GTP Cool Wall: 1950-1967 Volkswagen Type 2 (T1)

1950-1967 Volkswagen Type 2 (T1)

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This has been roped into a trio along with the Beetle and Karmann Ghia as the holy grail to the 'slammed, stretched, bro, swag, tosser' crowd.

Can't be anything other than SU.

Although I do admire one that's kept 100% original.
 
My mother drove a blue '67 (1300?) bug with a roof rack, and as a youngster I also had a VW bug amongst many other rides. Back in the day, they were commonly referred to as "Hitler's revenge", in part because of the murderous swing axles and in part because of the ubiquitous valve-burning issue. Probably the only worse car I have owned is the Austin-Healey Sprite Mk II.
 
There are two reasons that keep this out of Sub-Zero:

  1. Hippie mobile (at least back in the day)
  2. Over-rated and over-priced.

But damn I want one of these and just drive down the road with a couple of mates and do a road trip. Very Cool.

Also for those who think it's underpowered (and they are) do this:
 
It's difficult, because people buy them just to be cool; but even then it's a vehicle with such universal recognition and appeal that it still manages to make those people cool. Until they open their mouths.
 
It's a truck, it's a people carrier, it's a mobile home, it's a... Beetle? That's an automatic sub-zero, no questions asked.

(And with its speed, it may well be near-zero Kelvin too)
 
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I know, it's such a shame that people buy modern, rather inexpensive van for daily use over massively overpriced one from the 60's.
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It was sarcasm. I was wistful about the prospect of VW Combis being used as taxis here in SA. Do you know what a sight for sore eyes the public transport system here is, especially the taxis?
 
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I was wistful about the prospect of VW Combis being used as taxis here in SA. Do you know what a sight for sore eyes the public transport system here is, especially the taxis?
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If they use Toyota HiAces, it can't be very good to begin with. But yes, I've heard it's awful.
 
Sub zero if you're a surfer, seriously uncool if you're a hippy. Fortunately you see far more surfers in these than hippies.

Not a T3, though. That's an easy sub zero.
 
In the UK most surfers had the bay window buses as they were far more cost effective, especially as you'd have to be driving down lots of very narrow lanes in and around some of the common surf spots in the UK.

When we used to go down to Croyde we'd see loads of Bay windows randomnly parked up all over the place, never really saw a split parked up in the usual places they stayed overnight.

If you go via the open markets you'll get hit with scene tax bigtime, especially for the RHDs or and more sought after ones, but you can pick up fairly good imported buses for quite little, especially compared to the ridiculously priced holy grail buses. Or if you look at the specialist aircooled or SSVC sites you'll get a much better bus for your $$..

Only problem then is if you haven't got the skills to do some or all the work yourself, then it'll cost a bit to get it restored as prices for parts have got pretty ridiculous too.

Stuff we were throwing away (wheels, seats/interiors, beetle bonnets and all kind of bits) 20 years ago are being sold for $$ nowadays... Gutted :boggled:

Had a friend who was into these in the 70's and 80's back then there wasn't much of a scene for them, he showed me his photo albums with him and his friends cutting up ovals and splits to part out because no-one wanted them. They took a RHD single cab pick up to an army firing range and dumped it there as it was cheaper than paying a scappie to take it off their hands..!

How times change.. :indiff:
 
This thing is let down by a bad engine, but that's balanced out due to the fact that they look half decent. Meh
 
Cool, because:
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Why do people have a problem that it's associated with Hippies or the "modern Hippie" aka thr Hipster?

I like it, not a SZ for me though.
 

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