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I had a '64 camper, a '67 bus, and a '70 camper. The '64 had a 1500 motor. I drove all of them on the highway and used them to camp in. At the time I loved them. The '70 was much better than the '64 & '67 in terms of drivability. I eventually bought something newer, bigger and not VW and decided I'd never go back to a VW because the VWs had much worse brakes, suspension, handling, and power.
The one I liked best was my old '89 Ford Club wagon. It was plenty large enough for camping and hauling lots of stuff, had good power brakes, power steering, AC, etc. etc. (what luxury !) I loved it more. It had the old, iron, 4.9L inline six. Got terible mileage, but had around 250K miles on it when I sold it and ran great.
If you want to putt around and look retro, an old VW would be OK. If you actually want to go someplace, have much more interior room and hauling capacity and a safer vehicle, get something else.
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Marv Evans
'69 911E
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