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1961 Double Cab |
| Purchased in February, 2007 in Vancouver, WA from
original owner of my 1963 15-Window. Original paint, interior, some
rust. Sold in 2020. |
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1966 21-Window Deluxe |
| Purchased in mid-2010. Got it running and driving
again, cleaned it up, and resold it in May, 2011. Original Velvet Green
Paint, TMI interior, 1600DP engine. |
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1964 13-Window Deluxe |
| Purchased in 2005. Drove it home and it sat in my
garage for a few years while I collected parts and very slowly
worked/had work performed on it. Finished it up in late 2008 and sold in
January, 2009 to help fund another Bus purchase. |
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1967 Beetle |
| Purchased in early 2008 from a local Phoenix owner.
Bought just to clean up and resell. |
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1961 Single Cab |
| Purchased in February, 2007 in Vancouver, WA as part of
a 2-Bus package deal. Sold in May, 2007 to offset cost of the other
Bus. |
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1967 Hardtop Westfalia |
| Purchased in December, 2006 from Colorado Springs, CO
when I won it on eBay because no one else bid.
Original Denver, CO Bus. Sold in January, 2007 |
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1963 Mouse Grey Standard Microbus |
| Purchased in September, 2005 from Mesa, AZ owner.
Daily drove off and on for a year. Sold when I bought my
Turquoise '63 15-Window Bus. |
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1957 Camper Panelvan |
| Purchased in September, 2006 from Flagstaff, AZ.
Purchased to resell. One owner car being sold by friend of
original owner's estate. Used for a time in the 1970s to deliver
flowers from farm north of Los Angeles, CA to LA area shops and local
markets. |
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1966 Double Door Panel |
| Purchased in March, 2006 from a local repair shop that
closed.
Bought so it didn't get crushed and to grab some parts for my '63
Standard and then resell or cut up. Wrecked and had at least been
rolled on it's left side, maybe worse. |
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1967 Beetle |
| Purchased in early 2006 from a local Phoenix original owner
when I saw it for sale in his driveway while buying some VW parts from
his neighbor.
Bought just to clean and resell. Nice! |
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| 1957 Kombi |
| Bought locally in Phoenix. "Parts" car condition
(to me). Bought as parts for '61 but didn't use much. Sold to
customizer... who eventually cut it up. |
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| 1961 Kombi |
| Bought from seller in Albuquerque. Originally
from Kansas |
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| 1963 Notchback |
| Bought from original owner in the Reno, NV area. Sold after a while to reduce my collection down to two Type 3s |
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| 1965 Type 34 |
| Bought it locally
in the Phoenix area to use as a daily driver while I looked for a
nicer Type 34. Sold when I found my '66 343. |
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| 1966 Type 34 Roadster |
| Bought and resold
this '66 Type 34 Roadster that I found. Project car but had new
brakes and a rebuilt transmission. |
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| 1967 Squareback |
| Daily driver '67
Squareback I found in Southern AZ in January, 2002, original Pearl White paint, near mint
condition!
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| 1965 Type 3 Ghia 1500S |
| Purchased from 2nd owner in
El Paso, TX. Flew there, tuned up and drove it home with a blown
exhaust and brake trouble. Spent about 12 hours cleaning the
dust out of it, then installed an NOS exhaust, redid the brakes with
an NOS master cylinder, rebuilt the carbs. Decided to sell to
fund the purchase of a nice T34. |
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| 1962 walk-thru 15-window Deluxe |
| Received
as partial payment for 1960 Double Cab. Running/driving vehicle
with minor rust. Fresh 1600DP engine, missing some parts.
Interior MIA except for front seats. |
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| 1958 Standard |
| Very complete 1958 Standard with 77K original miles.
Original paint, original engine, original transmission. Some rust in the left rocker and the
front lower nose areas. Purchased to build into daily driver but decided to sell due to
purchase
of another low-mileage VW. |
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| 1960 Double Cab |
| Sweet Double Cab with 66K original
miles. Purchased, drove as daily driver for a while.
Entered into 3-way trade agreement for another vehicle but it didn't
work out to my satisfaction. Decided to sell for cash offer from
trade participant. |
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| 1987 16v GTI |
| Purchased with part of the proceeds from the Notchback. Cosmetically ok, mechanically excellent, primary daily driver for over a year. Accessorized with 15" rims/tires and TT exhaust. |
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| 1963 Notchback
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| Purchased from California original owner. Drove
home to Phoenix, daily drove for almost a year, decided to sell it due to my 50 mile per
day commute and to finance my 1955 Kombi restoration. |
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| 1954
Single Cab |
| Purchased from California 3rd owner. Drove home to
Phoenix, daily drove for one week, then disassembled to put back to stock. New jobs
and giving my 1955 Kombi priority prevented me from working on it very often. Decided to sell it after 1 year of ownership.
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| 1965
Squareback 1500 S |
| Purchased from local 3rd owner. Barely driven home,
then brought back to life. Original 1500 S model, upgraded to a '66 1600cc
drive train. Accessorized with early Hella fog lights, an original roof rack, a
parcel tray and finger guards. Dutiful daily driver
for 1 year.
Sold to finance VW Truck purchase.
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| 1965 Variant |
| Bought cheap from friend of my brother to save it from the
wrecking yard. It had been parked for 5-6 years. Sold
it to someone who said they would get it going again. |
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| 1960 Single Cab |
| Bought as restoration project from man who had a camper
shell mounted in the bed and was living in it. It had a good 1600cc engine and
transmission and had never been hit. Replaced rear
brakes, shift coupler to make it driveable. The guy had been driving it with the right
rear brake line plugged by a nail and the shift coupler held together with a metal hanger
twisted into a loop.
Didn't realize the level of rust on the pan made it a serious
restoration project, which I had no motivation to undertake, so I sold it.
 
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| 1992 Jetta |
| Bought it in Marin county from the original owner. it had
been maintained and garaged by them and was in excellent shape. Used by Jennepher as a
daily driver for many years. Traded it for a non-VW
when the automatic transmission began failing the shift below 4000 rpms when cold (among
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| 1986 GTI |
| Bought cheap as commute driver. Had a damaged fender and
front grill, which I replaced in my front yard. Installed
a CD player, which got stolen. Installed a power ragtop from a Renault Fuego. Nothing like
using a sawz-all to cut a hole in your roof! I cut the springs to lower it (not
recommended!) and dyed the seats black with fabric dye, which turned out to be a really
bad idea cause they leaked when the humidity was high and I had to cover the seats in
plastic.
I had the timing belt replaced when it broke. A week after
I got the car back, the front motor mount broke, breaking the starter casing, bursting the
stock oil cooler, and severing some hoses.
Bought a house, so I sold it to buy a truck to work on the
house. |
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| 1963 MBZ 220S |
| Not a VW but a cool car nonetheless 43K original miles, bought
from 2nd owner.
Traded for next car - 1986 GTI |
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| 1963 Variant |
| Bought it after selling summer job truck. Pretty nice
Variant 'N' model. Original interior, lowered, rebuilt 1600c engine, converted to 12-volt. I installed an EMPI wheel and a full-length roof rack.
It needed some work, which I didn't have time to do once I
started working after college, so I sold it to get a more dependable commute vehicle.
 
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| 1963 Notchback |
| Bought it while I was selling my 1986 Scirocco but soon
found out it was a poor example of a Notchback. The
engine compartment was cut out for a Type 1 engine and a new front clip had to be welded
on. I installed a 2020cc upright engine for daily driving, built by a local VW shop.
Traded it for a truck I needed for my summer college job. |
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| 1986 Scirocco |
| Bought it with the proceeds of the 1983 GTI. Pretty nice
Scirocco, has a Kamei front spoiler, driving lights, and a 10-CD changer stereo system. I added a Turbo setup off a wrecked Scirocco. It was fairly fast at
that point but the top speed still was limited to 105mph due to a weak suspension.
Sold it to get a Notchback to someone who "didn't want
a sports car." :-) |
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| 1983 GTI |
| Bought with proceeds of 1956 Bug. Had new paint, Cabriolet
bumpers and side skirts, and a nice stereo. Had a very loud Monza-tip only exhaust. Replaced the transmission and the axles when the 3rd gear synchros
failed.
Sold it to buy anther Scirocco (I liked Sciroccos,
obviously) |
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| 1956 Bug |
| Traded my 1967 Squareback for it after my 1981 Scirocco
was wrecked. I became the second registered owner. It
was a pretty nice Bug, original condition with one repaint, 12-volt transmission and 1600
single-port engine, and a parcel tray.
The guy who traded me for it decided the next day the trade
was not fair to him (no kidding!) and he proceeded to threaten the call the police on me.
I convinced him he had no grounds since I had a bill of sale with his signature.
Sold it for a better daily driver because of electrical
problems. I should have kept it... |
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| 1965 Squareback |
| Bought it from a local guy for parts. Got a few things off
it before the city towed it without warning. I let the tow company keep it since the tow
charges were outrageous! |
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| 1981 Scirocco |
| Bought to replace 1967 Squareback but, while on-duty at my
pizza delivery job, someone ran a stop sign and I T-boned them. Naturally, they sued my
insurance company even though the police report said it was 100% their fault. I returned
to work after the accident and received a call requesting another pizza - the caller's
pizza had been flipped and folded inside the box. I can only assume it was the pizza that
was in my car since it was delivered by another driver! I decided to keep ownership of the car when it "totaled" by the
insurance company and immediately sold it for parts to a junkyard. Kept parts like the
exhaust tip, which the junkyard guy cut off with a torch right next to the gas tank. (We
hid behind a wall at the time.) |
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| 1967 Squareback |
| Traded my 1978 Scirocco for it. Pretty nice mildly custom
Squareback. It had shaved door handles, picture windows, one-piece windows, and a rebuilt
1641cc engine with a close-ratio transmission. Got it
painted white by a friend of a friend and I installed gauges from a Porsche 914 along with
additional oil temp, oil pressure, and voltmeter gauges from VDO.
Blew the engine while driving to Southern California to
college, the rear main seal was leaking really bad. Got the engine rebuilt by a
local ex-VW mechanic on break from school and drove it down for my Sophomore year.
Traded it for a 1956 ragtop Bug a little while later.
    
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| 1978 Scirocco |
| My first car. Bought it from a local second owner. It had
a little surface rust, so I spray painted it black, then I decided to "white it
out," since that was the style back then. I accessorized with a spoiler and rear
louvers from J. C. Whitney I abused the car to its
extremes, mud bogging in a local dirt lot and ramming shopping carts. The fun ended one
rainy night when I was peeling out and shattered the transmission casing, throwing pieces
through the hood of the car.
Swapped out the transmission and replaced a few other parts
like the electric fan as they were victims of the damage. Ended up trading it for my next
VW. |
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