Classic Volkswagen Facebook groups?

shelbylynn

Hello to all the vw lovers out there! My name is Shelby and I am 24. I am working on restoring a 1962 bug and a 1970 campervan. All of the Facebook groups I have found have been for 1980s-current vws and audis. While I can totally respect that people like different things, those groups are not for me. Does anyone have any recommendations for classic groups that focus strictly on air cooled VWs?

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hopkin · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 3:07 am Post subject:

Try Vintage Volkswagen Club of America.
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mg6770 · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 7:59 am Post subject:

There are a bunch of VW groups on fb. Do a search on fb using any of the terms, vintage / bus / bug / VW / classic... cheers
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shelbylynn · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 11:48 am Post subject:

Thank you Hopkin! I had tried searching but there are so many fan pages that I really had to dig for the few groups I could find, and they were mainly newer vws.

Glenn · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:10 pm Post subject:

You're on the Samba, why would you need to go anywhere else?
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Brian · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 5:18 pm Post subject:

shelbylynn · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 7:03 am Post subject:

Glen and Brian you both have good points! I've never used a forum like this before but so far it's seeming pretty awesome!

Dr OnHolliday · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 8:42 am Post subject:

Brian · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 12:07 pm Post subject:

The Samba has probably the best format/layout of any forum site.

Doc, it's bad. It's as bad as having a political debate on facebook.
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static · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 6:44 am Post subject:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2362239654/

(VW Westfalia camper buses)

Miklo · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 10:09 am Post subject:

Always something interesting going on at our local club garage.

www.facebook.com/NoBudgetGarage.

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joe56vw · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 12:32 pm Post subject:

most of the facebook groups I have either look at or have belonged to at one point were all local groups who only invite people join if the leader knew them or were friends of someone with good standing in the group already

BTW sometimes this place can be very annoying to ask a technical question on for some people since you get 20 different answer to most of them or you get the standard 'do a search' answer

don't get me wrong this place is full of great info and knowledgeable people but I delete a lot of my posts before even submitting them because I don't to deal with the responses Wink

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EverettB · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 4:20 pm Post subject:

pb_foots · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 4:26 am Post subject:

It's not the length of the answers that's the issue on FB, it's the keyboard warrior anonymity. Post any kind of question and you'll be lucky to get one serious answer and 75 reasons why you suck for asking. Then it'll go completely off track and become something even more unrelated and unreadable.

A forum format typically has a better sense of community, and is better at policing itself.

djkeev · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 5:29 am Post subject:

I've joined two other groups,
LiMBO
And
Vanagon Owners

What I appreciate is that the users are real people with real names.
Sure, they could be lying when they sign up.

I do believe that when one only has a user name with noT using a real identity that you get online personas that would never appear in real life. Bullying, rudeness, etc.

I in general would be in favor of real name use in our forums. I think it would become a kinder gentler place overall.

As far as thesamba vs Facebook? We here have a wonderful resource of information on file, searchable information with years and years of user input, often by qualified posters.
Facebook is more like asking your neighbor if he knows the answer to a question and getting an immediate answer..... Right or wrong.
Often links are given to very real and excellent information found here.

They each have their use and purpose. Thesamba is the New York Times of VW information, The facebook sites are more like VW People Magazine.

And the "use the search" comments so prevelant?
It's just rude.
Help the poor guy, he may be new, he may be old, he may simply not be able to find what he is looking for.

True, we aren't hand holding librarians but simply saying to use the seach is like telling someone on the street who asks you where a particular store is to "get a map" and walk away from them.

All the above is simply my humble opinion.

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Dr OnHolliday · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 8:19 am Post subject:

With data mining etc, I would not use my real name. Too many hints about me in various posts already tho.

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean the .gov and others arent out to get me
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EverettB · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 8:55 am Post subject:

shelbylynn · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 9:04 am Post subject:

Thanks everyone for the responses! I am not concerned with being anonymous because I do public performances at car shows, so that went out the window a long time ago! Also, I would have a hard time trusting an anonymous person to give advice... but that's just me. I am really enjoying the Vintage Volkswagen of America group and got a lot of actual sound advice on rebuilding my 28 solex carb last night. I will definitely be checking out the other groups as well! And the just search it is kind of a joke because there are soo many different pages and groups that pop up, so I greatly appreciate the people who have helped me out! And honestly I'm a 24 year old female new to actually working on engines, so this site is kind of intimidating because I don't want to come off as stupid!

kamesama980 · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 11:13 am Post subject:

I'd argue the map/street analogy doesn't hold up. If the person had a nice GPS in their hands, it does hold up. The problem isn't that the info isn't out there but that it's usually not obvious and the correct answer might be buried in a hundred idiotic arguments about analogies.

pb_foots · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 12:09 pm Post subject:

No way I'm using my real name on the interwebs, particularly FB. Nothing too weird, I just really, really don't want friends from high school, etc. looking me up. Everyone from childhood that I cared about I'm still in touch with. I have footprints all over the web and wouldn't be hard to find if someone was motivated, but I don't see any reason to help the process.

My wife has something like 900 'friends' on FB, and like most people, 2 or 3 in real life.


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