My two "old school" loves of cars are 1st gen RX-7's and Old School VW Bugs... Well I had the RX-7, now I have both!

My first car was a VW, and I drove them for years. Now that I am older, I wanted another one. It is a 1966 (same year I was born). I bought it fully restored which is nice. Put the key in and go!

Cruised to Newport Beach the first day and went to a VW cruise in last night. It fits right in here in SoCal!

Enjoy the pics!














VW Cruise in...

 

I had two of those.....one '84 and after that a '73. Always enjoyed the simplicity of these cars. But you have a nice one

 

Very pretty. My first car too, a tan '69 beetle. It was two years old, I was 19.

I want one.

 

I want tht hippie van!!!

 

looks really clean.........i like the van too..........

 

nice find, apparently in great shape

 

What's with the GT steering wheel?

 

It was built as a mild "Cal Look" bug...so hence the steering wheel. Now that you mention it, a banjo wheel with a wooden rim would probably be more fitting!!

 

The hippie van is cool. There was about 10 of them there!!

 

Thats a sharp bug! I used to have a 64 set up as a baja bug with the old BIG lug pattern....they are fun cars. Body finally got so much rust in it I pulled it apart and used a lot of its mechanicals to build a rail buggy...

 

Nice little grocery-getter there, Jim.

 

Good stuff...congrats!

 

I LOVE it!!!! The colors and the luggage rack are perfect!!!

 

Put a rotary in it! Thats what I want to do as a future project.

Thats a clean example for a 66 tho. Looks like fun.

 

i like it, that's really clean. needs period correct steering wheel though

 

Thanks for the compliments and comments. I agree.... the steering wheel looks out of place.

Now I know this is not a VW forum, but hey we are all car guys and probably a lot of us are ex-bug owners... I will ask you guys for your opinion on a steering wheel..

Details coming!

 

I am thinking one of these... Your opinion please and then I am back to talking about Mazdas!!http://www.flat4.co.jp/japanese/dtail-in.html#DR-704

 

That one is better, but I would go bone stock for that car.

 

Looks great! Very nice buy!

 

This one:



or this one:



I like the original style on top.

 

im with this guy, they go hard with a 13b in them

 

I bet they do go with a rotary but I will keep my Mazda Japanese, and my VW German!!

 

Ray, I like the looks of the OEM one, but it is just so big!!

 

Felix Wankel was German. The Japenese just bought the rights. A rotary bug would be kind of like, what if things had gone differently. BTW, do you ever notice anyone getting smacked in the arm as you drive by?

 

Yes I do!! Slug Bug!!