Attention Volkswagen owners. What's the oldest VW car you ever owned?

[PartyPooper]

As I recall, I drove / owned a 1961 VW that had a reserve gas tank. If you ran out of gas, you could switch to the "reserve" simply by turning the floorboard lever to the left. This was handy for me when I was a poor college student and paying 25¢ per gallon for gas. (I was making $1.00 per hour!)

Also, I owned other models: 1964 and 1973.

They were terrific automobiles.

:loveya:

What about you? What's the oldest VW that you owned?

[nose pin]

1. 1973 Super Beetle

Had it in college. I now have a project car: 1967 Porsche 912, which is ALMOST a VW.

[TX-RAT]

36. Got a 73 Super Beetle Convertible for my daughters Graduation

Good luck with the 912. I've rebuilt a couple of 914s or as some call them, The poor mans Porsche. I used to have a 924 turbo, what a piece of junk.

[GAspnes]

2. inherited that same '61 VW

I loved flipping that lever on the gas tank, but it never got warm in the winter.

[mike_c]

21. oh god, the heater-- I'd forgotten that....

I remember driving at night in the winter and holding my gloved fingers down near the "heat vent" to warm my fingers.

I drove my '64 beetle for a year or so without hydraulic brakes-- I used the hand brake to stop it. Then the gas pedal linkage rusted (presumably), so I had to pull the pedal back up with my toe to decelerate-- it would go down but not up unless pulled-- all the while yarding on the hand brake to slow down.

[stevedeshazer]

3. '63 Transporter

Wish I still had it. My dad had a '56 Bug and a '59 Karmann Ghia.

[demgrrrll]

10. 73 Super Beetle. Pale Blue w Replaced Yellow fenders. n/t.

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[DBoon]

4. I owned a 1976 once

Amazing the number of parking attendants that asked me if I would sell it.

When I did sell it, it was for $400 more than I paid for it - in cash, no dickering.

[proud patriot]

5. 1958 VW Camper

B-) Still got it too B-)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

6. A 1981 or 82 Rabbit. Suckiest car I ever owned

It had a broken odometer and a hole in the radiator the size of a dinner plate. The flywheel on the starter was warped and if it got below about 45 degrees it wouldn't start at all. At one point it lost all its oil, threw a rod and the engine basically froze and had to be rebuilt.

It didn't just suck. It suckity suck sucked.

Other than those things, it was cute and red. And fun to drive when it drove.

[IndianaGreen]

30. Same here, the Rabbit sucked

and it didn't compare to my 1968 VW (the first VW I ever owned) or my boyfriend's early model VW that he drove when we were stationed in Germany that had the oval rear window, the big chrome fenders, and that one had to open the trunk to fill it up with gas.

Ever had sex in a VW Beetle? I did in Stony Point, NY. It wasn't easy, even with a moon roof.

[DenverDem]

7. 68 Bus

Loved it except it had electrical problems and I had to push start it for months at a time. I got good at parking on hills.

Wish I still had it.

[amber dog democrat]

8. A 64, A 65 AND 66 Beetle

the 65 had a sun roof. I think that was one of my favoraite cars.

[VoteDemocratic2004]

9. I had a 1969 VW Bug with a Rolls Royce front

It was 10 years old when I got it in High School and I traded it in on a new car a few years later and that was a dumb move.

[bleowheels]

11. 1997 Jetta GT. Still own it. Only 60,000. Bought it new but may try

to keep 'til 100,000 if the new car bug doesn't bite me before that.

[Samurai_Writer]

34. My '97 Jetta is about to turn 100,000

And I'm keeping it until it turns at LEAST 200,000! Best car I have ever owned!

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. 1989 Golf GL

Bought it brand new.


PEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZKRRRRRRRAP

[wtmusic]

13. '77 Rabbit

Great drive

[mike_c]

14. '64 beetle....

I rebuilt the engine in my kitchen, with hand tools. It was the energizer bunny of cars. God knows it's probably still tooling along somewhere....

[Ivan Sputnik]

15. 1965 Beetle

Lots of fun to drive, especially in high winds.

[cprise]

16. 2001 Golf TDI

I'll never go back to gas!

[demconfive]

17. '60 23 window microbus

Sold it last year, it needed lots of work.
I also owned a 69 bug, 72 bug and a 74 thing. Now that was a fun veedub. Me and my brother just got his 67 poptop bus on the road.

[Whoa_Nelly]

18. Started with a '72 camper, no pop-top

and bought that brand new in '72! Lived and traveled in it to just about everywhere west of the Mississippi for three years. Made some modifications: Took out seat behind driver's seat and bolted in a 4-drawer dresser. Changed the curtains to a cool blue and white tie-dye denim fabric, added a cover curtain that was designed to go across tops of front seats and had a drop panel in the center--panel was held in place with velcro attached to header, added a darling 40's mirror to outside of closet door. Loved that van!
Then had to trade in due to change in circumstances, and got a 68' baby blue bug, then a '63 red bug, then after that had a '73 yellow bug.
All the VW's were fun...perfect for the hippy chick time in my life! Most of all though, loved that VW cmaper. Even put red cellophane in the center light that was on the header/side wall over the fold out table.

Party On! :party:

[demconfive]

22. Many fond memories.

My folks bought a 70 camper brand new. My childhood involved month long summer vacations traveling the US and Canada in that bus. I believe it visited every state except Alaska and Hawaii.

[GoBlue]

19. 1962 white Bug with a sunroof;

actually my parents owned it. They bought it new in Germany <$1200>for a trip they took and afterwards had it shipped home for the kids car. I destroyed it in a rollover that miraculously didn't seriously injure anyone; although a good friend exited through the sunroof! That was way before seatbelts.

[billbuckhead]

20. 2001

[JohnnyRingo]

23. Lt blue '67...The sunroof had a beetle painted on it

...Turn the crank closing it and the beetle would crawl out.

In retrospect a "roach" would have been more apropos at the time

[punpirate]

24. 1964 Type II...

... and then a 1966 Type II with the shortie camper top, then a 1969 Type I, and then a 1968 Type II with the full Westphalia camper conversion.

[PoiBoy]

25. 1973 Super Beetle..

..just got it and am rebuilding it... lots of fun..!! :hi:

[AVID]

26. 66 bus - two tone/aqua blue - white nt

[starroute]

27. A 1960's Beetle

I think it was a '68 -- we got it used around 1975 or 1976.

The most interesting adventure we had with it was when the clutch died driving through southern Ohio. We spent the night in a motel near the race track, then discovered in the morning that the car had done us the favor of conking out only half a mile down the road from the local VW wizard. So we limped to his garage in first gear, he took the entire engine out single-handed and replaced (or reground?) the clutch plate, and we were back in business.

The second most interesting adventure was when we bought a crib at a yard sale -- in 95 degree heat -- and brought it home with us in the beetle. Don't ask me how -- I still think it was physically impossible.

That winter, my husband hit some glare ice on a back road and put a fender into a stone wall, and we decided that what with having a baby and all it was better to replace the car than to repair it. But it was a memorable experience while it lasted.

[BrotherBuzz]

28. l960

Yep, had the reserve lever under the dash that was good for thirty or forty miles after you ran it dry. ALWAYS! ALWAYS remember to turn it back after filling! No radio. No gas gage. Heater? Six volt system. All in all I wouldn't mind owning the little car again, although my '67 was my favorite.

[theoceansnerves]

29. 1987 Golf GL

built in westmoreland, pa. i put way too much money into that car. but if you ever need someone to work on a mid 80s vw.. give me a call.

[peacefreak]

31. First car, 1970 VW semi-automatic bug

present car 1990 VW Fox. It's showing its age, just had a ton of work on it. Still love driving it, though.

[Misunderestimator]

32. Drove a 1974 Volkswagen Dasher in HS

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

33. 1976 Orange Westfalia camper microbus - my first car

With a big Yogi Bear sticker on the window!

[Bruce McAuley]

35. 61 Karmann Ghia

I learned to drive VW's in the 60's and loved them rear engined cars, but later graduated to the water-cooled models, and now own a 94 VW Fox I bought new, and it now has over 100,000 miles, I'm not sure how many exactly as the speedo broke for around 20,000 miles. This car is shit for quality, but GREAT for driving on the backroads around here in the mountains, has to have the best ground clearance of any car I ever had. Cheap to fix and cheap to drive, and it has the best deer-evasion handling of any other brand I've ever owned.
Even my older Chrysler New Yorker uses Volkswagen designed technology, as did ALL K-cars.
:hi:

Bruce

[BarbaRosa]

37. I learned to drive

in my dad's '64 beetle, and still have my '71 FriedOutKombi. Someday I intend to restore my van, it makes a great traveling bedroom.

[ThreeCatNight]

38. I got you all beat......

I used to drive a 55 Beetle, oval window, 6 volt.
It had over 200,000 miles on it before a storm came thru and laid a big ole tree across it. I actually cried.
Right now I currently drive a 71 Ghia.

[CO Liberal]

39. Owned a '62 - Drove a '56 That Belonged to My Dad

[Speck Tater]

40. 1965 transporter AKA bus AKA van AKA type II

It's name was Dexter D. Bus.

[welshTerrier2]

41. 1988 golf

what a great car ... it was still running when i finally got rid of it ... the odometer broke at 225,000 ... i probably really had about 275,000 ... i did put in a used engine at about the 125,000 mark ...

got a nice new VW passat wagon in 2002 ... it's a great car ... mrs. wt2 had a 1990 golf ... then a 2001 golf that she totalled ... now she has a 2003 jetta wagon ... she loves it ...

VW owners don't need no stinking SUV's !!!