To: Reaganite Republican
Pfft. Why would I want a wimpy Beetle with only 300 hp? I'll take this one:
To: Reaganite Republican
Cool story. I’ll have to show it to my grandson. He just got his first car: a 1975 red VW superbug with a ragtop.
To: Reaganite Republican
Many years ago I worked for a Datsun race team.
We were at Elkheart Lake, Wisconsin for a race.
There were many classes and Paul Newman showed up and entered a porche. Goodyear showed up with a truck load of new stickum tires by far the best made to that point.
Newman bought the entire truck to not allow anyone but him to use them insuring him a win.
Just saying./
8 posted on
05/06/2011 2:35:22 PM PDT by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO))
To: Reaganite Republican
While racing Porsches in the early ‘70s, I had the pleasure of having breakfast with Mr. Newman, just outside of Donnybrooke, the track that is now Brainerd Int’l Raceway, Brainerd, Mn.
He was every bit the gentleman people said he was. Most polite, and a great sense of humor. He had racing stories that had us almost crying from laughter!
11 posted on
05/06/2011 2:39:32 PM PDT by
Fireone
(Heating the tar and readying the feathers.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Paul Newmn, when alive, was one of the bad guys. A heavy contributor to liberal causes and politicians, and a member of the board of Directors of Handgun Control, Inc.
12 posted on
05/06/2011 2:40:09 PM PDT by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
To: Reaganite Republican
Dude, pimp mah bug!
To: Reaganite Republican
great actor, great humanitarian, lousy liberal scumbag.
16 posted on
05/06/2011 2:52:37 PM PDT by
Sudetenland
(TSA - Theatrical Security Affectation)
To: Reaganite Republican
Neat car but I have to disagree about the salad dressing it is awful as are all of the Newman products I’ve tried.
To: Reaganite Republican
I saw a 60’s VW with an Olds engine hanging on the transaxel.
19 posted on
05/06/2011 3:01:12 PM PDT by
mountainlion
(America land of the free because of the Brave.)
To: Reaganite Republican
I wouldn’t give 1K for a bug with a water cooled V8 motor.
You can get 300hp out of a air cooled porsche 911 motor and it will fit in a bug way better than that ridiculous monstrosity in the article.
21 posted on
05/06/2011 3:05:41 PM PDT by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: Reaganite Republican
Check this out. 1300 Horsepower rocket powered transaxle mounted to a Volkswagen Bug. Posted a quarter-mile in 9.36 seconds at 168 mph. And that was with the Thermonique Turbo Axle dialed back to
only 500 hp!
Iowahawk: The Real Acme
27 posted on
05/06/2011 3:45:04 PM PDT by
Haiku Guy
(If you can read this / (To paraphrase on old line) / Thank a TAXPAYER!.)
To: Reaganite Republican
I bet you it sounds like a muffler-less dump truck when running....
31 posted on
05/06/2011 4:52:42 PM PDT by
ArtDodger
(Reread Animal Farm (with your kids))
To: Reaganite Republican
Nope Paul Newman hands down. Paul may have acted cool but my main dude who exude real coolness regarding cars and racing was STEVE MCQUEEN -)
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