What age group are you in? |
21 & under |
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11% |
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22-30 |
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23% |
[ 405 ] |
31-45 |
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47% |
[ 797 ] |
46 & up |
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17% |
[ 302 ] |
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Copostyle Samba Member
Joined: September 18, 2013 Posts: 3 Location: San Dimas, Ca
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Male
Los Angeles
First car I owned was a 68 Bug
Just got back into the game with a 71 Notch.
No club |
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eyetzr Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2013 Posts: 1426 Location: Toronto, Ontario. Canada
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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51,Male Toronto, Canada. 1969 squareback (mild custom in progress) I have owned the car since 1989. Been together & apart & being reassembled again. No club |
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dingoid Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2013 Posts: 5 Location: Lawrence, KS
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Nor. East Kansas
No clubs, etc _________________ Don't Cup The Mic! (sound all sound guys everywhere) |
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Randall Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2004 Posts: 1403 Location: Orange County, Alta California, El Norte
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:20 am Post subject: |
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I'm surprised that nearly half of those in the poll at the top of the page are in the the 15 year range of 31 to 45. That means that someone who is 45 would have gotten their driver's license sometime from 1977 to 1984 (since this is a 7 year old topic). The point being, there weren't many aircooled VWs coming out of the factory after 1977; so the 15 to 23 year olds back then wouldn't have said to themselves, "Man, I'd love to have a VW."
I thought that the 46 and older crowd would have been way more represented than they are -- more than double their 12% figure. After all, VWs were one of the makes that the 46+ age group saw as new cars as kids. And the middle aged crowd tend to buy and restore cars that were new when they were young.
As for me, I am 63 and living in an undisclosed city in northern Orange County, California. I am such an old geezer compared with most of you Type 3 owners that I feel like the guy in this photo.
Eh? What's that you say, sonny?
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17974 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:15 am Post subject: |
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I am 64, so it's not like you are the oldest! My sister ran around with a girl that drove a square in High School. Later on my neighbor ripped around Redding in a square. I found my '67 square peeking out of the blackberries in one of my brown egg customer's yard and had to have it! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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Bobnotch Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2003 Posts: 22440 Location: Kimball, Mi
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Randall wrote: |
I'm surprised that nearly half of those in the poll at the top of the page are in the the 15 year range of 31 to 45.
I thought that the 46 and older crowd would have been way more represented than they are -- more than double their 12% figure. After all, VWs were one of the makes that the 46+ age group saw as new cars as kids. And the middle aged crowd tend to buy and restore cars that were new when they were young. |
Personally I'd think the over 46 group would be more into T-34s, since they've got more disposable income (well before the bottom fell out and killed all the IRAs in 2008/2009). And if you visit T-34 World, it sure seems like most of the T-34 owners are in the 50+ group, with only a handful in the 31 to 45 age bracket.
To be honest, back when I was growing up as a kid, I looked more at "muscle cars", and the like, as I was more into domestics, or other cool cars of the time, rather than VWs. It wasn't until after I got married, we had kids, that I really got into VWs, as they were "cheaper" to restore, and have a nice ride. Now, I don't know IF I'd call restoring any car cheap, as everythings gotten so damn expensive. I still wish I had a bunch of cars from my youth though, as now they'd be worth some money now, as they're "collectable" cars. _________________ Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
Tram wrote: |
"Friends are God's way of apologizing for relatives." |
Tram wrote: |
People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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Stevo Wide 5 Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2000 Posts: 1110 Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:00 am Post subject: |
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40!
Central Florida
Wide 5 Vintage VW Club!
Been driving air-cooled VW's for over 20 years! Owned a 66 pig ale type 3 in the early 90's! Been driving busses forever just car across a 66 square sunroof that I bought for a dailly few weeks ago! _________________ 62 Type 3 Notchback
Check out my Aircooled blog @ http://stevo.skyblogs.be
Wide 5 Vintage Volkswagen Club
http://www.wide5.com |
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superalex Samba Member
Joined: December 10, 2008 Posts: 60 Location: tavira, algarve, portugal, europe
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Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:01 am Post subject: |
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alexandre vicente, 41, portugal (europe)
1966 fastback
i also have:
62 type 1
70 type 1
61 type 2 (kombi) |
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Dirtsniffer Samba Member
Joined: October 31, 2010 Posts: 39 Location: Bend
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Silverton, OR
No Club, well me.. the Silverdonian with 2 VWs that don't run. Some day....
1963 notch, Paid $2000 for a roller in 2010
1961 Turkis Kombi, A rust bomb roller with all the parts, paid $2200 in 12/2013. What was I thinking.. time will tell. |
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LowNSlowSquare Samba Member
Joined: August 18, 2013 Posts: 30 Location: Long Island, New York
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Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Eastern Long Island, New York
1971 Squareback
Long Island Volkswagen Club |
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bohurley Samba Member
Joined: February 01, 2013 Posts: 10
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:07 am Post subject: |
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37 yrs young
Northern Indiana _________________ '68 Squareback
'83 Westy |
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slowfasty Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2011 Posts: 20 Location: Montana, USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Northwest Montana
4 years into a restoration project on my first car: a '66 fasty.
Not a member of any clubs - just a solitary airhead who hangs out with his 3 VWs. |
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Rick Cohen Samba Member
Joined: June 05, 2004 Posts: 8
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Male
N. Canton OHio
'63 Notch
Tram - Lou & Hy's is gone but Corky & Lenny's (a little farther away) is still serving up great beef tongue, corned beef & pastrami sandwiches! |
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Miguel Parot Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2014 Posts: 23 Location: Macon, France
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Hi there,
I am 59 and the club I will join soon is the "Samba members over 60"...
And yes, as most senior members I own a T34, year 1963, you can see her on the official T34 thread.
A member of two clubs :
-The Karman -Ghia club of France
-The Cox & Co. Club of Mācon, my home town.
(It's the local AC VW club. "Cox" is the short for "Coccinelle", = how the French call the type 1) Not many Frenchies on this forum... |
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Chino_UK Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 159 Location: Manchester, UK
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
32 male from Manchester, England, UK.
My 71 Fastback is 10 years older than me |
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WaltintheWorld Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2014 Posts: 1 Location: Nebraska
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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50 years young
Southeast Nebraska
No Club, but may be looking.
3 Fastbacks, 2 -72's and a 71. Only one running, but dreams of restoring the others, and maybe a Notch |
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Gunning Samba Member
Joined: March 10, 2014 Posts: 1 Location: United States
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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13 Woop! Woop! |
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Evilgtiguy Samba Member
Joined: April 15, 2012 Posts: 241 Location: Perth, Ontario
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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41
Male
Newmarket, Ontario Canada
1966 Fastback (sunroof)
No club yet (looking) |
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Natureboi Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2013 Posts: 18 Location: Singapore
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:23 am Post subject: |
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29
Male
From sunny Singapore
Yup, VW fever is strong here in the equator. Though there is only 1 type 3 variant on this small island 😄 |
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Scawelti Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2013 Posts: 13 Location: Burbank, CA
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:29 am Post subject: |
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45, male, Burbank, CA. Current ACVW: 1965 Type 3 Variant S.
Prior ACVWs include 62 Karmann Ghia, 72 Super Beetle, 74 Pop-top Westy. |
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