srbeards
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In my 'nearly broke and desperate' days (1976), my Mom and Dad gave me a 1963 Ford Fairlane coupe they bought from our neighbors. It served me well, and gave me some breathing room to get caught up.My first car ‘62 Ford Fairlane 500. My current.
That photo is great. My wife had '68 or '70 Beetle in high school and my brother-in-law had a Baja; granny-in-law had a '68; father-in-law had a Thing. Wife's family was big on VWs.My first car out of high school was a 1968 Mercury Cougar - but I didn't keep it very long, and don't have a picture of it. I then bought a 1970 VW Beetle (sticker price $1,800). At the time my Dad, sister and brother all owned Beetles. The picture shown doesn't include my sisters, and mine is the yellow one at the end. That was my pride and joy car - kept it all thru college.
After I graduated college, I sold mine and bought a 1968 VW Van with a sunroof. I did some minor mods to the interior to make into something similar to the Vanagon. Traveled the continental US over the summer - trying to make a visit to every state that I could. The heads began to separate, and I had to make a bee-line for home, so I never made it to the west coast.That photo is great. My wife had '68 or '70 Beetle in high school and my brother-in-law had a Baja; granny-in-law had a '68; father-in-law had a Thing. Wife's family was big on VWs.
Hey,My 1999 Ford Ranger Sport 4x4
Then 20 years later my 2019 Ford Ranger Lariat FX4
I spent my high school years driving my dad's beetle, and then started driving the VW minibus in college. I also modified the interior to make it more like a camper, and had some wonderful road trips and vacations all along the West Coast. They only thing that I did not like about them, even then, was that they were so under-powered that going up hills was a challenge, and the more people that were in the bus beyond the driver, the harder it was. (Really, you could feel the difference between carrying just the driver and one single passenger.) I still remember being honked at by other (understandably angry) drivers who were caught behind me on inclines (probably some of them in Rangers, now that I think about it)!After I graduated college, I sold mine and bought a 1968 VW Van with a sunroof. I did some minor mods to the interior to make into something similar to the Vanagon. Traveled the continental US over the summer - trying to make a visit to every state that I could. The heads began to separate, and I had to make a bee-line for home, so I never made it to the west coast.
When the New Beetle came out, I really wanted one, but couldn't justify it. But in 2004, I ran across a 2000 Yellow one that had been lovingly taken care of, and bought it. Held onto it for about 4 years, and let it go.