Your Volkswagen Beetle or Transporter

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What can I say , Mexico , of course. Peter
 
Moto-Uno said:
^ The answer is no , they don't work . A search of this forum will show how best to have pictures displayed in posts . Peter
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Well, that's embarrassing. But I think I should get some kind of a geezer pass because those vans were barely 15 years old, near new really, when I owned them. I have no idea how to make the photos show in the post but if you right click and follow the link you should see the pictures. I tried it and it worked.
 
My first car was a red 62 VW Bug. I loved that car, even with all of its issues. The engine needed a cylinder head gasket replaced because oil would leak into the #4 cylinder and foul it after about 300+/- miles. So I kept a set of tools required to pull the plug, clean the fouling, re-gap the plug and after this I was good to go another 300 miles. Sold that car to a cousin who drove it until she seized the engine for lack of oil, what a shame, should've kept it!
 
Officially, per the title, this is a '59 VW which was the last year new cars could be brought into Cuba. In reality, it appears to be a late model Mexican manufactured vintage. Best guess is someone smuggled a newer VW into Cuba then acquired a '59 title and paid someone to change the VIN numbers on the title.

The woman is Yudith, my ex- and now late girlfriend. She swapped her '52 Ford convertible, used to take tourists on overpriced rides, for this VW which was in great condition. She was not seriously hurt in the accident as she was in the passenger seat. She never knew how to drive so always paid a driver.

Someone got her wrecked VW to repair it. Few cars are ever junked in Cuba. Yudith got a Yamaha scooter, large flatscreen TV, big refrigerator, air conditioner, and some other appliances in the trade.

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My favorite combination for pictures of older vehicles is the Rolleiflex 3.5 Tessar and Tri-X.

This shot of one of the VWs in the neighborhood was made with the Rollei on TMAX 400, but there's still something about the Tessar that enhances the timeless beauty of these cars.
 

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My first "real" car after the USN was a 66 bus. It could hit 65 if I drove it off a tall cliff but a Honda 750 would just fit in the back with the seats out. The synchronizer quit but no problem. Just tie a piece of coat hanger wire between the seats, bend a hook in the end and hook the shifter when it hit fourth. Worked great!! Dang but I miss them days.
 
Bet I can make you cry. My motor went south in about 1971 so I bought a factory rebuilt for $400 plus change. I finally traded it when I tried to turn the heat on (ha ha ha) and found that the conduit that carried heat (ha ha) to the front had fallen off, probably somewhere in downtown Chicago-and that was no joke in the winter!
 
oftheherd said:
At VA Beach, so no. But I did have the camper version of the transporter, 72 version, the first year they went to the dual carbs. Bit of a pain until I learned to sync them.
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I had a 1972 transporter. The problem I had with the dual carbs was that, since they wanted to run on after turning off the ignition, solenoid actuated valves were provided to kill the gas at shutdown. But they would often malfunction and the engine was starved for gas while running, especially on the highway!

My 68 squareback was even worse, in its own way.

The 59 beetle was good, though.
 
Phil_F_NM said:
I think we have a better chance of inventing a time machine and going back in time to shoot Kodachrome, than the film stock coming back in its K14 form. They may try to capitalize on the Kodachrome name and bring out some product that uses it but it will not be real Kodachrome.

Phil Forrest
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No doubt!

It has been said that one never crosses the same river twice. That said, bring it on, if I like the looks I will shoot it!!!🙂
 
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