And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
+1, too, the super beetles were much easier to live with- heat, wipers, defrost, brakes. had one. and a '65 night racer in the rolling hills of kirtland, ohio.
I had a 1960. 36 horsepower, 62 MPH top end, no gas gauge, no radio, no defroster and not much of a heater. I remember it fondly, but not sure why. Perhaps because I paid $400 for it and it ran. Mostly.
If I could find a new yellow VW beetle like I bought in 1972 for $1,800 + tax and had for 10 years I'd crawl over 2 miles of broken glass to pick it up.
A big part of the early VW thing was you could maintain it yourself.. back in younger days I could carry the 36hp 1200cc engine up to my kitchen table for rebuilding by myself. These days I really don't want to have to go out and adjust the valves every 3,000 miles ...
When I delivered pizzas in college (early 80's) we had a delivery driver with a VW beetle and 3 engines. He tinkered with one on his kitchen table, kept the third in the back seat of the beetle. I saw him swap engines between deliveries one day (took him 13 minutes). Once a week he'd drive from Columbia, MO to the New Orleans docks with the bug packed with coolers and pick up seafood for a local cajun restaurant. Said it was a 24 hour drive.
If this is real - it's probably electric - and you can just imagine how the Leftist eco-posers will fight to get that vanity plate that say's LITNBUG or FIREFLY. I say DUNGBTL.
We should be so lucky……
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer the classic. Say 1960.
ReplyDelete+1, too, the super beetles were much easier to live with- heat, wipers, defrost, brakes. had one. and a '65 night racer in the rolling hills of kirtland, ohio.
DeleteI had a 1960. 36 horsepower, 62 MPH top end, no gas gauge, no radio, no defroster and not much of a heater. I remember it fondly, but not sure why. Perhaps because I paid $400 for it and it ran. Mostly.
DeleteI think 1960 was the 1st year 40 horse and fresh air heater. Gas gauge was '63...I think.
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DeleteIf it has an air-cooled engine I shall decline.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find this? Google drew a blank.
ReplyDeleteIf I could find a new yellow VW beetle like I bought in 1972 for $1,800 + tax and had for 10 years I'd crawl over 2 miles of broken glass to pick it up.
ReplyDeletethis one actually looks like a beetle.
ReplyDeleteThat’s the new V-W Cockroach!
DeleteSolar powered. ( runs when light shines on it)
Available in 7 different shades of brown.
A big part of the early VW thing was you could maintain it yourself.. back in younger days I could carry the 36hp 1200cc engine up to my kitchen table for rebuilding by myself.
ReplyDeleteThese days I really don't want to have to go out and adjust the valves every 3,000 miles ...
When I delivered pizzas in college (early 80's) we had a delivery driver with a VW beetle and 3 engines. He tinkered with one on his kitchen table, kept the third in the back seat of the beetle. I saw him swap engines between deliveries one day (took him 13 minutes). Once a week he'd drive from Columbia, MO to the New Orleans docks with the bug packed with coolers and pick up seafood for a local cajun restaurant. Said it was a 24 hour drive.
DeleteIf this is real - it's probably electric - and you can just imagine how the Leftist eco-posers will fight to get that vanity plate that say's LITNBUG or FIREFLY. I say DUNGBTL.
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