Showing posts with label squareback. Show all posts
Showing posts with label squareback. Show all posts

Friday, December 5, 2008

Down on the street

or rather, out in the parking lot.  Caught in the wild on wednesday.

1970s VW Type 3 "Squareback"

My parents had one of these (in gloss red) for a few months back in 1976.  They had bought it used from PJ's Used Cars in Decatur, IL and sold it after discovering a number of problems with it.  I bawled like a five year old (hey, I *was* five) when they sold it (for more than they paid for it).  

I walked around it and grabbed a deep whiff of the unmistakeable air-cooled VW interior.  Too bad this one is saddled with an automatic transmission.