[stylin19a]

I didn't get my license until after I got out of the service >21.
Worked downtown chicago and took the "el" and buses and cabs...didn't need a car. Heck, back then, 1 bus transfer could take you all over the city.

The only thing keeping it from falling off the previous day was the fact that it was frozen onto the axle! Close call!

close call is right.

Our (I think 71)Super beetle had an automatic stick shift.
You could shift if you wanted to or leave it in auto.
You knew you had a super beetle if the spare tie laid flat.

[17strings]

Worked downtown chicago and took the “el” and buses and cabs...didn’t need a car. Heck, back then, 1 bus transfer could take you all over the city.

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So did I, and how well I remember! :) But I really liked having the car for the times I had to stay downtown late - too many close calls waiting for the last bus or train!

Another way you could tell a super beetle was that the windshield was curved, while the regular beetle had a flat plane of glass. Also the body was around a foot and a half longer. I think mine was a ‘72, and I got it in ‘75 or ‘76. It was orange - the dark orange, not the bright one.