Something to think about

[Steve22]

I was feeling a bit depressed yesterday afternoon, so after I finished mowing the yard, I drove my ghia. Miraculously, as soon as I got out of the driveway, I was no longer depressed. This got me thinking... What is it in us that draws us to these elderly air cooleds? I remember when I got my first car, a 68 bug. My older brother said to me "You're the only person I know who dreams of owning a Volkswagen". I pawned it off as excitement of my own car; but now, some 30 years later, I realize, no it was the Volkswagen. There is something within all of us here in the VW community that is the same, whether we are illiterate, newbie, professional, hobbiest, or <insert how you classify yourself here>.
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'65 Karmann Ghia 'vert
'73 Super Beetle
'59 Beetle ragtop
'73 Sunroof Transporter

[dubtype1]

I know whatcha mean. I can never get myself to tear down my bug 'cause I won't be able to drive it till I get it back together. So I delay the repairs that take the bug out of commision for too long. Its a great feeling drivin' an aircooled, I enjoy every minute of it.
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MIAMI V-DUBS

Caleb
'65 Beetle project

[quattlebum]

I haven't been driving my bug that much in the past year due to it needing a lot of work and not having the area to work on it and stuff... I totally miss it... I'm hoping to get it up and running in the next few months so I can enjoy it again...

[myk648]

No doubt! I hate the winter just because I can't drive my beetle! As soon as the temp brakes 40 I pull her out of the garage and drive the hell out of it! Usually with a huge smile on my face.

[pyrOman]

I learned to drive in a '67 deluxe bus so it's been hopeless since day 1!
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Some people are so busy being clever they don't have time enough to be wise.

[ROADKILL]

I came home from the hospital in a new 1960 bug.
my mom used to put me in a basket in the back window well and
go to the store.
to this day I still like the sounds and smells of a old bug.
my dad still can't figure out why I've bought so many over the years.
chears

[sturgeongeneral]

I towed my first bug home at 14. Bought it for $50.00, and it had been sitting in a feild for 7 years. 1960 ragtop sunroof with a 36 HP. My dad said that if I could get it running good, looking good, and safe in all aspects, I would have something to drive when I was old enough. Lots of time with the idiot book, and lots of lawn cutting for parts money, I found my first true love. Bought a half dozen more over the next 7 years. Made bahas, built motors for sale and race, and had the time of my life! Now, I am 45. I had a kid run a red light last year and took me out on my Harley. Many surgeries later, I bought a 1971 Superbeetle project to help pass my healing time for $450.00. I rediscovered the passion!!! What a joy this has been! It didn't take long to rekindle the fever! Please forgive me, but I had forgotten how much joy a bug could bring! The rekindled passion has expedited my recovery, and the happiness spills over to all around me. Thanks VW for all the joy you have given me! Rick

[blarneyman]

My wife and I had 3 bugs in the first 4 years we were married (I brought one into the marriage). We always loved them, but our last one didn't have a back seat and a kid was on the way (family car time). Seventeen years later my oldest daughter (who we got rid of the bug to have) bought a 73 standard for her first car. She has loved them since she new what they were. Now my wife has a 69 bug and I have a 69 square project to work on. We are all happy as a little kid with his favorite toy!
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69 Beetle
70 Ghia(resto)

[canbug]

I didn't understand VW's and my wife wanted to buy a 68 bug for our sons 16th B-day. She warned me that they were very addicting. I was thinking " ya right" I was a Chevy 4x4 guy. She was right, that was 12 years ago. Now she drives the Ghia and I drive a 78 bus. It just makes both of us so damn happy. We have just converted our nieghbor to VW's and he does'nt understand why he even likes them yet. He just knows that he does.
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Water is for toilets.

Her 56 KG
His 56 KG
69 Single Cab, my new daily driver.

[vwjosh6070]

definately a major addiction, but, unlike most addictions, this one doesent really cause harm, lol. my first vw was also my first vehicle, my 67 camper. a few weeks after i bought Rita, (my 67), i bought a 64 Sundial for parts.... ill never do that again, it hurt too much inside. and my whole vw obsession was started by one little bus, a 60 SO-23 subhatch westfalia, which i bought for 500 bucks and will hopefully have on the road by november.


ill drive anything, but ill only own an aircooled volkswagen!
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josh, AKA "the infamous josh"

1973 Transporter "Floyd"

****Wheres my old bus?! 1967 Montgomery Ward Camper****

KI4MXO

[fastback1971]

My wife says its an obsession, and we have tried almost everything to cure it. Ive went to and thru motorcycles, imports, even a GM F-body,which I still own. But I always keep coming back to VWs. Doesnt matter, older, fatchick, bus, type 3, i dont care as long as its aircooled. Theres just something about these little cars.
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I refuse to tiptoe through life, only to arrive safely at death.

[Morganwerk]

I always feel better when I drive my Bug. Maybe because I feel like I'm 17 again. Maybe it reminds me of a simpler time, or the good times I've had in my Bug


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Gary
1966 1300 Sea Sand
2003 GTi VR6

[VWAdam]

With as much hell as my VWs put me through and all the money they take from me, driving one simply puts a smile on my face like nothing else I've ever driven.
I've now decided that split Buses are my favorite. I love driving my '67 bus more than my beetles and the type3 I used to have
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All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.

'59 Euro Beetle ragtop
'63 Standard Microbus

Come to my show! www.volksjam.com

Looking for badge/sticker/frame from Western Motors in Great Falls, Montana

[marklaken]

i am the same way and i'd say i've been mildly depressed as my bus has been under restoration since last fall...for me, it's the simplicity...there's nothing to distract you when you climb into an aircooled vw....just the road, the purr of the little engine, and the bobbing of the suspension as you slowly glide through the world...it's mildly surreal
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Wish List:
1967 Wesfalia SO-42 Parts Needed: Kitchenette, Cot Poles

'65 rear left beetle fender

15" Bus Wheels in fair condition

Mark Laken
Fort Collins, CO

[grateful65]

My first car was a 69 bug in high school. I stayed into VW's for several years and owned about 15 VW's until graduating college. I took a seven year hiatus from the VW scene and about a year ago bought my first split window. You don't know how good it felt to be back going down the road in an aricooled VW. I forgot how good the feeling was and I kicked myself for taking seven years off.



The only problem was my old Bug O Rama 25-29 t-shirts didn't fit quite the same
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stuff

[Aussie Greg]

I had a 3 year break from VW's and after buying my 1st home did'nt think I'd own another VW again. My father convinced me to sell any parts I had before moving house and so I did much to my regret. (and now his as he is also restoring a bug )

Then a mate of mine at work one day got talking about a Bug he had just purchased and needed some help with a carb problem it had. That was it from then on I was on a mission to buy another! I was hooked again!

I bought my 65 bug just a few weeks later and after a 12 month resto I drive it everyday. My family think I'm mad and they're probably right but, I get in my bug to go somewhere and I forget about any problems that I may have and its just a great release. I think driving it makes me feel younger LOL I will never sell any of my VW's that I accumulate from now on I will just restore them and enjoy them.

Any modern car is just boring.
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If it's not in a Volkswagen I'm not going!

My email - [email protected]

1963 Beetle
1965 Beetle
1982 Type 25 Transporter/Vanagon
1985 Type 25 Caravelle/Vanagon
2001 Golf

[Towel Rail]

[pyrOman]