OK, so it's not an RX-7, but I just bought a cool car I think you guys will like!!

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04-07-12, 01:28 PM

80's old school

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OK, so it's not an RX-7, but I just bought a cool car I think you guys will like!!

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...

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04-07-12, 01:50 PM

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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

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04-07-12, 02:34 PM

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

I want one.

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04-07-12, 02:48 PM

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I want tht hippie van!!!

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04-07-12, 03:26 PM

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

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04-07-12, 05:06 PM

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nice find, apparently in great shape

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04-07-12, 10:21 PM

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What's with the GT steering wheel?

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04-07-12, 10:43 PM

80's old school

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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!!

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04-07-12, 10:44 PM

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I want tht hippie van!!!

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

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04-07-12, 10:46 PM

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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...

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04-08-12, 12:23 AM

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Nice little grocery-getter there, Jim.

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04-08-12, 12:29 AM

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Good stuff...congrats!

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04-08-12, 08:29 AM

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

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04-08-12, 08:39 AM

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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.

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04-08-12, 10:39 AM

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

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04-08-12, 07:53 PM

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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!

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04-08-12, 08:11 PM

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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

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

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04-08-12, 08:46 PM

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Looks great! Very nice buy!

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04-09-12, 06:49 AM

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This one:

or this one:

I like the original style on top.

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04-09-12, 08:00 AM

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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.

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

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04-09-12, 10:13 AM

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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!!

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04-09-12, 10:48 AM

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This one:

or this one:

I like the original style on top.

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

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04-09-12, 11:23 AM

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Quote:

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

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?