ShinyTravisto

Here's my '71 Bus and my schwinn conversion I just finished yesterday, not the greatest pic of the bus, but my comuters messin up and I can't get to my good shots

Better shots soon hopefully

drafters65

that is one hot vw! wish i had one...but i believe they are generally over priced since its an enthusiasts car

91MF

i like your shoes... i mean the ones on your car. LMs ftw

Mr. Nobody

Nice to see so many hot VW's.

Rich, I have seen your silver Cabby so many times and the poor thing is always posted with both the before and after photos.

Every time I see that TR Gli posted earlier it makes me really want to drop the coin on some DZ1's and put my roof rack on already. Then I remember how tired I am of throwing money into a hole in the street.

Some old pics of my current comfortable hooptie. 04.5 Gli w/K04-01, Autotech 2.5 downpipe and exhaust, APR software, R goodies throughout, and the list goes one.




My old 16v carb setup that was going into my race rabbit.

hockdub

so is this thread done?

i r yo

I'll post more if I have too.

hockdub

do it. this thing grew so fast and now its 3 pages back. need to re-bump it

Tomity

sunburst

My VW last week at Big Sur. That's not a fixie on top though. 2nd pic is my single-speed.

sunburst

I'm very jealous of that VW. I had a '72 camper (w/o pop-top). You know, with the pancake engine (Type IV?), and tricky spark plugs. For years I've asked myself why I sold that thing. Soooo much more useful than the SUV I subsequently bought.

hockdub

looks clear. lots of fire going on down there...well last week. ive been in that exact spot you have your car parked earlier this summer. big sur is pretty sick!

drafters65

how is that carb? it looks like itbs and fuel injectors to me....

all motor = booo!

Gurgus

Well, its not a Dub, but it is alot of fun and has been for the past ten years;



My Paddywagon and my Bottecchia beater, both fixed;



My best friend had a 'Rado G60 that I absolutely loved to drive. Sooooo fast. I could give him a run for his money if he'd stay out of the supercharger, after that, forget it. Myself, I'd loooove an MK1 Rabbit or Scirrocco or pickup or a Ghia or a bus. Love the old Dubs. Maybe when (if) the Integra dies. This is what I'm on most of the time now;

MrCjolsen

Back in the late 80's, I was really into Volkswagens. We did to old VW's what a lot of people here and on the C&V forum do to bikes. (btw, bikes are a lot cheaper).

Anyway, there were many, many similarities.

It was like a religion. If it wasn't air cooled, it just wasn't hip. Driving a Golf, Rabbit, or GTI was like riding a Trek Madone or Giant TCR. Sure, it was pretty and went fast, but it just didn't have soul.

There was controversy over what was considered iconoclastic. Some would take an old bug and do the equivalent to what people here do to bike frames. They would make the front window panels one piece, lower it, de-badge it and do all kinds of other custom stuff - even chopping and lowering the top. Other's insisted on keeping everything stock at least returnable to stock condition - in other words, don't mess with the body except to paint it. My personal cutoff was 1967. You could do whatever you wanted with later models, but anything before '67 was to be left as stock as possible. And anything with an oval window needed to be restored to factory original condition.

People would accessorize with certain retro parts that were deemed "cool" - Porsche hub caps were often put on old bugs in the same way track bars and negative rise stems are often put on old converted Miyatas.

We probably even had the VW equivilant to the tarck bike and aerospoke (both derided and defended in the same way) but I can't really remember what it was.

Finally, the demographic you would see at a VW gathering and what you see at an alleycat race were quite similar. Imagine an alleycat race where Sheldon Brown and numerous other older guys like him are in attendance and you sort of have it.

In fact, we sort of had our own Sheldon Brown in the form of John Muir, author of How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive, a Repair Manual for the Compleat Idiot.

anomaly

I would have a VW but I don't like slow FWD cars.


Thats why I have a DSM :rofl:

hockdub

you also dont have a soul.

hoggster

'79 diesel...
recently sold
**looking for a b3 passat TDI wagon!***



And this thing...

thesixsins

Does BMW count?

Car: got an e46 coupe that I'm working on...
Bike: Cinelli Olympic pista

hockdub

sure, euro - post a pic!

supercub

Are you in IT? Lottery winner? Trust fund baby? DINC?

ad9

i just sold my 64 beetle...i should have never got it i HATE vw.

when i get my fixed built i will post a pis with my plymouth

Falkon 

Well, I guess it would make sense that people with no sense in bikes would have no sense in cars as well.

Owned two VWs myself... didn't learn my lesson after the first [but it was a rally car]

G60

I don't have pics of my first VW, '94 Jetta =(

here's my '82 diesel, which i wish i never sold.



and my '90 G60.



oops



my current, not so daily driver. small town so i bike everywhere mostly.



bicycle.

Astronomical

I have a green '99 passat wagon. hahah.

NAES

Here's a pic of my 59 double door panel bus. OG paint and lowered a little. This is my baby.



This is my former Benotto that I just sold to fund a true track buildup. I learned a lot from this build and can't wait to apply it to my next whip.



NAES