Bob Baker VW Show

Some hastily-shot iPhone pix from an air-cooled VW show at a local dealer last weekend.

 

glorious Ghia

 pair o' things

 pre-'58 pressed bumper 23-window Samba

 baja Ghia

 hacked splitty

 brick paneling - WTF??

 1970s paint job

ratty splitty...

 ...riding on Porsche "phone dials"

 patina

 clean Squareback

 beefy Beetle

 ovals

 912 motor (?)

 '68 Westfalia, showroom fresh

 Puma kit car

 Speedster and 550 kit cars

 another oval

 well-accessorized (over-accessorized?)  '51 split window

 cool spotlight/mirror combo

 down-on-the-street doka

Why can't our house be sold - or at least rented?

If it was, I'd have this beast (1973 VW "Thing" aka Type 181) in my garage.


A local friend of mine is selling it, it's pretty solid and complete, just needs a few rust fixes and a head rebuild, neither of which are major deals on air-cooled VWs.

Talk about the perfect Beachvagen. Did I mention that it's cheap?

I already have dreams about painting it a funky Euro 70s color (other than yellow)...


..or going with a military look.

Someday. A Thing is on my list of cars I will own before I'm dead.