I'd love to have one of the older buses, like the style they have on the
Lone Gunmen or that credit card commercial where they're going to different
ballparks. I've had beetles from a 60 (6v I converted to 12)to the newest
being a 66 with the hardtop that had the canvas/vinyl opening that you
turned a handle to pull open for a sun roof. It was great if you didn't
forget to close it and it rained. I think in all I've had 10 different
standard Beetles, never a super (didn't like them) and always lusted over
either the bus or the half bus/half truck (I forget what they were called).
In Illinois and New York they rotted bad and now that I'm in an area with no
slat and a mild climate they're either scrapped or someone thinks they're
worth $7500 for a 68 stock beetle (in their dreams).
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
-> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 4:17 PM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: RE: OT: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)
->
->
->
-> --- Chris Kennedy <chris_at_mainecoon.com> wrote:
-> > Ethan Dicks wrote:
-> >
-> > > Hardly... a BMW has that large finny thing in the front that
-> serves no
-> > > purpose in a Beetle. A Porche is an overpriced Beetle.
-> >
-> > About the only things that a Porsche and a VW have in common are
-> > ancestors that were designed by engineering teams led by the same
-> > individual.
->
-> I have a couple later Type IIs, one 1975 and one 1976 Microbus. They use
-> the same engine as a Porche 914, but, OTOH, I have heard the 914 decried
-> as not a "true" Porche.
->
-> -ethan
->
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Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 16:40:07 BST