I had a 1974 beetle in high school and college. It was beautiful and never gave me a problem. Of course it could barely climb a hill. I think they were called pancake engines or something. Mine was almost new and well....I wish I still had it. It would be trippy to drive something like that again.......so simple.
All my friends in high school drove Bugs. Very simple to repair and maintain. Too bad the later generation VWs didn’t stick to that design philosophy.