I'm old and remember pop's 1954 VW Kombi, this was the basic Typ II van ('bus') with no headliner not door panels in the back although it did have the two bench seats .

I ran an indie VW Garage in a college town in the 1970's - good times, most fun job I ever had .

The old air cooled Beetles are still good reliable and fun daily drivers as long as you understand they're death traps in a serious collision .

OTOH, I manged to over turn my 1953 'Zwitter' (late split rear window) Beetle going abut 85 MPH and did in fact rebuild the car, I think it's now in Japan .

Keeping them stock makes them far more economical and longer lasting, the early 1100 and 1200 engines weren't very fast but went along just fine .

My raggedy "survivor" 1959 #113 DeLuxe Beetle is still 6 volts and 36 horsepower engine .

Looks pretty bad, the younger kids love it, I hate "patina" .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better