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Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:33 pm

drove my splittie to school for the first time today, or at all for that matter! she is a head turner for sure!

Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:59 pm

73 superbeetle auto stick

92 mm......dual webs

big cam

122 HP

wrecked that

then a 66 landrover defender 109

sold it to some guy in vermont

hey flew to atlanta and drove it home

miss that car

the girls called it the fuck truck

Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:52 am

1987 Mazda 323...gutless and hideuous. Perfect for high school! ;) Broke down many times in the parking lot! haha

Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:36 pm

my high school car wasn't a VW but its was still "Cool" 1968 Plymouth Barracuda and "Yep" thats my Honda 90cc parked in the drive, still wish I had both of them....... :cry:

Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:10 pm

Brand new 68 beetle, was the main transportation to the ski hill in Montana for 3 years for me and a couple friends. Spiked tires on all four and a grain shovel permanently strapped on the ski rack on the back in case we got stuck. Often only us and the 4 wheel drives made it to the hill.

Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:20 am

1970 MGB-GT, had to park on a hill just in case everyday! Still have that car fixing her up now.

Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:34 am

76' tiger-striped baja!

Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:45 pm

73 Super Beetle for me. I loved my Fat chick! (Back in 1989)

Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:56 pm

72 Chevelle

I will be driving it to my 10 year reunion next month.

Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:29 pm

'69 squareback

i miss it to this day. an old guy decided to turn left in front of me...it was history but luckily i was ok.

Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:40 pm

My first car, a bone stock 1970 Beetle circa June 1980. The Bug went thru the "Cal-Look" scene the following year. I traded it to a friend for a 61 Ragtop?

January 1981

Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:26 pm

current senior and I've got me a 62 chopped rag, man does this thing turn heads.. and seem out of place in a parking lot of new hondas/ bimmers, the oldest car other than this is an 80s camaro

currently its no-op and awaiting an IRS pan swap so im rollin a green 91 cabriolette... yes its a chick car but it beats walkin

Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:29 am

Way back in the early to mid-1970s, British high school students like myself, could not afford to buy & run cars. Age 17 was the earliest at which one could obtain a provisional driving licence, as a trainee driver, requiring one to be accompanied by a fully qualified driver.

In the near future, age 18, will be the youngest age, at which one can obtain a full driving licence, after a minimum training period of one year and a minimum prescribed amount of professional training, from a qualified, registered instructor.

These days, even for a low-performance car, basic minimum legal insurance, costs £1,000 ~ £2,000 (note that £1·00 = US$1·75 approximately, at present currency exchange rates) or much more per year, for a newly qualified teenager.

Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:11 am

Having grown up in NYC, and having raised two kids in Elizabeth, NJ, I was always surprised that in most of the rest of the country it was normal for high school kids to have cars. Neither I, my wife nor my kids had cars while in high school. And when I saw movies about high school kids it was amazing to me that so many of them drove. We either took public transportation or we drove our kids back and forth. And I think we were all safer for it!! :D

Even through college I didn't have a car. And when it came time for my kids to want one (they went to local colleges) I didn't let them have one until they had gone through at least one semester of college first. I felt their having a car would have been a huge distraction to them at a time when they least needed to have one.

No intent here to lecture anyone. Just providing an alternative perspective! :D

Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:30 am

I still have this one.
As purchased in '77 with me looking out the sunroof (at 15 yrs) and my brothers 67 in the background

As the daily driver in college with my custom tube bumpers and 64 Chevy tail lights

As a show car circa 1984
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:03 am

66' Sunroof Bug.

Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:40 pm

I wasn't lucky enough to have pop's keep his '60 around long enough to buy it (last memory of thet car was riding around in the cubby behind the back seat) but my first car was a 'back. Not of the Square variety, but of the Kamm. 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback GT to be exact.

Had a blast in that thing, till I blew the trans & rear end out in one fell side-steppin'-the-clutch swoop. After that, I dropped a Buick 231 V6 in it and still enjoyed it. Not many people drove dubs at my high school, but there was one family that drove them almost exclusivly. Didn't hurt that they owned one of the only VW shops in town at the time. Still do, for that matter.

I eventually lost the Vega to some joker that promised he could get it smogged for me for $50. Took my car and my money. Never saw that car again, but it was enough to get me on the path to enlightenment. Only Volkswagens for me after that.

Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:49 pm

had a 1970 bug that my father bought in 1971, first car i learned to drive!i fixed it up in auto shop, some of the best memories with my dad, graduated in 95 and drove it till 2000, when ufortuanitly someone ran me off the road and had to piece her out.

Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:54 pm

Here was my third car in High School; 1971 AMC Javelin SST Hurst Edition.
Lifted front / rear with Centerline wheels and Pos-a-Traction (anyone remeber that brand) N-50-15 rear tires. It also had a Borg Warner close ratio 4-spd with Hurst shifter, 3:73 limited slip rear end, Doug Thorley headers, Mallory ignition, Holley carb, ported "Dog Leg" heads, high lift cam (can't remeber the lift), Mickey Thompson flywheel eca. eca......
"Fun" car that surprised a lot of Camaros and Mustangs. :wink:

Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:22 pm

VWs only, you say??
When I got my first car Volkswagens were few few and far between.
I had a 1951 Chevrolet Club Coupe.
It was eight years old at the time.