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clay ford
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i know theres some people on here who have a mini junkyard of vw's but who has the most ? i used to have 6 bugs in total
2 71 supers
3 68 bugs
1 62 bug
only 4 of these have actually run
1 is my dd
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rustfree1967bug
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I'm 17 and so far I have owned 20 aircooled vws. Right now I have
'66 bug
'70 bug
'73 bug
'70 bug convertible
'66 panel bus
'57 standard bus
'74 super beetle
'70 karmann ghia
'79 westfalia
'61 bug
'71 bug
'74 super
And will be picking up a '67 double cab this spring and possibly a '72 westy
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buck
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it not about quantity but quality  |
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Cusser
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I only have two, but the '70 for 37 years now, and the '71 for 33. So I've got a good average going, 35. Glenn's the original owner of his 74, so he's at 35 years.
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TheRustySuper
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| buck wrote: | | it not about quantity but quality |
In that case I'm really screwed...I have one rusty '72 Super 
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BugMan114
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I have 7 right now.
-74 super DD (the only one that works, lol)
-71 std bug, with 1929 mercedes benz kit body.
-61 Baja
-69 baja
-berrien 952 sand rail
-Mostly Home made sand rail
-Rusty as hell sand rail
and the only one i've ever sold was actually traded to get the 952 sand rail, and it was a manx or manx clone buggy (but prolly a clone). i hope to get that back eventually tho, lol. hopefully i will, cuz i really miss it 
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canucker
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| rustfree1967bug wrote: | I'm 17 and so far I have owned 20 aircooled vws. Right now I have
'66 bug
'70 bug
'73 bug
'70 bug convertible
'66 panel bus
'57 standard bus
'74 super beetle
'70 karmann ghia
'79 westfalia
'61 bug
'71 bug
'74 super
And will be picking up a '67 double cab this spring and possibly a '72 westy |
How the hell is that possible? how many are acaualy yours. that you bought and paid for with out any help from mom and dad and were not given to you.
My family has 3
76' bug
90' westfalia
97' Mk3 Golf (mine) |
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rustfree1967bug
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The '66 I borrowed part of the money from my parents but am paying them back. My dad payed for the first '73 bug. The rest on that list I payed for on my own. My dad has hauled them home and used his gas though. So that helps out. And he payed $10 for a dastback I had and $250 for two '67 bugs. But everything iv'e gotten in the last year has been bought with my money. Just so you know most of the cars on that list are parts cars and have only payed $500 at the most besides the '66.
I just don't spend my money on other crap
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shano63 
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Not as many as some but here's my list of vw's
1970 bug, my first back in 1985
2 1972 bugs
1969 bug
1970 bus
1973 bug
1971 bug
1966 bug
1963 bug, bought in '93 and is my current ride
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BugMan114
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i can see it being completely possible. i'm 20, but had 7 VW's since i was 19. But there have been many more i could have had. i have been offered many cars over the years for free or really cheap. one guy offered me two for $100 (70's models) because they were at a house he was clearing, and they were there, another guy offered me one for free, cus he's had it for years and its just been sitting in his yard. one guy offered me four bugs for $50 (to cover the gas for him to bring them to me). and a few others i forgot about. if i took advantage of all those offers at the time i would prolly have over 25 VW's right now. but after a while i realized that whats the point in collecting all those VW's if was just gonna let them sit and rust away. so i passed on those offers.
but a few of them i couldn't pass up. the unknown rail, i got for free from a friend who live a mile away, and was gonna junk it. It was in really good shape, so i couldn't pass it up. he even brought it to me for free, even tho i tried to pay him, he wouldn't take it. The other was the 29 mercedes benz kit car on a 71 bug chassis. buddy of my dad had it lying around his house and let me have it. took me 15 mins to get it running. the last was the 69 baja. free CL find, it was an unfinished project. guy had it listed as a free body, but was basically the whole car. chassis was stripped and painted, body was stripped, just needs paint. the 61 baja i got for $125 at a yard sale. the rusty rail i got for $200, but came with a crap load of parts.
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1960 Baja Bug
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TheRustySuper
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| BugMan114 wrote: | i can see it being completely possible. i'm 20, but had 7 VW's since i was 19. But there have been many more i could have had. i have been offered many cars over the years for free or really cheap. one guy offered me two for $100 (70's models) because they were at a house he was clearing, and they were there, another guy offered me one for free, cus he's had it for years and its just been sitting in his yard. one guy offered me four bugs for $50 (to cover the gas for him to bring them to me). and a few others i forgot about. if i took advantage of all those offers at the time i would prolly have over 25 VW's right now. but after a while i realized that whats the point in collecting all those VW's if was just gonna let them sit and rust away. so i passed on those offers.
but a few of them i couldn't pass up. the unknown rail, i got for free from a friend who live a mile away, and was gonna junk it. It was in really good shape, so i couldn't pass it up. he even brought it to me for free, even tho i tried to pay him, he wouldn't take it. The other was the 29 mercedes benz kit car on a 71 bug chassis. buddy of my dad had it lying around his house and let me have it. took me 15 mins to get it running. the last was the 69 baja. free CL find, it was an unfinished project. guy had it listed as a free body, but was basically the whole car. chassis was stripped and painted, body was stripped, just needs paint. the 61 baja i got for $125 at a yard sale. the rusty rail i got for $200, but came with a crap load of parts. |
I wish people would offer me free cars. I would have no place to keep them, of course. Unless I hauled them 140 miles away to my grandpa's farm, he has a few buildings. I'm 16 and slowly paying off my Beetle, since I have no job.
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LeviMan2001
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| TheRustySuper wrote: | | BugMan114 wrote: | i can see it being completely possible. i'm 20, but had 7 VW's since i was 19. But there have been many more i could have had. i have been offered many cars over the years for free or really cheap. one guy offered me two for $100 (70's models) because they were at a house he was clearing, and they were there, another guy offered me one for free, cus he's had it for years and its just been sitting in his yard. one guy offered me four bugs for $50 (to cover the gas for him to bring them to me). and a few others i forgot about. if i took advantage of all those offers at the time i would prolly have over 25 VW's right now. but after a while i realized that whats the point in collecting all those VW's if was just gonna let them sit and rust away. so i passed on those offers.
but a few of them i couldn't pass up. the unknown rail, i got for free from a friend who live a mile away, and was gonna junk it. It was in really good shape, so i couldn't pass it up. he even brought it to me for free, even tho i tried to pay him, he wouldn't take it. The other was the 29 mercedes benz kit car on a 71 bug chassis. buddy of my dad had it lying around his house and let me have it. took me 15 mins to get it running. the last was the 69 baja. free CL find, it was an unfinished project. guy had it listed as a free body, but was basically the whole car. chassis was stripped and painted, body was stripped, just needs paint. the 61 baja i got for $125 at a yard sale. the rusty rail i got for $200, but came with a crap load of parts. |
I wish people would offer me free cars. I would have no place to keep them, of course. Unless I hauled them 140 miles away to my grandpa's farm, he has a few buildings. I'm 16 and slowly paying off my Beetle, since I have no job. |
Hehe, I got a free car  It was $50 but then after talking to the guy (not necessarily about the car, just VW stories and such) he said he enjoyed talking to me and I could have it for free!
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shano63
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The guy I bought my 63 from had two 914s he wanted to give me. I had to pass because I was still living home at the time. Mom would've flipped!
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aveyinc
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Been to a yard that some guy owned in Iowa with over 250. Too bad I was so type 3 centric at the time. I could have made some real finds, but I didn't know what to look for if it wasn't on a type 3. Oh well.
But that being said, the cars were rusted together horribly and it was hard to get out a single bolt or screw. Towards the end of the trip, my friend and his family, and I were sliding the top half of a 15 window bus over a forest of bays, jumping from car to car, and occasionally swinging on a vine through clouds of mosquitoes. Geez, what a crazy time. So daunting really. It was not VW heaven. It was VW hell!
Ownership is subjective. No one can win the title of most VWs really. I have one friend with about 15, but gosh... how many does Richard Kimbrough have?
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volks kidS
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In the family there are many (theres only four members)
I have started my collection with (i'm only 15)
1974 baja shared w/brother(had since 13yrs)
1976 bug
Brother(16yrs old)
sand rail
1974 baja shared w/brother (had since 14yrs)
My Dad and Mom
1957 oval turbo'd
1970 ghia turbo'd
1973 ghia
1965 manx
1968 cal look bug
1983 vanagon
1991 vanagon W/turbo'd 2L 16v
1983 Jetta
1989 jetta td
1980 german Rabbit raised
1986 westy
2000 jetta
1993 golf
1992 GTI
the above are the drivers the following are the projects
1979 convertible bug
1969 double cab
1970 singlecab
1968 doublecab
1968 hippy bus
1973 sign bug
custom 1973 raised super beetle (6'2 @ driprail)
2- foxes
2-passats
5-mk2's (4- Jetta's 1-golf)
8-bays
5-vanogans
2-1971 super beetles
1967 bug(parts)
1974 super
1-american rabbit
2-german rabbits
1-cabriolet rabbit
1973 superbeetle
glitterbug truck buggy body
1975 Sterling kit car 1 of the first 500 made
So in total thats 58 cars all but only 3 arn't rollers. |
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Tyler C.
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I am 14 and I have
1969 Bug given to me, my mom's first car.
1970 Bug flipped got for $600 great considering the 1914cc it has!
1970 Bug ran when bought now not got for a grand.
1972 Bug great shape! mom bought.
1971 Super got for 75$ body is rusty so going to scrap the body
1970 Super body putting on the 71 pan, got the body free.
1974 Super body got for free
1973 half rear section of a bug got for $50
So its possible for some one young to have alot of vw's! I am working on getting a ghia right now!!
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BugMan114
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| volks kidS wrote: | In the family there are many (theres only four members)
I have started my collection with (i'm only 15)
1974 baja shared w/brother(had since 13yrs)
1976 bug
Brother(16yrs old)
sand rail
1974 baja shared w/brother (had since 14yrs)
My Dad and Mom
1957 oval turbo'd
1970 ghia turbo'd
1973 ghia
1965 manx
1968 cal look bug
1983 vanagon
1991 vanagon W/turbo'd 2L 16v
1983 Jetta
1989 jetta td
1980 german Rabbit raised
1986 westy
2000 jetta
1993 golf
1992 GTI
the above are the drivers the following are the projects
1979 convertible bug
1969 double cab
1970 singlecab
1968 doublecab
1968 hippy bus
1973 sign bug
custom 1973 raised super beetle (6'2 @ driprail)
2- foxes
2-passats
5-mk2's (4- Jetta's 1-golf)
8-bays
5-vanogans
2-1971 super beetles
1967 bug(parts)
1974 super
1-american rabbit
2-german rabbits
1-cabriolet rabbit
1973 superbeetle
glitterbug truck buggy body
1975 Sterling kit car 1 of the first 500 made
So in total thats 58 cars all but only 3 arn't rollers. |
Ummm........ You win  ,lol
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Aircooled Airheads
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clay ford
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| BugMan114 wrote: | | volks kidS wrote: | In the family there are many (theres only four members)
I have started my collection with (i'm only 15)
1974 baja shared w/brother(had since 13yrs)
1976 bug
Brother(16yrs old)
sand rail
1974 baja shared w/brother (had since 14yrs)
My Dad and Mom
1957 oval turbo'd
1970 ghia turbo'd
1973 ghia
1965 manx
1968 cal look bug
1983 vanagon
1991 vanagon W/turbo'd 2L 16v
1983 Jetta
1989 jetta td
1980 german Rabbit raised
1986 westy
2000 jetta
1993 golf
1992 GTI
the above are the drivers the following are the projects
1979 convertible bug
1969 double cab
1970 singlecab
1968 doublecab
1968 hippy bus
1973 sign bug
custom 1973 raised super beetle (6'2 @ driprail)
2- foxes
2-passats
5-mk2's (4- Jetta's 1-golf)
8-bays
5-vanogans
2-1971 super beetles
1967 bug(parts)
1974 super
1-american rabbit
2-german rabbits
1-cabriolet rabbit
1973 superbeetle
glitterbug truck buggy body
1975 Sterling kit car 1 of the first 500 made
So in total thats 58 cars all but only 3 arn't rollers. |
Ummm........ You win ,lol |
do you guys own a shop ?
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volks kidS
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. | Quote: | | do you guys own a shop ? |
The answer is yes, but theese cars are personal and have nothing to do with the business |
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| 1 mid 70s Street Legal Chenowth Rail and 80s Street Legal Hi Jumper rail. We are looking for a Baja, just haven't found we want yet. So basically not enough. |
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