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« Reply #60 on: November 19, 2009, 18:02:52 pm »

'72 bug 12 years, and my '78 T2B camper 9 years   Grin
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« Reply #61 on: November 19, 2009, 18:45:11 pm »

My cab has been 17 and a bit years,and it ran its 1st 9sec pass after 15 years on the exact date I bought it,hopefully it wont take the same time again for the next landmark Wink

cheers richie,uk 
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« Reply #62 on: November 19, 2009, 18:45:46 pm »

I've owned my '68 Beetle for about 16 years.
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« Reply #63 on: November 19, 2009, 19:39:57 pm »

My cab has been 17 and a bit years,and it ran its 1st 9sec pass after 15 years on the exact date I bought it,hopefully it wont take the same time again for the next landmark Wink

cheers richie,uk 
it was at ddd#3 if i remember well , it was at that meeting you made a huge wheeling and the hood it's opened
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« Reply #64 on: November 19, 2009, 22:08:44 pm »

The one I had the longest I gave away.  Sad  Cheesy
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« Reply #65 on: November 20, 2009, 02:33:03 am »

I have my '55 ragtop since 1994.
15 years ago.
It's not so cool to remember it... it was so long time ago  Grin
I understand people who keep there volkswagen for years.
That meens for me they did the right choice and they fight to keep it and to buy other cars without selling there first love...
So keep going  Wink
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« Reply #66 on: November 20, 2009, 06:20:53 am »

Wow, I did the math and I have owned my  '63 bug for 14 years (this june). I bought it at the age of 12 and will be 27 in july. Car has over 128,000 miles on the same engine and a freebie transaxle that has needed a 2nd gear synchro since the day I installed it Cheesy. I've been rear ended 6 times, front ended twice (backed into) and aquired numerous dents and dings over the years. "Rusty" (my car) still has the same old paint and primer spots, the same (real) 356 rims with nipple caps, and the same 18" section of floorpan completely rotted out between the battery and the pass. seat  Shocked.  Somethings never change! Cool I'd have my dad paint it, but then it wouldn't be a driver...Plus nobody would recognize me in it after all these years of it being a junker!

Andy

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« Reply #67 on: November 20, 2009, 11:16:52 am »

I bought my 67 looker in 1989, 20 years ago... Cheesy
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« Reply #68 on: November 20, 2009, 14:18:42 pm »

I have my '55 ragtop since 1994.
15 years ago.
It's not so cool to remember it... it was so long time ago  Grin
I understand people who keep there volkswagen for years.
That meens for me they did the right choice and they fight to keep it and to buy other cars without selling there first love...
So keep going  Wink
nice car and great words Wink
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« Reply #69 on: November 20, 2009, 14:36:35 pm »

I have my '55 ragtop since 1994.
15 years ago.
It's not so cool to remember it... it was so long time ago  Grin
I understand people who keep there volkswagen for years.
That meens for me they did the right choice and they fight to keep it and to buy other cars without selling there first love...
So keep going  Wink

Hi Mike,

I remember my first visit of the bug show at spa in 2000. I was overwhelmed when I saw all those top cal lookers from belgium and other european countries in one place. I was especially blown away by the ovalwindows of Phil (?) and you. Itīs great that both of you still own your cars.
Keep on! Smiley

Tobi
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« Reply #70 on: November 20, 2009, 15:08:59 pm »

1984 for me.
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« Reply #71 on: November 20, 2009, 16:23:59 pm »

I bought my '67 from the original owner in 1992. Two weeks later it was lowered, running on original BRMs and had an EMPI GT woodrim and EMPI E-Z-R shifter and was on the VolksWorld Magazine stand at Bug Jam.
The original owner had it for 25 years, I have had it for 18. I am really looking forward to being able to say I have owned it 25 years now.
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« Reply #72 on: November 20, 2009, 16:31:29 pm »

I remember it on the stall, didn't it have a unpainted rear wing or two on it at the time?
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« Reply #73 on: November 20, 2009, 16:51:28 pm »

11 years for the ghia
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« Reply #74 on: November 20, 2009, 17:11:41 pm »

I remember it on the stall, didn't it have a unpainted rear wing or two on it at the time?

Good memory. First time BRMs had been seen at Bug Jam.
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« Reply #75 on: November 20, 2009, 22:54:11 pm »

that'll be me then spotting a set of funky old wheels and getting my photo taken next to them (sad or what!! )
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