62 and 63 Bug Registry

[Steb Mo]

my 62 ragtop

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62 Ragtop- Otto
70 Ghia coupe- Ruby
72 Bus- Bessie

[mukluk]

My mother's '62, Maggie.

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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"

[Jeff Geisen]

Here’s mine

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I Corinthians 4: 1 thru 5

‘63 ragtop - ‘68 single cab

[Apostle_]

Fresh from the pasture! Late November 1962 build.

[ryans65]

this is my crusty 62

[scottyrocks]

[Spudleydoright]

My 63 that I picked up after the PO lost interest. He put on a narrowed beam, drop spindles and atomwerks plates on the rear. He stripped it out and stopped about 5 years ago. Mine now. Have the engine back together and running (on the floor of my garage). Got the old wiring out and new harness in.

[kinkerstinker]

my 63. stripped back to mostly OG paint.

[vdubdm]

Just got this Bug. Original 6V survivor

[EverettB]

[scottyrocks]

This is Henry, my '63. He's a stale air without the hood crest, which probably puts him as a late October/early November build. If anyone has a more precise range-of-date, feel free to let me know here.

I got him in 2016 after a long search. I wanted pre-67 Beetle, all stock, running and driving, and no major (structural) rust. I found this car a few blocks from my school in Brooklyn.

He was just about completely original - a real survivor. Didn't run great, but ran well enough to drive home about 20 miles.

Over the years I've treated him as I would any car. Keep it running, clean, and serviced. No restoration, but period-correct improvements as I would any car. I've done all kinds of relatively minor work on him to keep him going.

This past year the heads had to come off, and a bunch of other stuff had to be done that I'd never get to in any sort of timely manner, so he went to an excellent local VW shop. Now he's pretty much perfect, mechanically, and not bad in the looks department, either, although far from perfect. And that's perfectly good with me.
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“If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch'

[mikrobi67]

"Ottifan" 10.1961 -survivor

[slowfiveo]

my 63 Ragtop Herbie

[63RagDream4ever]

My recently acquired 63 Ragtop project

[stembridge]

I have one of each, a '62 sunroof and a '63 sedan. Obviously "stalled projects" for now (I've owned the '62 over 24 years). Pans are done, though! I should be done finishing out my shop in the next month or two, and the Bugs are at the top of my retirement project list.

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1962 VW Type I Sunroof
1963 VW Type I Sedan
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Philippians 1:6 (NKJV) …being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

[ty151]

My original 63 (august of 62)

[CatLady]

I'm the 4th owner of this '63. The OG owner purchased it from a dealership in Yakima, WA. The second owners purchased it from the same dealership in '68 and had it until a couple of years ago when they sold it to their friend, aka the guy I bought it from. He spent the last couple of years restoring it with plans to keep it but his wife's health needs cooler temps so they decided to sell. I drove roundtrip to the Western Slope of Colorado twice to get my paws on it.

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'76 Riviera
2.0 Liter
FI
Type 4

'63 Bug
1600 cc, 12V
Restored interior, OG paint

[IslandDroneGuy]

Currently transporting my 1962 from CA to WA.
Bought from my Dad who purchased it in 1991. I will be the 4th owner.

Originally sold in Germany and shipped to CA. The interior was redone in 2012, engine and paint are original.

She hasn't been driven (or washed/waxed) much in the last 10 years, but was a daily driver from 91-2001.

Can't wait to get her home and give her some love.

[Larmo63]

My ongoing improvement/restoration:

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Lawrence
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‘61 Mango Green Single Cab
'62 Pearl White Ragtop sedan
'66 Ruby Red Cabriolet
'86 Porsche 911 Carrera

[Larmo63]

Does it seem like there are more sunroof models in '62-'63?

Lots of them posted on this thread?
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Lawrence
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‘61 Mango Green Single Cab
'62 Pearl White Ragtop sedan
'66 Ruby Red Cabriolet
'86 Porsche 911 Carrera