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Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:34 am

I took my 66 vert out for it's maiden voyage on Wed. Soooo nice out, what a day for riding in a convertibile. I actually sunburned my bald head a bit. :lol:

Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:49 am

Stock Steve wrote: Ditto that, from way out here in Stony Creek CT...

Had to get the old '60 out for a little exercise, and found someone's crocuses blooming by the side of the road, making for a seasonal photo-op...
http://home.comcast.net/~commonsteve/60VWCrocuses18Mar2010rsz.JPG

I was just admiring your wonderful little car and the picture in the gallery earlier :)

I already stated that I drive my 63 all the year round. Snow, hail, rain, high temps, you name it; this is my daily driver. I did however get my little snark sailboat out the other day.

I love my little snark :P

Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:01 pm

Took the 65 out for a spin yesterday... She still had the winter sleep in her eyes. 70 deg and beautiful here in Southern Oregon.

Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:36 pm

wow today was the best day sofar here in Chicago suburbs.

65 and sunny. Took half the day off and was gonna register my new '63 but the emergency brake disconnected last night because I over extended it. That was a job and a half trying to figure out how that went back together before I took it apart and fixed it in 5 minutes lol.

Rain in the forecast tomorrow but temps still up there, if it doesn't rain ill be registering the bug and getting a bite to eat somewhere.

Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:12 pm

What a neat thread! I admire all the beautiful VWs (& sailboat too), and salute alll their enthusiastic owners (& captains)!

Happy Friday, and it looks like we may have a reasonable weather weekend upcoming here in CT also--Saturday probably better than Sunday, but still looking forward to driving the '60 Bug up to Simsbury on Sunday to take in a bit of the CT VW Association's Spring kick-off party.

Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:40 am

Weather here in Sonoma, County CA is just beautiful, great for driving Oscar. :D
Took him to the office Thursday & Friday (3/18-19/2010. It’s a 54 mile round trip
from Cloverdale to Windsor, straight run down Hwy 101.

Looking to run him all weekend.

Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:21 am

I took mine out to go to dinner, first drive in a few months, wanted to wait until I replaced the Convertible rear window (last week), was 75 here in Arizona.

Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:53 pm

Sprø Norsk wrote: Stock Steve wrote: Ditto that, from way out here in Stony Creek CT...

Had to get the old '60 out for a little exercise, and found someone's crocuses blooming by the side of the road, making for a seasonal photo-op...
http://home.comcast.net/~commonsteve/60VWCrocuses18Mar2010rsz.JPG

I was just admiring your wonderful little car and the picture in the gallery earlier :)

I already stated that I drive my 63 all the year round. Snow, hail, rain, high temps, you name it; this is my daily driver. I did however get my little snark sailboat out the other day.

I love my little snark :P
What lake is that Spro? Looks familiar, somewhere in Central Wa. Id guess? Nice pics.

Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:59 am

So perfect this weekend (70 deg) our club took a cruise...

Nothing like having a mile long line of VW's to stop everybody in their tracks.

Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:36 am

Think Pic's are commin of are Local Hill Climb .
Yesterday it was official !
Imm Gonna be a Grandpa again ?
So we took Kidd's up to our Local Hill Climb and Rock Fall formation .
I finally topped the Dune Hill .
Streeter Baja , so she got terrorized pretty Good .
We lost one clutch maybe the flywheel on our Buddy's Off Roader Baja ?
But were all havin a Lott of Fun out here where Roy and Dale use to shoot there Movie's .
Now we gotta get our Buddy up and runnin again !
Another down and dirty 1600cc commin up . for under 50 buck's !
Gonna be hard push to get Her done by next Sunday .
Plannin on Side Winder Road for somethin different .
Pic's commin soon .
Next post .
Sean

Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:52 am

Sprø Norsk wrote: Any weather is vw weather for me :P

That is a great looking car!

Right On!.. Thats one thing about "most" (not all) VW owners, they, drive thier cars. Not like the snobs and show guys. For cryin' out loud, put your freaking towel and California duster down and drive that VW.

Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:09 am

VOLKSWAGNUT wrote:
Right On!.. Thats one thing about "most" (not all) VW owners, they, drive thier cars. Not like the snobs and show guys. For cryin' out loud, put your freaking towel and California duster down and drive that VW.

Well said! I totally agree!

Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:13 am

rokemester wrote: djkeev wrote: Sunny, 61 degrees, blue sky!! I know there is still a chance of snow here before the season ends but I was driving in my Pontiac with the top down today.
I guess this is motivation to get that motor back together and into the Super Vert!!
It's been COLD in the garage, sucks the motivation right out of you!

dave

I hear you brother! I braved 50F degrees in the garage on Saturday and started poking around on my 66. It didn't handle the long winter's nap very well. Murray woke up cranky and won't idle. Time for a carb rebuild, stock dizzy and a stock fuel pump. I've wanted to get back to stock anyway:)

Ugh.
I was out in the garage doing all sorts of things at 25-30 degrees all winter long... With a karosene heater though... :lol:

Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:15 pm

Man, some of you guys need to man up :wink: I drive all year long, sun rain snow whatever. The whole point of having a fun car is really DRIVING it, not just pussy footing around town. Drive 'em like they're supposed to be driven, hard and often!

Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:29 pm

That's right drive them all year long!

One for Winter

and one for Summer

Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:31 pm

Very Nice. :D

Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:02 pm

It's been 17 days since the bug joined us. Now it replaces the bus as kids' favorite ride to school. Other kids agree with this choice.

Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:16 am

My son and I put over 150 miles on our '60 Bug on Sunday (3/21), driving up to Simsbury, CT, to participate in the CT VW Association's "Spring Kick-Off Party." Great weather here in Connecticut brought out a good number of oldies, including a couple of "newbies" also (foreground):

Thanks Connecticut VW Association for organizing the gathering - http://www.ctvwa.org/