I was into them for a while had some stuff, sold it all when I moved here. thinking about geting back into em just wondered if any cruiser head were into them too. (used to post on samba...not any more)
I use to have a 66 standard bus, And I thik I want one again.
64 Sunbug - 72 Super Beetle - 68 Westy Full Top - 71 Van Man - 74 Beetle sold this summer . All been a true love affair, as in many day's 'what the f*** am I doin?'
Sill must own a 67 ragtop, any year Thing, Fastbacks are cool and will definatley have another westy one day.
I got a 1 owner 65 Beetle from Cali . (read as no rust ever )
All stock , just replaced the muffer on it last night .
The old muffer was from 3/86 the "new" one has a 6/79 stamped in it .
I think it might have been sitting on the shelf for a little while but a $40 for a NOS German muffer I'm happy with it
Its the car I get the most enjoyment out of driving on the back roads on a nice day.
That raffle bus is the spittin' image of mine that I drove more than ten years through almost every state, into Mexico, and over the Canadian Highway from Vancouver to Toronto! Lotss of women, lots of partying, lots of memories now. I lived in the bus on the Baha beaches for six months with the woman who later became my first future ex-wife.
Mine was a 1961 and had been converted in Canada to a camper with swing open hatch in the roof, all fine varnished wood cabinetry with brass fittings and trim around the oval doors to cooler and cubbyholes.
I sold it for $25. to a junkyard in Scott's Valley, Calif. in 1979. Had bought it in late 1969 for the huge sum of $400.00 with 80,000 miles on it. It had to go because I was commuting 80 miles, working 10 -12 hrs a day in Silicon valley and making too much money to have my time wasted trying to fix an old bus.
Clicking your website was a massive deja' vue trip for me, so I bought tickets.
Wow! A blast from the past! That was cool seeing Riverside park in the forum. I ws there when they open "the Cyclone" roller coaster - not sure if it's even there anymore.
Any-hoo - just a shout out to W.Mass/Northern Ct. Folk!!
First car was a 67 bug , that I beat the snot out of and ended up trading it for stereo equipment.
Also had a 60 ragtop bug, all original - drove away from my wedding in that - couldn't afford insurance and it sat until I got an offer on it. Stupidly I took the money - bought a 40 with it though!
First running car was a '61 Beetle. I bought it in 76 when I turned 16 for $50. Then had a 71 bus in college and a '71 Westie poptop that belonged to my dad. I always did like those cars! They were cheap, reasonably reliable in the summer, slow as dogs. They made poor winter cars due to the extremely bad heat, and no A/C for the defrost. My dad's Westie had been better cared for and didn't have the cable sticking problems.
On my 71-the cables that ran the heaters were so rusted in the tubes, I would turn the heat on at the manifold with a hammer in the fall, and turn if off with a hammer in the spring. Water would get in the throttle cable tube and then freeze solid making driving occasionally impossible. It was a great beach vehicle in the summer though. At one time, I thought I would own the bus forever, but after one particularly bad winter (83-84) I got sick of the reliabliity problems, sold the bus and moved to California. I miss the bus, but not the East Coast.
dblugly-that's a beautiful bus-If I owned that, well, I'd still own that. Very nice if you did the restore.
.great winter rigs
execept for the bug and its heat
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it might have been sitting on the shelf for a little while but a 
$40 for a NOS German muffer I'm happy with it 
