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Post by Joe Saggese on Dec 6, 2019 11:36:19 GMT
I had a 1973 yellow Super Beetle. It was a fun car!!!
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Post by ptc on Dec 6, 2019 13:13:17 GMT
Off we go for another terrific weekned suto thread.
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Post by josef on Dec 6, 2019 13:16:51 GMT
The Volkswagen Beetle was available in West Germany and worldwide. But, the East Germans from 1957 to 1990 had to settle on the only available auto to family's, the "Trabant". They called it the "plastic car" in the East. It had no safety equipment, no turn signal indicator, no fuel pump so tank set above the engine and needed a gas/oil mixture. It also had no fuel gauge. The body was all 1 piece, made from waste materials. It was a 3 cylinder engine. There was a 10-13 year wait on this vehicle, so many families when they had a child and wanted them to drive, would apply for a car when they reached their 6th Birthday. The people so much wanted transportation besides horses and bicycles, that used vehicles would demand and receive almost double original cost. Here's a model I bought in East Germany the day after the wall came down, along with a piece of the wall and a post card of the day when the wall came down which I put all in a case to remember. The tie-in to Volkswagen is that the plant in former East Germany in 1990-91 tried to keep the car viable by installing Volkswagen engines. But the hatred for this obsolete car which design never changed, made it a failure. This is a 1/43 plastic model (probable also made from waste material).
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Dec 6, 2019 13:33:14 GMT
Who can forget the VW Bus?
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Post by Joe Saggese on Dec 6, 2019 13:35:03 GMT
Thats a great story josef.....
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Post by Adam on Dec 6, 2019 15:04:24 GMT
VW Bus is one of my favorites.
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Post by ptc on Dec 6, 2019 16:03:53 GMT
LOve the fins of the 50's.
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Post by ptc on Dec 6, 2019 18:15:43 GMT
This car is going to be on one of the "matchbook" signs Harry is doing.
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Post by Country Joe on Dec 6, 2019 18:16:02 GMT
Joe, I remember that VW commercial. I never had a Beetle but one of my friends did and I got to drive it, but I did have a Karman Ghia convertible in my youth.
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Post by ptc on Dec 6, 2019 18:17:05 GMT
Good looking Chev.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Dec 6, 2019 18:24:45 GMT
Joe, I remember that VW commercial. I never had a Beetle but one of my friends did and I got to drive it, but I did have a Karman Ghia convertible in my youth. But you did have a Beetle.......It just had a Karman Ghia body
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Post by Country Joe on Dec 6, 2019 18:29:27 GMT
Joe, I remember that VW commercial. I never had a Beetle but one of my friends did and I got to drive it, but I did have a Karman Ghia convertible in my youth. But you did have a Beetle.......It just had a Karman Ghia body That's true Joe. It was the same car underneath the sexier Karman Ghia body.
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Post by ptc on Dec 6, 2019 20:35:55 GMT
Terrific nose photo of this Ford Fairlane.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 22:02:13 GMT
Years ago my Mother had two VW Bugs. The first one was light tan with a red interior. Neat little car. There was a long dirt driveway on one side of the house and at age 11 I would drive up the driveway and reverse back down it. Found out the hard way that the floor pan for the back seats had rotted out. During a blinding rainstorm I was with her and she drove down a hill and stopped for the red light. So much water was gathered up that on the downward angle the water rushed forward and covered my ankles. We laughed like hell. The next V Dub was a light blue and the Body Shop Manager at the Chev, Olds, Caddy dealer where my father sold cars said that car needed a paint job. Basically it became a "shop project" at the dealership. Nobody knew what color it would be until it was completely finished. One of the mechanics souped-up the engine as well. We all gathered around this covered car for the big reveal. I was in tears from laughing so hard!! Picture a Bug painted HOT PINK metal flake. Very large metal flakes and lots of them. White bumpers, hubcaps, and door handles. Nice dual chrome exhaust tips though. In the sunlight it blinded you. The interior had been totally redone as well in a light cream vinyl with a blue roof liner. This thing was beyond WILD. Sounded good and was pretty quick. I said this thing could blind you....well driving down the highway the sun reflected so much from the metal flake that road signs were completely done in by the reflection and oncoming drivers would put their arms up to block the laser reflection as they were momentarily blinded by the damn thing. She drove it for a year and then sold it to a guy with a gargantuan red afro. That image is burned into my brain. She had another car built by the same guys, but I'll save that for another Friday. Below is a close color match. Gary.
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Post by ptc on Dec 6, 2019 23:02:38 GMT
Nothing like a fastback.
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