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PoindexterOglethorpe

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16. '59 VW Beetle. Convertible.

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:17 PM

Jul 2019

No gas gauge. I learned to note what the mileage was and get it filled again when I'd driven about 200 miles. It had the spare tank thing, where you flipped a switch to open up the spare when you started sputtering. But if you didn't flip the switch back before getting gas, it was locked open. I only made that mistake once.

It also had a manual choke which I just loved.

I owned it in 1968/69.

I paid $100 for it, and a year or so later sold it for $150. Then did without a car for the next seven years, and bought a '69 Beetle.

My current car is a 2017 Honda Fit. Manual transmission, which is all I willingly drive. One reason I hate renting cars is that I'm forced to drive some crappy automatic.

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My first car [View all] trof Jul 2019 OP

I am quite younger than you tymorial Jul 2019 #1

1968 Volkswagen Beetle lambchopp59 Jul 2019 #2

wow same car! CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #3

"loved the sunroof! " mitch96 Jul 2019 #25

I had a '68 also.. Green with a sunroof!! snazzy .......... mitch96 Jul 2019 #19

bwa ha! CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #27

The VW or the Plymouth?? nt mitch96 Jul 2019 #35

Both actually! CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #38

The joke with my Plymoth was mitch96 Jul 2019 #39

I briefly owned a Westfalia camper like that CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #40

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