Long ago 1970-71 my friend had an old Beetle. After a while he pulled out the rear seats, threw down an old oriental rug with 2 giant pillows. It was very cozy back there for Drive-In’s and parking.
He as well put up those glow in the dark fluorescent stars and other shapes. He drove that Bug for quite a while, and it had a lot of miles on it, but it was not mine so I cannot say how many.
My favorite personal story was when I was stationed in Germany I had a newer Bug, maybe 6 years old at the time. Once I needed a baby crib as my little one was growing up. Incredibly, I got one at the PX but then had to get it home which was something between 15-20 klicks away.
We got it inside that Beetle, and then the 3 of us drove home. To this day it seems still impossible, yet I lived it. We really did that. My German neighbors hated my VW. Somehow they got me a deal with another neighbor in that little village for an Audi 80L. (That was the Audi Fox in this country.) The exchange rate at the time was not favorable. I think that they charged me 1200 DM. I do know that the cost in Dollars for me was $648.00.
I loved that Audi. I sold the Bug for $200 and got myself a new Minolta SLR. This was all around a terrific deal for me. I was very pleased with. I would have brought that Audi home if I could but the conversion was prohibitive. It needed American safety glass, American headlights, and I think unleaded gas converter stuff. It was simply out of the question.
I ended up selling it to a friend and I got great new stereo components, a few other things, and a years supply of gummy bears.
Good Times.
Continuing the beetle slide.
I have a 70 bug in the garage right now.. take it out for a spin once in a while on nice days with no rain. Never take it out once the salt goes down.