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59. I learned to drive a stick shift in a 68 Beetle

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 09:12 PM

Aug 2017

Bahama Blue. My dad, who was 6'4", bought it for his commute to work because gas had sored to over $.30 a gallon. No air conditioning. As long as you were moving it wasn't bad, but waiting for a train in the middle of August was brutal. I even learned how to pop the clutch to start it if I had a dead battery.

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Volkswagen will bring back the VW van. Old hippies, how many have you owned? [View all] L. Coyote Aug 2017 OP

I drove a VW Bug in high school. cilla4progress Aug 2017 #1

Sounds like I'm old enough to be your father. :-) Stonepounder Aug 2017 #38

I know this might sound illogical and I realize it . But, mucifer Aug 2017 #2

Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #16

Plenty of VWs parked outside my local synagogue IronLionZion Aug 2017 #36

Understand, but don't forget Bayer products.... hlthe2b Aug 2017 #41

Cute... I want one! hlthe2b Aug 2017 #3

I'm in DUgosh Aug 2017 #4

never had one....always wanted one.... dhill926 Aug 2017 #5

2, 71 & 77, both pop top campers dweller Aug 2017 #6

Had a 70 Westfalia pop-top with a 6 cylinder Corvair racing engine conversion L. Coyote Aug 2017 #13

Friend of mine in high school did that ornotna Aug 2017 #47

Yes, ours for our trip out west cilla4progress Aug 2017 #39

My aunt and uncle had one OriginalGeek Aug 2017 #7

My grandparents owned one in the early 60s LeftInTX Aug 2017 #8

lol...4 long-hairs heading to Vancouver B.C., early 70's in a 1962 (I think) VW ugly, green bus! PearliePoo2 Aug 2017 #9

My parents had one drmeow Aug 2017 #10

Expected to have excellent emissions rating? Sneederbunk Aug 2017 #11

It's all electric, so yes. TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #58

Pretty new here I see. Made the same mistake myself a time or 2. GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #62

I drive one daily.... Boxerfan Aug 2017 #12

my first car was a Kharman Ghia jodymarie aimee Aug 2017 #14

My Dad had a Kharman Ghia and a Squareback. jpak Aug 2017 #43

I owned two of them. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #15

Yes! workinclasszero Aug 2017 #17

A small kid, son of a mechanic, R&R'ed one of my engines down in old Mexico. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #20

You dont even need a chain hoist to swap a VW bus engine. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #21

I had a friend with a bug and a van Danascot Aug 2017 #49

If memory serves, it took only four different wrench sizes. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #51

Ooooo, that's a sweet one! I'm still a big fan of the "transporter". n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #60

My engine fell out in a cemetery in southern Mexico, but no problem. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #19

I mastered a shift gear in a bug, had 2, and a VW van peacebuzzard Aug 2017 #18

I was late to the party Runningdawg Aug 2017 #22

convert it to electric dweller Aug 2017 #42

Can you point me in the direction of more info on this subject? Runningdawg Aug 2017 #72

May parents both drove Bugs in the 60s Expecting Rain Aug 2017 #23

Crap car from a scumbag company taught_me_patience Aug 2017 #24

Thank you, Mr. Sunshine... whathehell Aug 2017 #35

Shut up kid - and the F offa my lawn jpak Aug 2017 #44

Here is the donco Aug 2017 #25

Ours was the baby blue one. nt Nay Aug 2017 #70

Bought a bug with my last Army paycheck in the early 90's underpants Aug 2017 #26

Got a Kid in the Biz. Wellstone ruled Aug 2017 #27

I wish they'd bring back the Karmann Ghia (nt) William Seger Aug 2017 #28

An electric VW van? BHDem53 Aug 2017 #29

My husband had I when I met him. TNNurse Aug 2017 #30

I'm a little young to call myself an "old hippie" neeksgeek Aug 2017 #31

One van, and one bug. Granny M Aug 2017 #32

I loved my two bugs liked children spiderpig Aug 2017 #33

We have a 1973 Westphalia camper Cadfael Aug 2017 #34

I was able to push start my last one myself on a level grade, damn handy. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #45

I'd rather they bring back the Karmann Ghia. nt Gore1FL Aug 2017 #37

My brother had an old one. marked50 Aug 2017 #40

Top 23 Weirdest Volkswagen Campers. You're Never Going To Believe ... L. Coyote Aug 2017 #46

I haven't owned any old hippies Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #48

I think you just did. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #50

... Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #52

Those buses show up at the Oregon Country Fair too. That one is primo, from Canada. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #54

Yeah, i have friends who go every year. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #55

70 pop top. Wish I had it now! Had to hold down the top with my arm wiggs Aug 2017 #53

I want. boston bean Aug 2017 #56

It was a thrill a minute driving a 62 van Warpy Aug 2017 #57

I learned to drive a stick shift in a 68 Beetle TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #59

I had an automatic (sigh -- apologies) yellow bug fierywoman Aug 2017 #61

I took my driver's test in 1966 in a two-tone green bus. annabanana Aug 2017 #63

My dad died young so I was not able to ask what he was thinking, but... GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #64

The divided back window is a sign of age, oldest bugs had them, '53 or earlier. Valuable! L. Coyote Aug 2017 #67

I hope this vehicle Quemado Aug 2017 #65

We had two small bugs in the 60's and 70's marlakay Aug 2017 #66

My first car was a Beetle. Lugnut Aug 2017 #68

We had one!! It was a very useful vehicle. Our son was conceived in it -- TMI, I know. Nay Aug 2017 #69

Yeah they were cool but have to say that the old VW buses were death traps. yellowcanine Aug 2017 #71