VW Beetle (Original)

The VW Beetle (the original one!) is perhaps one of the most iconic cars of all time. Nowadays, it represents a free spirited individual, not always a hippy, and someone that is after something that little bit different. It reminds people of the sixties, flower power, and festivals - a time when things were brighter in colour and outlook. It is often linked to surfing as well, a classic picture of the Beetle is of it on a beach at sunset with the surfboards on the roof. The Beetle was made by Volkswagen, which means "People's Car" in german, and linked to Adolf Hitler who asked Ferdinand Porsche (the owner of Porsche) to develop a car for ...  Read the complete review

After seeing my dad restoring his own VW Beetle, I had caught the bug. I knew that my first car had to be a Vee Dub. I now own my own 1973 Volkswagen Beetle, 1303 model. It is my first car, I love it, and use it every day to get me to work, uni and see my friends. VW made several models of the classic beetle, and regularly updated the practical features of the cars over the years, however they made a point of never changing the styling simply for the sake of change. The original models had small engines of 1200cc, until the 1300cc version was added to the range in the '60s. Later came a more powerful 1500 in addition to the others. These models were all ...  Read the complete review

The Volkswagen type 1 better known as the Beetle. A two door four seater car with the engine in the boot! The engine came in several sizes, the range included the 1200 1300 1500 and 1600. The most common engine was the 1300 which came in two versions depending on year of manufacture. I’ve had three VW Beetles all of them 1300 versions (I did put a 1500 engine into the first Beetle I had). I fell in love with the shape of the car and I suppose that is why I perservered with them because looking back the cars were not particularly reliable(proably due to their age). Any major work on the engine was far easier with the engine removed from the car which, ...  Read the complete review

Seeing as I'm not a car person, and never will be, I certainly seem to have owned nearly every 'popular' classic, and paid the price in doing so. I bought a brand new, red, shiny original Beetle in the seventies, and hated every second driving it. The foot controls were in such an awkward position, that I had to hang my feet in the air, poised for action, with resulting ankle ache. The noise of the air cooled engine was mind blowing. Those who knew would tell me it had been 'run in on the bench' which meant nothing to me at all. Though I now gather it meant something to do with the engine, as cars used to have a sticker in ...  Read the complete review

Ok you VW fans out there, I am going to tell you about my lovely 1969 beetle called Bluebell. I have always wanted one ever since I went to the vw festival in Margam park last year (2006) after seeing all the bugs and camper vans I fell in love. My dear husband said that if I was to sell my car I could have one for my 30th birthday, so I put my car on eBay and sold it straight away, then we had a look in the free ads and came across a bug and phoned the guy immediately and went straight up there. We made our way to Cardiff and law and behold we got lost (typical husband) by this time it was getting really late and concerned that the bloke ...  Read the complete review