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Thu May 19, 2005 11:53 am

Hello My name is Chris Funderburg i'm 16 and I have just finished my first car a 1975 Beetle. I'm so happy , Ive been to two shows so far one in sevireville, TN and one near my home. I'm just wanting to talk to some actual VW enthusists out there.

Thu May 19, 2005 2:16 pm

Chris,

Welcome to The Samba! Congrats on your first car being a VW.

My first car was also a Beetle :)

Have Fun!

Thu May 19, 2005 5:16 pm

Welcome. Your going to find that not all VW enthusiast like any year model bug. Be prepared to have you car called a "fat chick" but dont worry about that. Late model bugs are more comfortable dailys and dont look bad either to me. Im more into the early models but I still like all aircoolers. I know Georgia is kind of dead in the VW scene but there are a few VW freaks like me.

Thu May 19, 2005 10:15 pm

Congrats your doing beter than me i have had mine since i was 17. Now im 31 and still not finished with it yet :lol: .

Fri May 20, 2005 5:49 am

Yeah i'll be 18 this saturday. I was 16 when I got my Bug as well.

Deep down inside, everyone wants a beetle.

Fri May 20, 2005 5:52 am

My first car was a 1974 Beetle. I bought it new and still have it. :wink:

Welcome

Fri May 20, 2005 6:01 am

dude im 16 live in florida and my first car is a 1974 thing now so dont feel lonly there lol , welcome to the community, im in the middle of the resto right now if you want to check mine out i got picks up just check my profile and then check my thing piks, are you restoring it or is it a finished one.

Fri May 20, 2005 6:30 am

Hello, Congratulations... My first car was also a Vw. pitifully not an aircooled one, but I think it counts... :wink: . Enjoy your ride dudeeee...

Fri May 20, 2005 6:34 am

Welcome Chris! The first VW I bought was a 75 standard (fatchick LOL) bug which my wife and I drove for quite a few years. Have fun with your VW.

Fri May 20, 2005 6:40 am

My first car was a 77 Scirocco....at least in the VW family :-)

Fri May 20, 2005 9:40 am

The cult just keeps getting bigger and bigger!! I still own my first car which is a 65 bug. I got mine right before I turned 16. Be proud of what you have and drive it like mad.

Fri May 20, 2005 10:05 am

Here Is me (on the right) at 17, MY FIRST CAR! Price=$FREE. It ran for a couple months till I got a truck.
Got it painted last Oct/Nov. Now I am 22 spending all my money on the BUG.
Congratulations on your new (old) car!

Fri May 20, 2005 1:11 pm

bpoogas that looks exactly like my bug did. Dodge viper blue with pearl white on the sides. Im redoing it now and going with dove blue solid. I liked the blue and white for a few years but it got old to me. Never content with anything.

Fri May 20, 2005 1:31 pm

spooky65 wrote: that looks exactly like my bug did. Dodge viper blue with pearl white on the sides. Im redoing it now and going with dove blue solid. I liked the blue and white for a few years but it got old to me. Never content with anything.
That's cool, Mine is actually Subaru Blue Pearl, the white is plain white. I don't think I'll change the color, I would just build another car. I'm not even done with this one and I already want to build another! I have no room for more cars though. I got spoiled with this car. There was basically no rust and The body was pretty straight. My next one will be more of a long term project.

Fri May 20, 2005 1:41 pm

Mine was a rust bucket and I half ass fixed it. So redoing the paint and body has been a long time coming. I have it completly tore down now. Maybe when I get it done I will be happy with it. Thats the last pic I took of my bug before I disassembled it in my avatar. Everybody I know dug that color combo and most of my friends dont know why I want to change but hell, its time for something different.

Fri May 20, 2005 2:29 pm

My first car is a '67 Bug, I bought it in December! Course, I drove my parents' 72 Super for about a year and a half, but it technically wasn't MINE....

Sun May 22, 2005 1:57 pm

Chris! i live in Woodstock! we need to get together sometime! i have a vw club here in Woodstock, called the Woodstock Dub CLub, here is the link to the forums: http://dubclub.proboards46.com/index.cgi

gimmie a call if you wanna talk dubs or whatever. 770 924 1447.

welcome to the Samba also! i may call 68 and later vw's fat chicks, but i still love them all the same! heck, i own 2 bays, lol.

Tue May 24, 2005 9:26 pm

Volkswagens are awesome.
You and your Beetle should come down to Alabama for this
http://www.centralalvwclub.com/junebugs05.html
and then in August, this:
http://www.centralalvwclub.com/bugblastflyer.html
Look for me at both hopefully in my ratty '67 Deluxe Bus.

BTW, your Beetle looks pretty nice.

Fri May 27, 2005 7:09 am

I'm 16 too and my beetle's my first car. It's a 67 rust bucket and I love it.

Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:19 pm

Yeah I own a 67 rust bucket too, but its in resto processes. This is my 2nd bug, first was a 69 baja. Wasn't to cool with the whole baja thing, so now am making a low street performance. Just pulled motor out of my 67 to modify it to a 1914cc. 400 sucks when you can only do 65mph with the pedal floored and the motor sounding like its going to blow. LOL.

I wasn't aware there were so many vw fans here in Ga. Seems like we all need to get together and start our own vw scene.