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BenAllmon
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then:
now: two owners later.
this one doesn't count:
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the autotester
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MacCan_SWE
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Location: Sweden
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My first.
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HerrrKafer
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Joined: June 02, 2004
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Location: East Fishkill, NY
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I was 12.
Bought it for $200 cause the fenders were cherry and I figured they alone were worth that. Hopelessly rotted, but drove it around the fields for a couple years, learned a bunch tearing it apart and made a killing selling parts. Good memories.
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blakiexcharles
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Joined: November 19, 2007
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Location: San Marcos, Ca
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LeviMan2001
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shano63 
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Joined: October 06, 2006
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Location: Stormville NY
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This was my first beetle, a 1970 I bought for $85. I was 17 (22 years ago), it didn't run, had flared fiberglass fenders cragar rims up front and some aluminium slots out back. It had blown air shocks so there were deep groves in the G60 tires out back. This is the day we first got it running, it lasted two weeks then the motor let go, got another motor then the wiring harness burnt up and it never ran again. I wish I had more pics because I thought that car looked so cool!!
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Sorry, Haven't visited this thread in a while, but no I bought this back in 1985 from a guy in shrub oak ny. Although I don't know where he got it from...
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thatdirtykid
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Here is my first, bought at age 16, sold at 20. I don't have a digital before image. Lots of things I would do differently.
I own a 72 super now. I wish I had the expendable income of a high school kid working 30 hour weeks again.
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Jon65
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Got my '65 in late 2005, bought and paid for at 15.
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estofer
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Location: Lawrence, Kansas
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Senior pictures in high school.....got to love the late 80's
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bandi
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Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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My super rotten '74 standard I bought when I was 15. I loved this car so much.
The floor under the back seat was pretty much gone and in the winter it would scoop up snow and recirculate it through the car. It was kind of like driving around in a snow globe.
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VWAdam
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My grandparents bought me this '59 Euro for $60 almost 25 years ago for my 3 year old self to play in in the backyard.
I was about 6 here.
Still have a ways to go but it looks rather different now.
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63Ragtop NZ
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That is so awesome man, is that a young adam's writing on the polaroid?
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VWAdam
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I'm pretty sure it is. 
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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thummmper
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Location: Meadow Valley, California Republic
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65 Baja bug I had for 10 years
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discoloredcurrency
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Started in watercooled and worked my way backwards haha
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TouringBubble
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I got my first (and only) ACVW back in 1996 ... this is me and some friends back in high school, probably around '97.
I've had her the whole time, so she is still my first VW. I'm very excited to get her back on the road! She's close to being complete ...
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Fish
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My ten year old 1968 convertible Karmann Ghia.
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Crappy picture of a picture of the After.
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Jhens21
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First was a 73 super. Bought it and drove it daily for 8 months. Currently have a 63 but have had several in between.
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