I haven’t personally owned any air-cooled VW’s, but my Dad owned quite a few. I remember a 1967 Baja Bug with stinger exhaust that would backfire LOUDLY between shifts which scared me as a kid. Years later, he bought a 1973 Beetle for $500 that had rusted floors, and a 1964 Karmann Ghia that was hit in the front end that he bought as a project. I helped him cut the damaged nose off and hold the junkyard sheet metal in place so he could weld it. I also remember starting it with a ratchet which was pretty cool! We drove it around the neighborhood with no fenders as it sipped fuel from a coffee can just to see what it could do. My oldest Sister had a 1962 VW Ragtop Bus, boy would I LOVE to have that one now! Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 2019 Sprinter Passenger 144WB 1700 miles, Low Mileage Lutgart AKA Der DoodleWagen 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2020, at 8:48 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> I keep my eye out for a Type III, either wagon or fastback. They're >> super cool but very rare these days. > > Friend of mine had a 411 wagon (it was his parent's car but he drove it > often). It had a gas heater, I remember thinking how odd and vaguely > hazardous that seemed. > > When I was a small child, the neighbors had a Type III fastback. It > started to rust, and they traded it in for a Chevy Vega wagon. > > Type IIIs are rare, for sure. > > Allan > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
