Joseph and his multicolored 65 VW
I was browsing Flickr for some Beetle restoration pictures and getting some ideas for my interior work that i have planned for this summer.
Joseph and his multicolored 65 VW
Originally uploaded by wvgasguy
My brother gave me this car. Debbie and I painted it. (you can tell, can’t you) This was my first of many cars to drive through the years. Thankfully none of them were as bad as this one.
In browsing around, I was surprised to find that there were not only pictures of people and their old VW’s, but many posted their stories as well.
This may become a regular feature, but I’d also like to hear from the readers. What’s your VW Beetle memory?
LOL, this is me and I stumbled across the site. Both my brothers drove this car in the late 60′s. It rolled over in the median one time on the interstate when a semi passed it. When I got it the fenders were all messed up. Being the 60′s my girlfriend and future wife decided to paint it. With artist brushed and flocked flourscent paint for the hood inserts.
When the car finally died, it sat by the house for 6 months and then one day, from the window in the TV room, I saw it rolling down the road. It went out into the street and hit a brand new mercury marquis.
Finally, a student at WV State, wanting a commuter car came and looked at it. He was able to do what we could not for 6 months. That is get it started. He traded us a 1959 Corvette (it’s true) that was just as buggered up as the VW. Some one had installed a 2 speed pushbutton shifter in this vette. Seriously. We scrapped the vette for parts and came out pretty good
Also, in high school I had to park on a hill because I could put one leg out of the door and push to get it rolling and then jump start it with the clutch. What a piece of crap this car was.