Who drove their bug today?

[Lost69Convertible]

More CVA Bug-A-Fair:

A Bus Camper with fun paint:

A Double Cab do it yourself camper:

I Believe! :

The British Army captured and used many Kubelwagens and Schwimmwagens during WW2. They were impressed with the rugged reliability of these vehicles. And that contributed to their positive disposition toward the Volkswagenwerk after the war. I talked at length with the restorers of this vehicle. This is the fourth Schwimmwagen they restored. They find them in E. Europe:

Patina cars:

Baja and Dragster:

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[vamram]

Man those are some nice cars up there in RI. Meanwhile, down in FL, a typical tropic thunder rolls in over downtown Miami.

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[Cusser]

I drove my 1970, runs like when I got it in 1972 !!!!

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[Snoopy1971]

Drove about 60 miles to a car show in Chesapeake City MD ... only 1 other VW there, a 72 Vert ... saw a nice Mini Cooper, Austin Healey 100-6, & a 1969 Fiat 500 ... amazing that thing only had a 2 cylinder aircooled engine in it

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[vamram]

Adiós Miami until the next time. A couple of parting shots around different parts of town before hitting the road.

A fiery Miami sunset peering over western clouds...not a great pic but you get the idea.

Evening cruise around Wynwood Walls...

Correction, this is 836 going past the airport, probably on my way to Wynwood Walls....

All packed up and ready to go.

Mileage leaving Miami...

Arriving in Orlando before tomorrow's (well technically today now) Amtrak Autotrain trip back to VA.

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[PuddleRainbow]

We’re in Witchita Falls as of this post an way back to Newark NJ area from Big Bend National park. We are taking the long way. 3600 miles since June 26. Here’s some pics.

[vamram]

[PuddleRainbow]

My already weak horn died, or at least I thought it did. Bought a cheapie at Autozone because the horn was getting 12v when the circuit closed. Wrecked the original horn bracket during removal, then the new one didn’t work….bad fuse. Have figure out a new bracket when we get home. But that’s it so far.

[67rustavenger]

Reminds me of the last seen in Cast Away. "And if you turn North. There's a whole lot of nothing. All the way to Canada."

Honestly, These pics should have been in a dedicated "Road trip" thread.
It looks like quite the adventure.
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[PuddleRainbow]

That was a road construction detour during nonstop rain in middle of Oklahoma. The pic was taken at high ground after 2 miles of 6” mud where “stuck” and “backwards in ditch” both likely outcomes.

[PuddleRainbow]

Here’s some more pics since the kind interest:

(Sorry if I throw in a repeat, doing this from phone)

[EverettB]

Nice pics. I can't decide which is my favorite, maybe the train but the silos/plateaus/clouds ones are all super cool too.
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[PuddleRainbow]

Thanks Everett, I take it as high praise getting a comment from the boss. The boy said the train pic is his “insta like champ” so far. Of course we have all the trains ( planes, trucks and ships) anybody could want within 5 min from our house.

[vamram]

I have my phone w/a night-time lighting setting which showed the complete thread in black and white when I looked at the pictures last night. Some of them look even better in black and white.
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'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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[Rome]

Fantastic trip, puddle! Will you be staying on state or US highways instead of Interstates as a change once you get out of TX? How'd you end up in NM when it's still a few hundred miles west of BigBend? Is your son used to traveling with you in a cramped small car with no A/C?

[PuddleRainbow]

Hello Rome: we’ll probably stick to the byways through ok and ar will see how mo and il goes. If we can’t make decent time we’ll do a hybrid. I have a family stop in northern IN and lived there so it’s prolly be interstates from there to my beloved Jersey.

We bagged az at Hobbs through Jal just for kicks. We went west in ok-60(?) to Guyman and dropped down the panhandle. We also dipped into ks at Liberal. (Silo pic)

[PuddleRainbow]

Ok 412 to guyman.

[Gr0unded]

[PuddleRainbow]

Last day tomorrow. Indiana to New Jersey. Light work. Done 5000ish miles last week and a half. Some more pics:

@dawn_adam Instagram this is new beetle body on can-am, with ac. Saw them at lunch in Arkansas(?) they drove up in it from Louisiana. The put old bug bodies on Polaris sbs’s

[Snoopy1971]