Vintage VW Bug

This beautiful 1963 VW Bug Ragtop was spotted in the parking lot at Target. My assumption is that it is a 63 because there is no Wolfsburg crest on the hood. This VW bug has been thouroughly restored. It has:

- New paint
- New ragtop sunroof
- Whitewall tires

Notice that the decklid looks like it is from a '64 or '65 bug, as it has a place for a pushbutton instead of a "T" handle. Clean, straight, rust-free German bug body parts are harder and harder to find.

Here is a 1967 VW Bug that was spotted in a Home Depot parking lot. The paint is in rough shape, but the body appears clean. If a car like this proves to be rust free, it would be a good restoration project. The 1967 model bug is a one year only car. Find one like this while you can.

Here is a nice looking 1965 VW Bug with a metal sunroof. This car was spotted in Long Beach, California. This is the typr of car I would look for if I were in the market for a 1960's VW Bug.

This postcard was sent to me by a friend. It shows an early VW Bug and VW Bus (deluxe) out in the desert.

This 1961 VW Bug was owned by VW Chronicles Contributing Editor, Giana. The photo was dated 1994. I remember that she bought the car in Duarte. That is a city just northeast of Los Angeles. We had to use a flat-bed trailer to get the car to Bellflower (just southeast of LA). This was one of those VW bugs that was used for a chicken coup or something, and then resuscitated by an enterprising teenager. I think she paid less than $1000 for the car. It was grey and white two-tone primer, and the artwork was added by Giana, my wife Trish, and my neighbor and his little girl.

I got the chance to go to Bill and Steve's in Downey to pick up a windshield for a friend's 1963 VW bug.  It was the first time I had been to a VW bug parts shop in five years.  My friend, a contributor to this site, was having a leaky seal replaced, and I figured her VW bug was like all of the VW bugs I have owned.  The glass "lights up" in oncoming traffic.  I had already been contracted to drop off the new seal and trim, and she agreed that if the old glass is out, it should stay out.  You need to see if you drive a 1963 VW bug.

I was surprised at how close I guessed to the actual price.  I was thinking it would be about $40.00.  It was $42.00.  I think Bill and Steve's has always been the best overall shop for VW bug parts, VW bus parts, and Karmann Ghia parts.  I have been buying VW parts from them since 1986.