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Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:32 pm

VWs only "Oopps" didn't get my first Bug until around 20 years old.

Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:08 pm

High school,, that was a VW 56 bug,, it was 7 years old and a pos,, cost me 25 bucks, plus a engine rebuild, so that made it right around a 100 bucks total..

at the same time a 1958 Renault Dauphine and a 41 merc.. those were 25 $ cars.. In those day a used car over 25 bucks was unheard of ,unless it was a 57 chevy belair,or a 40 ford... gas over 18 cents was hyway robbery,,, if you made $1.25 an hour you were Top dog. most people made a Buck an hour.

God I miss that renault

Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:25 pm

towd wrote: High school,, that was a VW 56 bug,, it was 7 years old and a pos,, cost me 25 bucks, plus a engine rebuild, so that made it right around a 100 bucks total.

What they had cars back then? :P

Boy, when I was in high school I had to ride the bus - none of this fancy VW drivin' for me back then (oh and walk up hill both ways in the rain with no shoes on broken glass of course) - my parents did have an old VW rabbit back before I could drive tho.

Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:54 pm

He Said has in school,, nothing about driving TO school...... hell in this town,, you did NOT drive a car to school,,, no F88King way...

yeppers we had dem cars back dem we did....

Oh God I wish I Had the Dauphine now,, cause if'n I did it would be stt'n on top a Bus chassis sprout'n a set of 44's ,, n 31: 12.50's

Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:58 am

NASkeet wrote: 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.

I noticed that some forum members, seem to have renovated their old cars, in their high school's automotive workshops! I would be very surprised, if any British secondary schools (i.e. typically, ages 11~16 or 11~18 or 13~16 or 13~18, dependent upon county) or sixth form colleges (ages 16~19), have such facilities. I believe the later secondary-school forms and sixth form colleges, which cater for 16~18 year olds, are approximately equivalent to American senior high schools

A few of the further education colleges (post compulsory education, for age 16+ students), which cater mostly for non-academic, vocational training (e.g. City & Guilds and BTEC diplomas), have automotive workshops. One of these was Southend College of Arts & Technology, in which I helped out, whilst pursuing my own 1973 VW Type 2 projects, in the large gaps between my teaching classes, way back in 1992~93, when I was a short-term-contract, part-time lecturer in physical sciences for engineering.

Another reason why it would be impractical for high school students to drive cars to school, would be the lack of car parking space, for which there is sometimes barely enough for teaching staff! Besides that, the charges to use public parking facilities, are commonly quite expensive and one could easily spend several pounds Sterling, on just one school-day's parking.

Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:13 pm

I had quit a few cars during my HS days. My 1st car was a 73 beetle (well 2 of them to make one good one). I also owned a 75 Super Beetle, a 85 Scirocco, I had a autostick bug for 2 weeks, I had another bug can't remember the year of , and a 84 Rabbit. High School would have sucked if it was for my bug though, the memories... :)

Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:11 am

mwcoed wrote: I had quit a few cars during my HS days. My 1st car was a 73 beetle (well 2 of them to make one good one). I also owned a 75 Super Beetle, a 85 Scirocco, I had a autostick bug for 2 weeks, I had another bug can't remember the year of , and a 84 Rabbit. High School would have sucked if it was for my bug though, the memories... :)

So, how many years did you attend high school, after passing your driving test, which led to you having so many cars!?!

Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:30 pm

NASkeet wrote: mwcoed wrote: I had quit a few cars during my HS days. My 1st car was a 73 beetle (well 2 of them to make one good one). I also owned a 75 Super Beetle, a 85 Scirocco, I had a autostick bug for 2 weeks, I had another bug can't remember the year of , and a 84 Rabbit. High School would have sucked if it was for my bug though, the memories... :)

So, how many years did you attend high school, after passing your driving test, which led to you having so many cars!?!

I got my 1st car(s) when I was in 9th grade. My 1st bug got totalled a few months after I had it, I was hit from behind. Bought the autostick with the insurance money, didn't like it, sold it. Then I bought my 75 SB, which I had for a couple of years, then someone else decided one night they wanted it more and they destroyed it. My senior year I bounced between the other bug, Scirocco and Rabbit.

Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:29 am

first car was a 60 bug and I was 18 and it blew up after about 6 mos. Rebuilt it using a 40hp motor as a core engine for more hp...gawd that 36hp was weak on the freeway..
Bought a 64 1500S SB for $500 and drove that for years.. loved that car with it gas heater for ski trips and you could sleep in the back.

Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:53 pm

69 VW van with the center seat removed and curtains on the windows...
And a Budwiser tap handle for my gearshift knob

Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:27 pm

'68 Dodge Dart 273, paid $200 for it. It had a sweet tucked velvet interior :lol:
Fill the gas & check the oil! I loved that car.

Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:14 pm

my futur ride by the time i drive it it will be all black. i bought a rebuilt dp 1600 today 900 $ i payed for 3/4s of it and my dad payed the other 1/4

Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:23 am

A bright yellow, 1974 Rabbit. I loved that car. I completely redid the interior and was on track to have the outside painted when I got rear ended by a semi truck at 30 mph. Thank God for working seatbelts. It wasn't as bad as it could've been, but my lil Rabbit died that day. But that crash is the reason that I'm installing 1968 Beetle seatbelts in my '63!

Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:19 pm

88 toyo camry, i wanted my uncles 67 fasty but he sold it because he didn't want to fix some engine seal. c'est la vie.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:12 pm

My high school car (1st car) was this 1969 Baja. My second high school car was the 1978 Ford Super Cab in the picture behind it. Sold the baja to build a rail buggy (my official trade school project :lol: ) and needed a truck to haul it camping on the weekends. When a senior in high school at age 18 I owned the truck, rail, 3-wheeler ATV and a trailer all while working evenings and a full time student. Never asked my parents for a dime and moved out into my own place the day before I graduated.

Kids in general now a days (my 3 teenagers included) don't have a clue about working hard THEN getting what you want. They seem to expect handouts and get pissy when you ask them to actually DO something for the money. It's just too much effort to pry themselves away from the computer, texting, phone, TV, video games, friends, etc... to EARN anything! Gave my daughter the wifes old car (1993 Ford Escort) to drive to school and work while she saves for a car of her own and 2 years later is broke and has to borrow gas money and spends the $200+ a week she earns as a waitress on fast food, tanning, clothes, shoes, movie theaters, etc...She has NEVER washed the car, emptied the trash out of it or even thanked me for getting to use "the peice of crap" as she refers to it. At 235K miles it won't last much longer. I better make sure her bicycle is in working order :twisted:

Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:15 pm

In 1967 I had a 64 Bug.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:18 pm

I'm currently driving my wonderful 1990 Burgundy Vanagon Hardtop

Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:43 pm

My first car, holy crap, was an 86 volvo 240 gl. Heated seats, 4 speed with an overdrive and a POS. Drove it like I stole it for only three months and now its in a scrap yard somewher. Havent seen it since my mom moved a year ago. My second car, my "first car" as I like to call it, is my 1965 beetle. I love that car. Bought it from the original owners daughter for 2500 and it was all original. I drove it for a year and a half till I blew the original motor. Damn, I kick myself in the ass everyday for that. It still sits above my old fridge in CA in two hundred pieces. Put a 1600 dp with dual carbs in it and drove it till the tranny went and parked at my buddies shop awaiting a full makeover. So far, fenders, glass, seats, dash, and any other little piece that could be taken off by my wife is off and inside of the car. My "new" car is a 1968 cal look sedan with a 1776, front seats out of a 92 buick skylark, billet dash(minus glove box its still white), a wink mirror, drag fast shifter and empi eights. Even though Im not in High School anymore, it sure seams like it some days. Takin it easy in this car though. Learn things with time.

Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:05 am

1975 standard beetle lowered with 8 spokes and had a 1776 dual 40 drlas running nitrous oxide ran 12.86 on the juice. that was in 1990. fastest car in the school parking lot my senior year and boy was that fun

Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:16 pm

10th grade i drove a 1974 standard with a built motor, and the same year for a little a 1971 super, now in 11th i drive a ranger but soon will be driving my 1958 to school