[Dirt rider]

yay my first car. 71 beetle. any one know how to tell the diffrence between a bettle and a super bettle.

it has an AE seriel number 60hp 1600cc motor (dual port), black seats, dash and door panels. but a white headliner.. the fellow I bought it off of got it in 82 drove it to university for 5 years and thn ayear or 2 after stuck it in his garage his son pulled it out of storeage had it serviced costing about $1000 to get it running good and road worthy. he drove it about 4000 miles nd then bought a toyota and left town to go to school. so 500 bones later I have myself a beautiful orange bug.

 

[dexterq20]

Holy crap, when I read the title of this thread, I was expecting to see one of the New Beetles with a stupid flower vase and all that crap. Thank god for old cars.

 

[narlus]

i thought you had bought one of those giant millipedes you see in pet stores sometimes.

 

[DR. Dirt]

Holy crap, when I read the title of this thread, I was expecting to see one of the New Beetles with a stupid flower vase and all that crap. Thank god for old cars.

hahahahahaha yeah dude i like your car man

 

[wooglin]

Super Beetles have a dashboard I believe. That doesn't look like its got room for one. Sweet car. Mine was one of the most comfortable cross country cars I've driven. Not too bad off road either. Just gun it and don't worry about clearance.....

 

[biggins]

i think that the super beetle also has the rounded sides on the windshield, i think.

 

[BigMike]

5 bills, not bad

 

[Ciaran]

SWEEET! Everyone's first car should be an old VW. That or an old Mustang. Congratulations, and welcome to the VW family. I recently had to sell my 67 Ghia, but I loved her dearly. VW's are easy to work on and if you take care of them and give them love and good vibes, they'll take care of you. Congratulations again!

 

[stevew]

yay my first car. 71 beetle. any one know how to tell the diffrence between a bettle and a super bettle.

it has an AE seriel number 60hp 1600cc motor (dual port), black seats, dash and door panels. but a white headliner.. the fellow I bought it off of got it in 82 drove it to university for 5 years and thn ayear or 2 after stuck it in his garage his son pulled it out of storeage had it serviced costing about $1000 to get it running good and road worthy. he drove it about 4000 miles nd then bought a toyota and left town to go to school. so 500 bones later I have myself a beautiful orange bug.

Super Beetles were 72 and later.

I used to have a 70 and a 65

 

[stevew]

SWEEET! Everyone's first car should be an old VW. That or an old Mustang. Congratulations, and welcome to the VW family. I recently had to sell my 67 Ghia, but I loved her dearly. VW's are easy to work on and if you take care of them and give them love and good vibes, they'll take care of you. Congratulations again!

Karman Ghia's..yummy

 

[bella]

oh man i want one

 

[TN]

sweet. i used to have a 67 convertible. they are very fun cars.

 

[pixelninja]

Karman Ghia's..yummy

THAT is the hottest Ghia I have EVER seen

 

[SkaredShtles]

Karman Ghia's..yummy

Somebody should really have the springs checked on that car to make sure they're not broken.

I like old Ghia's, but that thing looks like a Retardedmobile.....

-S.S.-

 

[dh girlie]

yay my first car. 71 beetle. any one know how to tell the diffrence between a bettle and a super bettle.

it has an AE seriel number 60hp 1600cc motor (dual port), black seats, dash and door panels. but a white headliner.. the fellow I bought it off of got it in 82 drove it to university for 5 years and thn ayear or 2 after stuck it in his garage his son pulled it out of storeage had it serviced costing about $1000 to get it running good and road worthy. he drove it about 4000 miles nd then bought a toyota and left town to go to school. so 500 bones later I have myself a beautiful orange bug.

That's awesome...take really really good care of it.

 

[dh girlie]

SWEEET! Everyone's first car should be an old VW. That or an old Mustang. Congratulations, and welcome to the VW family. I recently had to sell my 67 Ghia, but I loved her dearly. VW's are easy to work on and if you take care of them and give them love and good vibes, they'll take care of you. Congratulations again!

CoolI had a 68 mustang as my first car, 289 V8!

 

[dh girlie]

Holy crap, when I read the title of this thread, I was expecting to see one of the New Beetles with a stupid flower vase and all that crap. Thank god for old cars.

You ever notice its old fat spinsters driving those? There was a woman that parked in the lot where I used to work that got a red one and put black dots all over it like a lady bug and her vanity plate said....LADYBUG or some form of it...she was older, heavy and looked like one of those women that like to hang dried flower arrangements all over her apartment or house. You know...the type with the big Tootsie style plastic glasses frames? Short curly hair and they wear stretch pants all the time?

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> You know...the type with the big Tootsie style plastic glasses frames? Short curly hair and they wear stretch pants all the time?

For some reason, this is exactly the image I had conjured for you.........

-S.S.-

 

[McGRP01]

Sweet! I had a '72 Super Beetle when I was in high-school. Bought it for $700 and rebuilt it from the rockers up. Dumped $6000 into it only to have it totaled in an accident 6 months after I finished it! I miss her.

 

[Dirt rider]

That's awesome...take really really good care of it.

oh this bug is my baby. ive been trying to get a coat of wax on her since the day she came here. but its been rain ing for 3 days but sofar ive vacumed and wiped down the whole interior. fixed the trunk latch. taken a massive dent out of the driverside door at the sme tim finding out why the diver side window would only roll down half way, fixed. checked the engine timing out and tuned the carb up.

 

[dh girlie]

For some reason, this is exactly the image I had conjured for you.........

-S.S.-

Well my hair isn't exactly short or curly, but I do have the big plastic Tootsie style glasses and I do wear stretch pants!

 

[Ciaran]

Karman Ghia's..yummy

Not to hijack the thread but damn that's one sweet Ghia. If you look close you can tell that it's a real early one. late 50's I think. Also looks like it's in the middle of a resto. Dang it! Now I have that itch again... I need to go get another Ghia. They are sooo much fun to drive. Nothing like German iron with Italian styling.

 

[dh girlie]

Not to hijack the thread but damn that's one sweet Ghia. If you look close you can tell that it's a real early one. late 50's I think. Also looks like it's in the middle of a resto. Dang it! Now I have that itch again... I need to go get another Ghia. They are sooo much fun to drive. Nothing like German iron with Italian styling.

I thought it was rather pimpin myowndamnself.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Well my hair isn't exactly short or curly, but I do have the big plastic Tootsie style glasses and I do wear stretch pants!

-S.S.-

 

[stevew]

Not to hijack the thread but damn that's one sweet Ghia. If you look close you can tell that it's a real early one. late 50's I think. Also looks like it's in the middle of a resto. Dang it! Now I have that itch again... I need to go get another Ghia. They are sooo much fun to drive. Nothing like German iron with Italian styling.

me thinks it is a 58 or 59.

 

[Southbay Bomber]

me thinks it is a 58 or 59.

That's the first generation body. rounded front end squared off lil tailights. I had a 59' but unloaded it because of the rust and sagging door hinges. This copper one is from a sight offering air suspension. I may have to sell my harley for another air cooled type I now that on the fly adjustability is offered.

 

[stevew]

That's the first generation body. rounded front end squared off lil tailights. I had a 59' but unloaded it because of the rust and sagging door hinges. This copper one is from a sight offering air suspension. I may have to sell my harley for another air cooled type I now that on the fly adjustability is offered.

The ghia was painted at www.kustomcoachwerks.com.

The bags came from www.airkewld.com.

If you look on the kustom coachwerks site they are doing a split window on bags with a eight inch narrowed beam.