TheSamba.com :: View topic - What was or is your high school car? (VW only)

Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:31 pm

Vw's only please. My highschool car is an original 1961 ragtop. I am in the 9th grade, but it will soon be on the road again. :wink:

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Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:59 pm

'73 standard Beetle. It was only 5 years old back then.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:00 pm

I bought a new 74 Beetle when I was a senior.

It's currently parked in my garage.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:15 pm

My 1st car was a bright red 74 standard bug, with a lowered front end & 8 spoke Empi's. It had a 1641cc engine with baby Dellorto carbs, stinger exhaust & I went all out on the Johnny's Speed & Chrome engine kit cause that was the 80's thing to do \:D/ :oops:

My 2nd car was a flat black '76 standard. Swapped the engine & wheels from the 1st car & soon after rebuilt the engine to a 1776cc.

Eventually both cars were stripped & sold for scrap. I've lost count of how many I've owned since. Sorry I can't post photos of them. I graduated HS almost 20 years ago & didn't have a digital camera back then.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:19 pm

1962 pearl white Beetle with red interior. It was 10 years old at the time. Paid $125 for it. Now you can't buy a pair of tires for that much.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:30 pm

73 Beetle, a year old. It was all downhill after that until I got my Buggy 16 months ago :D

Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:43 pm

I used to drive a '70 bug, which my parents still own, but now I daily drive my '67 squareback as a senior in High School.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:03 pm

My '99 Bora TDI... What? You said VWs only! :P j/k I'd love to drive a ACVW to school every day, but you try to drive one 55KM (~35 miles) one way to school in -30*C (~-20*F) and then home again! And 50MPG helps too... :wink:

Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:23 pm

I had a '68; it caught fire when I was in college, leaky fuel pump, no money. I sold the carcass and got my '70 in 1972, which I still have, though it's semi-retired. My '71 Conv. arrived in 1976.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:27 pm

A lot of us didn't drive VW's in high school, but I bet I'm the only one here who drove a Studebaker Hawk!

However a few years later I was going to a community collage and drove a light blue 74 Squareback, is that close enough?

Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:31 pm

1964 Beetle that I later had a ragtop put into. :roll:

Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:17 pm

1957 ragtop. 10 years old when I bought it. Chrysler took it out and I moved up to a '61 until graduation. That's a bunch of valves set and clutch cables replaced in all those years. :wink:

Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:37 pm

My 73 standard bought when I was 14. Iam 24 now and still have it. Now it is slammed with 5" narrowed beam and drops with 3 clicks in the rear.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:44 pm

my 68

Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:56 pm

Had a 69 baja (home made with an angle grinder in shop class :twisted: )

Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:09 pm

9th-10th grade
72 Beetle

11th-droping out

73 Bay

Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:21 pm

i was driving an 81 rabbit vw diesel with a dealer added turbo option. man i miss the fuck out of that car every damn day.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:54 pm

JeffDeWitt wrote: A lot of us didn't drive VW's in high school, but I bet I'm the only one here who drove a Studebaker Hawk!

However a few years later I was going to a community collage and drove a light blue 74 Squareback, is that close enough?
Was thinking the same thing, hell I did'nt even know what a Notchback was or Type 3 for that matter or had even seen one while I went to High School (Indiana). I did'nt see my first Notchback until 89/90 by SDSU and I was 21 by then.

The rest is history! :wink:

Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:55 pm

Back in 88 when I was 15 I picked up a L456 Ruby red 67 that I had found walking home from school. It was an original owner car with all the reciepts and documents. The old couple sold it to me for $500 bucks. I drove it all through highschool and ended up selling it in 1997. I still regret it to this day. :cry:

Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:02 pm

Im still in high school, right now im driving a 73 super beetle and a 57 beetle.