A sweet story about a faithful and dependable car. But those old beetle bugs had no crumple zones, no antilock brakes, no air conditioning, and no gas gauge. I assume Kathleen had seat belts added, but still no shoulder strap. Princess fell in love with the original VW Beetle when she was a teenager. After all, I and my family had nothing but Volkswagens back in the day. She got over her obsession pretty quick when my brother referred to them as "death traps." We are now a Toyota family, with two Priuses, three Camrys, and two RAV4s between us. (via Nag on the Lake)
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Annie the Beetle
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tear jerker
They're not death traps — at least no more so than most other cars from the 1960s. In fact, VW even ran an ad campaign that touted how well-built their cars were, claiming their all-welded construction made them so water-tight that they even would float – an ad that the National Lampoon magazine infamously parodied.
-"BB"-
Oh, he would have said that about any car from the 1960s.
I have personally seen a VW retrofitted with a Corvair engine that hung out the back end, requiring a customized hatch. It could lay rubber, and had there been room, it would probably have had A/C as well.
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