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wheel607
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| 1961 Beetle, beryl grun, in 1966. It was 5 years old but rusted out like crazy. The education on all other beetles was and is priceless. I have owned VWs continually since the BEGINNING. |
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Shonandb
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... |
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My first car was a gold 1978 Honda Civic Hatchback but I was infatuated with a 1974 VW Thing that a neighbour had rebuilt but it was 3x the price of the Honda Civic. My 2nd vehicle was a 1973 VW Panel Bus and now I have a 76 Westy.
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76 Westy with a 2.5L Subaru SOHC + Vanagon (010) Automatic Transaxle
Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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scottyrocks
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Location: Long Island, NY
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:30 am Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... |
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My first car was a 1971 Toyota Corolla 2 door notch. The nickname for this body style was Peanut. Dark green, 1200cc engine, 12" wheels, 4 speed manual transmission, and not much else. Got it in late 1977.
My first VW was a 1979 Rabbit L, bought in 1982. Amazing car for the time. Quick and agile. I used to run away from much faster cars in traffic.
Prior to the Corolla, I attempted to learn to drive a standard in my Dad's 1971 Beetle. I wasn't very successful for a number of reasons, the bottom hinged pedals and the teacher being two of them. I successfully taught myself in the aforementioned Corolla.
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Shonandb
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... |
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| scottyrocks wrote: |
My first car was a 1971 Toyota Corolla 2 door notch. The nickname for this body style was Peanut. Dark green, 1200cc engine, 12" wheels, 4 speed manual transmission, and not much else. Got it in late 1977.
My first VW was a 1979 Rabbit L, bought in 1982. Amazing car for the time. Quick and agile. I used to run away from much faster cars in traffic.
Prior to the Corolla, I attempted to learn to drive a standard in my Dad's 1971 Beetle. I wasn't very successful for a number of reasons, the bottom hinged pedals and the teacher being two of them. I successfully taught myself in the aforementioned Corolla. |
Something like this one?
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76 Westy with a 2.5L Subaru SOHC + Vanagon (010) Automatic Transaxle
Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... |
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| scottyrocks wrote: |
My first car was a 1971 Toyota Corolla 2 door notch. The nickname for this body style was Peanut. Dark green, 1200cc engine, 12" wheels, 4 speed manual transmission, and not much else. Got it in late 1977.
My first VW was a 1979 Rabbit L, bought in 1982. Amazing car for the time. Quick and agile. I used to run away from much faster cars in traffic.
Prior to the Corolla, I attempted to learn to drive a standard in my Dad's 1971 Beetle. I wasn't very successful for a number of reasons, the bottom hinged pedals and the teacher being two of them. I successfully taught myself in the aforementioned Corolla. |
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Thank you for that picture! Wow, the memories.
That's actually a coupe, not a sedan, or notchback like I had as my first car. My second car was a coupe like the one in the picture.
My '72 coupe had a 1600cc engine and 13" wheels, a big step up from the first one.
Either one of them would run circles around a Beetle of that time (which I did on occasion).
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Abscate 
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Mine was a new 1974 Beetle.
Summer of 1974
It's currently sitting in my garage
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It’s 2024 and it’s still in his garage
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roggarrido56
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:46 am Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... |
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| My first car was a 72 Dodge Challenger 318, bought it in 1974 green with black vinyl top, air shocks and the price! $1,400.00 |
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Waldeck
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:52 am Post subject: Re: My first car was a.... |
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My 1st car was an Austin A30 with a Morris 1000 engine and gearbox and a real bodge job it was, reflected in it’s cost of just £11.10shillings (Before decimalisation).
2nd car was a Beatle not sure what year. Drove it around Germany and visited all countries on its boarders apart from the eastern block. Started at the 1972 German Grand Prix Nuremburg Ring. |
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