Any VW nuts here?!! UPDATED; SUN 28th MAY 2006

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Trigger wrote:Here are some shots from the show last Sunday. No stealing please!! :lol:


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That's gotta be the uglyest vehicle design on the entire planet.
U got good taste in guitarsits but as for the vehicles...nahh. But that's juts my look on this. Aint fact.
That van looks like some bog eyed creature you'd find in the Amazon that you wish you hadn't.
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zakkattack! wrote:
Trigger wrote:Here are some shots from the show last Sunday. No stealing please!! :lol:


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That's gotta be the uglyest vehicle design on the entire planet.
U got good taste in guitarsits but as for the vehicles...nahh. But that's juts my look on this. Aint fact.
That van looks like some bog eyed creature you'd find in the Amazon that you wish you hadn't.
:o
:lol: thats why it sold so well!!!!!!
Cologne she'll wear silver and americard, She'll drive a beetle car and beat you down at cool Canasta. And when the clothes are strewn don't be afraid of the room touch the fullness of her breast feel the love of her caress she will be your living end.
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cableguyxx wrote:From the time I was 17 until I was about 27, I had a 1969 Volkswagon Type III Fastback, with the not to common Automatic AND Fuel Injection. It was pretty cool looking. I had lowered the front abit and had some Centerlines on it. I sold it for $500 :cry: I'll post a picture of it when I find one.
Post a picture C, I would love to see your fastback they are nice cars.
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I think this would be a perfect tourbus!
Maybe some graffiti is needed then. :lol:
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After reading Zakkattack’s opinion that the VW busses look like something you should avoid in the Amazon, it got me thinking! When VW designed their early vehicles they looked at practicality before beauty and so the only alterations to the year models were things to improve safety, comfort, fuel and economy. VW knew that the US sales market would be hard to crack as US buyers expected big cars with plenty of chrome and lots of new models year after year. What VW, and the advertising agency they employed to market VW in America, did was to make fun of the ugly VW models and use negative advertising. This was the first time a huge company had ever used the mundane, negative and dull to market their product and the result has made the Beetle the best selling car in history and their other ranges of air-cooled pre-1976 cars and busses the most desired, valuable and loved vehicles on the planet today.

This is an extract from the book called “Remember those great Volkswagen ads?â€ÂÂ
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They are very funny adverts :lol: , I like their way of thinking.
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WOW! Great pics! I had a 67' VW Camper w/walk-through, and a '71 Camper as well - these are the BEST years for the Bus, period.
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zakkattack! wrote:
Trigger wrote:Here are some shots from the show last Sunday. No stealing please!! :lol:


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That's gotta be the uglyest vehicle design on the entire planet.
U got good taste in guitarsits but as for the vehicles...nahh. But that's juts my look on this. Aint fact.
That van looks like some bog eyed creature you'd find in the Amazon that you wish you hadn't.
:o
rubbish! this is truly a thing of beauty. some day it will be mine. oh yes.
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I am with you 100% with early VW vans Frank I will PM you a picture of mine later! :D

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My mom had a VW Rabbit. She could put our family of 9 into it when we were young. Before there were real safety laws she would put 3 kids in the trunk (which flipped down) 4 in the back seat and 3 in the front. Those were the days. She went on to get the 84' Jetta, '86 Jetta, Corado, Sciracco. Just about anything VW we would get. They were terrific on gas (ie., 50+ for the '86 Turbo Diesel Jetta). Randy's car was a Jetta I believe...
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