that a $10k Beetle would one day be considered cheap.

No kidding. We used to buy them for a few hundred bucks. They were essentially disposable cars back in the '70s and '80s.

Hoog · 09-08-2016, 10:40am

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No kidding. We used to buy them for a few hundred bucks. They were essentially disposable cars back in the '70s and '80s.

I had a hand in disposing of more than one.

We had a '66 with 12v and a later 1500 (jugs, head work, cam, etc) that we used to deliver parts. Got in a race one night with a Fiat X1/9. Race went on forever, and the traffic around us didn't even know we were racing.

Mike Mercury · 09-08-2016, 11:32am

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1963 Beetle

was it a 6v or 12v battery type ?

The_Dude · 09-08-2016, 1:12pm

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was it a 6v or 12v battery type ?

'67 was the first year for 12v in a VW.

04 commemorative · 09-08-2016, 1:13pm

not sure

ApexOversteer · 09-08-2016, 1:23pm

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Originally Posted by Hoog

I never...in my wildest dreams...would've predicted that a $10k Beetle would one day be considered cheap.

edit....and I still would rather spend that money on a Manx.

No shit! In Beetles I've had a few, two '67s, a '69, currently have a '72 Super as well as 'Bloob' (Bloob Eatle, Bloob Ommer, Bloob Uggie), the Manx I have now had for 12 years and if you want it, you'll have to kill me first.

ApexOversteer · 09-08-2016, 1:24pm

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'67 was the first year for 12v in a VW.

Yeah, but these days earlier cars having the conversion is so common you have to ask...

Kerrmudgeon · 09-08-2016, 1:32pm

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Those Beetles are cheap as hell right now. ~10k for a nice example. Nows the time to buy.

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Originally Posted by Hoog

I never...in my wildest dreams...would've predicted that a $10k Beetle would one day be considered cheap.

edit....and I still would rather spend that money on a Manx.

10K?.......more money than brains I say! Like Dude says we used to buy them and throw them away after a year. Or if you were lucky you got one with a gas heater so you wouldn't feeze to death in the winter and they happened to "catch" fire in the spring, so you could collect the insurance.

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No heater?......In the winter I used to wear a skidoo suit and use a credit card to keep the windshield clear.... on the inside.

Rob · 09-08-2016, 2:16pm

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I remember when I first posted that

mrvette · 09-08-2016, 2:25pm

My sis and 2 kids in back seat were damn near killed back when, BIL got one of the first stainless ball/socket transplant joints in his left leg/hip due to the collision on a 2 lane bridge, some ASSwhole was passing like 3+ cars and ran outta room, head on.......Sis had a heavy scar in her forehead for years after, it finally receded into her scalp after many years........

I don't see and have never seen any attraction to those POS cars.....

they have NO attractive attribute except to hippy types that never had a job enough to afford anything better.....