That’s a 1967 21 Window VW Sunroof Samba with Safari Windows upfront. Hippies couldn’t afford one of these rare beauties.
Look closer; It’s a 23-window. You can see the back corner window on the far side through the vehicle.
That’s a beautiful vehicle.
I had one in 1971. Paid less than a thousand. There wasn’t a developed and overly voracious collectors market like there is now. I bought my first 32’ sailboat for $3500. My rent in Pacific Grove was $125 a month, and that was in a 1bdrm with a view of the bay if you were in the bedroom. A waitress at Nepenthe could actually afford to buy 5 acres up Garapata Creek. Used cars back then were not over priced like they are now. In fact cars in general weren’t. Like housing no one was investing in them. In 1969 I bought a 1962 Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite for $125. Times have changed.
I had one in 1971. Paid less than a thousand. There wasn’t a developed and overly voracious collector market like there is now. I bought my first 32’ sailboat for $3500. My rent in Pacific Grove was $125 a month, and that was in a 1bdrm with a view of the bay if you were in the bedroom. A waitress at Nepenthe could actually afford to buy 5 acres up Garapata Creek. Used cars back then were not over priced like they are now. In fact cars in general weren’t. Like housing no one was investing in them. In 1969 I bought a 1962 Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite for $125. Times have changed. By the way, not saying the Samba sold as many to the flower child crowd (can’t stand the media created name, hippie, If you called yourself a hippie you weren’t a hippie.) as the other models. They were much more difficult to rig up with tie die curtains.