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I'm with you on a variant,or a notch, although a very early bay would do!
Fastback.
Karman Ghia.
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It's got to be the stereotypical 21 window Samba Splity. With safari windows. When I win the lottery........
SP2
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67 Sparkafer Beetle. Had one. Sold it. Regretted it.
I'm no connoisseur but I can't argue with you on the variant..
I like these too..
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Love one of these but a little scarce..
Karmann Ghia, deffo. Or a 1303 Beetle, purely from a nostalgia point of view - my first car. (RIP)
I remember my Uncle and Auntie coming to visit in their green variant when I was about 4 and I was utterly baffled at them bringing their shopping & luggage out of the engine. I worked it out eventually....
The '72 Bay Devon Devonette bus I had to sell 10 years ago because I just couldn't afford to keep it. Regret it massivly and was teary when it was taken away.
Other than that I'm another vote for a nice lowered squareback on Fuchs wheels with just a little bit of chrome on og paint.
I always liked my wife's one for the subtle colour scheme;
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Ooooo! A Schwimmwagen! Fabulous things. I'd love a Karmen Ghia, beautiful cars.
That Schwimmwagen is indeed very cool! I would also love a mint Karman Ghia too!
My first car. A 1972 marathon beetle.
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Not my picture but my motor was identical.
I wouldn't sniff at a 23 window barn door
But does this count?
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Fastback or ghia for me...though if anyone loves orange aircooled t3 panel vans, let me, I'll do a good price...
Type 3 Razor Edge
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We had a surf green split screen devon that I loved(which is now a chicken coup on hertfordshire somewhere)and a varient when I was a kid. I hated the varient because it wasn't a ford cortina and always broke down outdide school. My beautiful drama teacher had a karrman ghia and took me and my best mate away for a (memorable) weekend in it ....
Very cool Fishcake, beautiful, and the little black Porsche...
always fancied a frid, came close once but didn't buy it, wish i had...
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Love the T2D TV Bus Too
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412 Variant.
My aunt had one. Her son projectile vomited towards the windscreen and heater vents. Whenever the blower was switched on you got a waft of puke. That aside it was a brilliant car, ahead of it's time with amazing build quality.
She commuted from Banchory to Aberdeen for ten years in it, then sold it to a taxi firm who drove farm kids to school in it for many years after.
Maybe someone could post a pic of one, I can't from here.
I drove this around New Zealand.
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Gotta be the Karmen Ghia. An absolute work of art.
My old 1962 1200, circa 1985, again in NZ. Had a '72 after that, and a rat old Variant. but this was in lovely nick considering it's year.
Best colour as well.
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I like the 'car casually parked on its roof' in the second shot.
ransos snap great bus 5 weeks in her made me by a bus when I got home
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Ive got a Early Bay Dormobile which I'm slowly restoring on the drive but fancy a 412 Variant for some reason. Can't wait till its finished, but I think too much riding seems to be pushing the project back a bit.....
Stretching it a bit, but I'd go with a 993. I've got fond memories of my GT Beetle, but also recall driving from Norwich to Middlesbrough with only a handbrake, gears and forward planning to stop me. Not something I'd repeat as an adult.
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Stretching it a bit, but I'd go with a 993.
stretching it a bit less a porsche 914 / 916, VW's replacement for the Karmen Ghia (the original plan was the 4 cylinder ones would be badged as VW but in the end they were all sold with a Porsche badge)
I think the karmen ghias look great in photos but are a bit mleh in real life - a collection of nice volumes that don't seem to have been composed well together. The 914 / 916 is the opposite, it seems to be impossible to photograph well but they seem to sit together really nicely in flesh.
I had one of these.. the 50th annivesary beetle as a yoof , loved it had it for 8 years, did the shows ... would love to find it again because yep stupidly I sold it!... Always hankered after Karmann Ghia too.
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I'd go with the Razor edge type 3, my wife would argue for a split screen bus, we actually have a rusty old '65 beetle.
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T2D's Brasilia
or this one;
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Heart.
tough decision - I'd love a Notchback or a Squareback, and a T2 Crewcab.
my old '71 flatscreen 1200
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T2 camper for me. With a scoob engine in it just to upset people
nah, needs a 911 engine shoehorned in
Mine would be.....my Type 3 fasty
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I've had a 72 custom bug, big engine, lowered, big stereo,. A resto cal 67 beetle, a 78 type 2 that really should not have been anywhere near the road, a GP Mark 2 buggy, a 67 Westfalia split and more recently a 70 Square which i traded for something sensible when the twins came along, couldn't get car seats in the back but was great for carrying bikes.
I've always lusted after a Type 34', would love another Split and hanker after a flatscreen Karmann Convertible and would happily have a 356c but would settle for a 914/6. Just need to win the lottery.
spectabilis, that is lovely, great colour
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^ Is that a gattling gun?
Cooool
that's just silly
It is, and it spins too !
The works that went into that car is staggering.
spectabilis, that is lovely, great colour
Cheers , it's actually an old VW commercial vehicles colour.
Wouldn't mind getting it a bit lower at the front but with about an inch clearance on the beam it's a low as it can go without switching to a Type1 beam.....but I ain't got the funds at the mo'
I got a 66 beetle and a early westy, there both my faves
I seen that bug at action last year cool as
I seen that bug at action last year cool as
It belongs to good mate of mine, it took so long to build he ended up unveiling it at Volksworld Show 2 years late !
But it won Best in Show so it was worth the effort 🙂
couple more pics of my old ones
'71 1200 in Vauxhall Frontera grey!
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'74 1303 - I loved and hated this car in equal measure...
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spectabilis that is really nice ,anymore pics please 🙂
spectabilis that is really nice ,anymore pics please
unfortunately even tho it's my car I dont have many decent photos of it....take more of other people's....
I got this one
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And one at my friends wedding
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My old crew cab, sadly no longer mine. I had a convertible Ghia many years ago too.
Tailgunner exhaust, classy 😆 though it seems to work.
saw this lovely crewcab near my house a few months ago... awesome colour.
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That crew cab looks fantastic. I want!
T2 camper for me. With a scoob engine in it just to upset people
Trust me you really don't. I have one and upsetting boy racers IS hilarious. However throwing thousand after thousand in to it gets old quickly...
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Personally if money was no object than a Bader Racing Kahmann Ghia 993 RS
one_happy_hippy - MemberTrust me you really don't. I have one and upsetting boy racers IS hilarious. However throwing thousand after thousand in to it gets old quickly...
Pff, don't rain on my daft fantasy. In the real world I'd buy a Transit probably, but no scene points for that.
Karmann Ghia for me. Had a '67 coupe and a '70 cab in the past.
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saw this , thought it was a nice bus
A few mentions of ghia's but only one pic...
so here's my mate's '61
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can't choose just one 😳
Jools, do you have trekker ? Is that what the 182 refers to?
wish I had a trekker
I have thought about buying air cooled vw's, but always had the reliability issue in the back of my mind
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I kinda like this one 8)
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wish I had a trekker
I have thought about buying air cooled vw's, but always had the reliability issue in the back of my mind
If properly maintained there aren't any 😉
if constantly maintained...
The level of detail on this car is incredible.
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Loads more pics here http://www.oldbug.com/59boom.htm
This one belongs to someone I know (and is currently for sale I believe)
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Engine: 3 litre Porsche 911 flat 6. Race spec – race camshafts, headwork and a pair of triple Weber 410DF’s, equal length headers and custom exhaust.
MSD 6-AL electronic ignition system
Gearbox – alloy Porsche 915 5 speed with limited slip diff.