Author |
Message |
vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7317 Location: NOVA
|
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:23 pm Post subject: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
My wife & I are completing a 2-week 30th anniversary vacation traveling thru chunks of Spain. Amazing trip! Sadly, these are literally the *only* ACVWs we encountered while driving from Barcelona thru Cordona, Valencia, Granada, Murcia, Sevilla and then the train from Sevilla to Madrid back to Barcelona!
Cool ones, but I was hoping to spot more *real* ones!
Bus w/a message...
And a VW cruise...! Of sorts....
_________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.’”
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'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.
Click to view image
Save the Supers!! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ALLWAGONS Samba Member
Joined: June 03, 2000 Posts: 4197 Location: Pasadena CA/DTLA soon China
|
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
When I drove through barcelona, I looked and looked and not a VW in sight. Just an abandoned Green Late bus on one of the main streets. I found a VW dealership and My Mexican Spanish offended the VW sales people. I asked for Refacciones (spare parts) and they didn't quite understand or pretended not to. I wanted a dealership key chain or VW brochures in Spanish (bought of course) NADA! F Barcelona VW! _________________ I'd be UNSTOPPABLE if not for Law Enforcement and PHYSICS.
I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.
Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.
NON INFLUENCER APPROVED |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ALLWAGONS Samba Member
Joined: June 03, 2000 Posts: 4197 Location: Pasadena CA/DTLA soon China
|
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:41 pm Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
vamram wrote: |
My wife & I are completing a 2-week 30th anniversary vacation traveling thru chunks of Spain. Amazing trip! Sadly, these are literally the *only* ACVWs we encountered while driving from Barcelona thru Cordona, Valencia, Granada, Murcia, Sevilla and then the train from Sevilla to Madrid back to Barcelona!
Cool ones, but I was hoping to spot more *real* ones!
Bus w/a message...
And a VW cruise...! Of sorts....
|
All those souvenirs are Made in China _________________ I'd be UNSTOPPABLE if not for Law Enforcement and PHYSICS.
I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.
Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.
NON INFLUENCER APPROVED |
|
Back to top |
|
|
vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7317 Location: NOVA
|
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
Probably...And the real Bug was likely made in Mexico. _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.’”
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'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.
Click to view image
Save the Supers!! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
alex857 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2010 Posts: 714 Location: Stuttgart/Germany
|
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:21 am Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
Actually it is a "Sparkäfer" (economy model: less chrome, painted dashboard, no lid for the glove compartment); they never made these in Mexico. My guess is a German produced car 1974-1978 or Yugoslawian production 1974-1978. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
scottyrocks Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2016 Posts: 2670 Location: Long Island, NY
|
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:49 am Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
Also, no vents on engine lid, or behind the rear quarter windows. It looks like a U.S.-style '73. Did this car have a smaller engine than U.S. cars of that era? _________________ “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' |
|
Back to top |
|
|
vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7317 Location: NOVA
|
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
No rear window vents but with the indentations is post-87 Mexi-Beetle touch. All post-70 Beetles in the US had vents on the rear deck lid. _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.’”
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'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.
Click to view image
Save the Supers!! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
alex857 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2010 Posts: 714 Location: Stuttgart/Germany
|
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
Deck lid without slots means 1200 engine 34 hp. And European economy models did have the indentations instead of the rear vindow vents from 1971 to 1978.
Compare: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/75_all/6.jpg |
|
Back to top |
|
|
vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7317 Location: NOVA
|
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:15 am Post subject: Re: VWs en España...No! |
|
|
I didn't know that about the European models. Learned something new! _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.’”
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'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.
Click to view image
Save the Supers!! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|