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Any VW nuts here?!! UPDATED; SUN 28th MAY 2006
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:18 pm
by Trigger
I am a huge lover of those old school air cooled VW's. I have a few in my set the oldest being a 1951 bug a 1955, 1966, 1971 and a very cool 1964 delivery van.
I wondered if any of you had a VW fetish and what VW’s you, your friends or family have? Put a few photos up if you wish..... Its coming up to summer time and this is when all the best VW shows start happening. I will be at my first air cooled VW show on Sunday and I'm counting down the hours until the gates open!
T
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:36 pm
by Supernaut
VW? Like "The People's Car"?
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:32 pm
by Trigger
Supernaut wrote:VW? Like "The People's Car"?
Thats the one!!!!!! but that whole Hitler conection is gone now. And the Beetle's Nazi name translated was 'Strengh through joy'.
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:11 pm
by Follis
My brother has a Jetta; I'll be using it soon, though.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:15 pm
by Supernaut
Strength through joy?
Like, Freedom through work?
Sorry I'll stop Nazifying the car now
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:09 pm
by Trigger
Although it was a Nazi idea the car was only made possible because the British Army developed the design in 1945. Which means that for about 5 years VW was a British company. But we gave it back to the German Government when we couldn't find a buyer, we thought VW was not a good enough company to ever make a profit. HOW WRONG WERE WE!!!!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:16 pm
by Supernaut
Didn't Germany have the VW before 1945?
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:37 pm
by Trigger
Supernaut wrote:Didn't Germany have the VW before 1945?
Yes but it was a very different car and working ethic to what the British created in the VW company in 1945. After the British took the factory it became part of the Armies Engeneers Corps they then supplied caqrs for the Army & police across West Germany.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:48 pm
by deansolo
Yeah I had my VW days, early-mid 80's......I had both the pick up truck and the Wolfsburg Edition convertible Golf (Rabbitt in the USA). Both were very fast and real fun to drive! Had to really maintain them though. They had a weird electro-mechanical fuel injection system that was really quite brilliant a design. but hard to maintain...if pne of the many sensors went out it through the whole thing out of whack. Wheel bearings were another thing that frequently needed fixing. Fun cars though!
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:00 am
by Trigger
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:10 pm
by randys roadie
Wow! I didn't realise so many old school VW's were still around
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:23 am
by DaneisKing1389
I'm not a VW fan.
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:11 am
by Trigger
DaneisKing1389 wrote:I'm not a VW fan.
Thanks for letting me know I will make sure I don't ask you about them in the future.
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 3:18 pm
by randys roadie
Can you put up a few more shots T?
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:47 am
by cableguyxx
