How many 911 owners here owned a VW Beetle first?

[livirie]

Originally Posted by DaveE

Reading the thread about stuffing a six in the back of a Bettle made me ask this question. I owned a 1970 Beetle for about 6 years through the late '70s before I bought my first 911 and later owned a VW Bus. Did our disease start with the Bug infection? I guess this applies mostly to the older Pelicans.

smily back at cha!.....98 Boxster,,,,darn ck engine light on again same crap since 2005...air bag light on...mechanic reset..on again..........1968 912 Best Car Award by me....too much rust..had to go...1968 Karmann ghia,,,Never Should have sold....1964 Bug....Never Should Have Sold.........First Car 1963 Chevy Super Sport Convert......NEVER NEVER NEVER Should Have Sold!!! have fun...best len!

[KobaltBlau]

Still haven't owned a VW but am much more likely to own a RWD one after owning a few 911s! Most likely next is a Vanagon or a cheap bug if times get tough!

[Fritter]

Very nice JB

[L917sgo]

Add another. Bought new 68 bug as a young buck for 2k, ran it for 150k+ and sold it for 0.3k. What a deal. There were quite a few firsts in that car. :-)

[windblown]

1st car was a 66 bug w 2180 balanced and blue printed motor my Dad and I built, then a 52.5 oval window bug. Wife currently has new beetle and I get to drive the Porsche!!! woohooo!

[j911brick]

First car was a '66 bug, but I wanted a Porsche long before that. I actually got the bug by default as it was handed down from my father.

[NeedSpace]

My desire for a Porsche has been there for while. I first car was a 1980 VW Rabbit diesel followed by a 1970 Karmann Ghia and a 1969 Bug. I think my confidence in being able to work on the Porsche started with my work on my first 3 VWs.

My car preference has grown to be almost exclusively German...I currently own an Audi, Mercedes and now Porsche. I wouldn't mind a BMW 2002 so I guess that leaves the Messerschmitt and Borgward, eh?

[Dick Shift]

Re: How many 911 owners here owned a VW Beetle first?

Certainly not! And furthermore I wouldn't admit to publicly if I had.

No shame?

:-)

[IanTBoyd]

First car was a 66 bug, pile of rust. But a great learnin tool/expierence. Moved into 914's and 911's from there. Currently looking for a nice 1303 to have fun with

[vanderbott]

Owned a 1960 Coral Red Ragtop Euro beetle with semaphores! Still kinda miss that bug even if you could never expect it to get anywhere fast.

[dhagood]

i learned to drive in a 66 squareback.

the first car i ever owned was a 70 beetle.

i've also owned a fastback, a bus, and the first edition jetta.

[kinein]

i was 16 years old my first car was a 1963 ragtop bug with a 1600 dual port, with a W decklid i added baby webers to it with a single pack exhaust. lol things u do when u are 16........i owned another bug afterwards 1965 bug with a 1635 with pea shooters. since then 79 911 sc, and now freshly painted as of a few days ago

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/paint-bodywork-discussion-forum/604426-finally-painted-my-car-check-out.html

built the way i always wanted from the time i owned my first VW

[Regal911]

In 1977 I got my first car, it was a 76 Ford Pinto that I shared with my sister. As soon as I could pull the funds together, I bought a 69 VW Baja Bug for $1000. Air cooled was great... scraping the frost off the inside of the windows while driving in the winter was memorable.

[fitchesbass]

Probably one of the first "cars" I ever drove was a dune buggy based on a 60s Beetle. My dad and uncle built it back when they were my age. I'm too young to have owned an Beetle back in the day though.

A couple years ago me and my cousin rebuilt the buggy after it sat for 10 years. I rebuilt the Type I in my dad's garage.

Here it is after I was in progress and when it was done.

(914 engine in the background too LOL)



The ghetto garage test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_vIhsVRYSM&feature=g-crec-u

[rokemester]

My first car was a 66 Bug which I totaled after a few months. Next was the 65 sunroof Beetle pictured here:




...and still have one, a 66 Bug I picked up a few years ago from my Uncle. Tucked in for the winter mode:

[Craig T]

My first car was a 67 bug. I rolled it turning into a Denny's parking lot too fast at 2:00am in the morning. It landed on the wheels and started right up. We took it to my friend's dad's shop (Bryce's VW Repair), cut the top off, front and rear ends, bolted on fiberglass rear Baja bumpers, and and a one-piece Baja front end and shazam!...The next day I drove to school in a Baja bug!

[Cherry Bomb]

My first car was a '66 Chevy II Nova, official one owner, old lady, garage find for $600, running and driving with no rust and factory paint. I sold it off to get a '64 Bug! I fkd that up, now Chevy II's are worth a mint.

I went from a '64 Bug sedan to a '63 sedan, '67 vert, '66 sedan, '67 sedan, '99 Mexican, '98 Mexican, '65 Bus, '68 Ghia, '71 Ghia, '55 Oval 3 fold sunroof, '64 sunroof, '64 sedan, another '67 sedan and another 63' sedan. There have been many in between for parts and profit as well. I currently have seven Beetles in the stable. I prefer the ACVW's to Porsche for their ability to out handle and out run most normal vehicles, with little effort after a proper build.

This is my unrestored '69 Sleeper. Weighing just 1740lbs. complete with guesstimated 190-215hp at the flywheel. Friday is dyno day!









Pardon the "high boy" stance, this will drop it down a few inches when installed.

[mfyoung1086]

ughhh

I hate bugs, I hate almost all air cooled VW's... but then again I spent 5 years of my life in HS and College working on them. Its amazing when you know soooo much about a car you will refuse to ever own. When I worked at a more famous VW place in Mesa called Karls Kustom VW's I used to get shizz from a frequent customer about me not having ever owned a VW, I told him I owned a 914 with a type IV and he said that didn't count, I think it pissed him off that his 65 with a monster 2132 couldn't keep up with the Saab I DD'd at the time haha

[TOO RUF]

My first car was a 65 356 back 25 years ago, now at 41 we just bought a 21 window vw bus. And I'm looking for a split double cab. Still have 4 Porsches now, including my first car .

[PorscheNerd]

VW Beetles and 911s go hand in hand! I had a 72 standard and super. Also had a 60 sunroof and 67. Always dreamt of 911s since I was 10. Beetles were the arthritic grandfather of the 911. My 76 Targa feels so similar. You can't miss the lineage. It's resparked my love for my long forgotten Dubs.