How many of us have owned a vintage VW?

[Bill Douglas]

Three, four if you count the 911SC.

[Evans, Marv]

Bugs: '65, '66, '69, 71. Busses/campers: '64, '67, '71.

Forgot a '63 Baja bug.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

'63 crew cab pick up that my hippie boss made me buy for $275. Miss that truck, really loved it.

[Yorkie]

[pwd72s]

Funny..when in High Screwall, (graduated in '61) I loved VW...yet for some reason, never bought one. Only Porsche when it came to air cooled.

[dheinz]

Yes,while stationed in Germany in 1972, had a '66 squareback and a '67 bus.
My woods buggy is titled as a '67 Volkswagon....

[ckissick]

1973 Thing
1963 Baja Bug
1966 Baja Bug
1959 Convertible Bug
1950 Bug

I need to add an old bus to the list some day.

[Scott Douglas]

Back in '72 I was looking at buying a '67 VW Beetle from Beverly Hills VW. They wanted $800 for it if I remember correctly. While pondering whether or not I should buy from a dealer, I ran into an old girl friend. When I told her what was going on, she asked what ever happened to my BMW/Porsche dream?
That weekend I found a '68 BMW 1600 w/25k miles on it for $1600.
Ended up buying that car instead of the VW.
Looking back, I'm glad I did. I drove that little BMW all over the place (120k miles) finally selling it 9 years later for $1500.

[widgeon13]

3 Beetles actually, Black 66, Red 70 and Green 73.

[jhynesrockmtn]

First car was a 63 Bug. This was my last. 1968 Zink C4 FV. Raced for several years and sold it to a guy who still runs it in our club.

[jwasbury]

‘73 Bus/Westphalia was my first air cooled car. Had only 34k miles when I bought it in 1990.

[wdfifteen]

Many bugs and one bug convertible, a ‘61 bus, 2 Karman Ghias - none newer than 1967. After 40 VW less years, as of last January I have a ‘65 bug again.

[porsche4life]

What vintage? I’ve old air and watercooled cars!


It’s a sickness, but damn it’s fine

[thingmon]

White 63 Ragtop Beetle. Still have it.

[Embraer]

[Bill Douglas]

Awesome car, awesome pic' Embraer.

[Embraer]

Thanks! I bought that car from a kid for $1500. Lots of deals to be had in the desert of SoCal

[Tishabet]

73 standard beetle that I bought and restored for my first car, that was 22 years ago so the car was 25 years old at the time and I would have called it a vintage VW. Since then two wasserboxers have joined the herd, not what I would usually call vintage but 30 and 33 years old at this point. The 89 doka tristar remains my daily driver.

[T77911S]

64 bug
68 bug
72 ghia

[A930Rocket]

I don’t consider it vintage, but we had 74 Super Beetle. It went through hell and was still driving when sold. Easy to work on.