Car battery died and the ignition key wouldn't come out....

[MossRoad]

The cheating diesel VW's are quite tame compared to the '50's -'60's VW's.

And you can't do this to them very well, either.....

 

[Bird]

A 1964 VW bug, in 1965, is the only car I was ever in that turned over. It belonged to a cousin and he was driving; doing some little off road stunts. And in spite of the stories that were spread later, we had not been drinking.:laughing: It didn't hurt either of us, but it sure didn't do the little car any good.:laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

A 1964 VW bug, in 1965, is the only car I was ever in that turned over. It belonged to a cousin and he was driving; doing some little off road stunts. And in spite of the stories that were spread later, we had not been drinking.:laughing: It didn't hurt either of us, but it sure didn't do the little car any good.:laughing:

I remember in high school some kids took a bug down the railroad tracks that ran next to our school that were used to deliver coal to the Universities of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's.... they got about 300 yards down the tracks and rolled it. I remember one of them being pretty badly scraped, bruised and broken.... ambulance ride and expulsion in the same day as I recall. Tada!

My dad had a Karmann Ghia... he had 5 kids! :laughing: My mom had 4-5 buses. Mom complained about the Karmann Ghia, so he sold it and got a bug. He was in a pretty bad accident in it. Someone hit him. I recall him being in a hospital bed in our family room for several weeks. Bug was totaled. He got a Mustang! :laughing: Then another Mustang. Then a Nova. Mom kept driving buses.

 

[Jstpssng]

Then there was National Lampoon's ad about Volkswagens and Ted Kennedy...

 

[MossRoad]

Then there was National Lampoon's ad about Volkswagens and Ted Kennedy...

YIKES!

 

[stuckmotor]

Yes. These were the Briggs and Stratton lock sets. If you did not lock the ignition switch you did not need a key at all to turn them. I think about 1962 or 1964 might have been the last of them. I know when locksets were put on the columns then all of this changed. But I know exactly what you are describing .

My uncke had one. I was too young to drive it, but, I remember my mother showing me that she didn't need the key to start it. The locks and keys that we have to have to protect our property, these days, sure make things complicated.

 

[stuckmotor]

Then there was National Lampoon's ad about Volkswagens and Ted Kennedy...

I must have missed that one, just looked it up. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/TeddyVWad.jpg

 

[Egon]

And you can't do this to them very well, either.....
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When you turn on the lights does the motor lug down??

 

[Bird]

Then there was National Lampoon's ad about Volkswagens and Ted Kennedy...

I don't remember that one. I do remember, though, occasionally thinking a VW would be a good idea for me. And all I had to go was go visit a dealer, drive one around the block, and that would cure me of even THINKING I might want one for a couple of years.

 

[sseelhoff]

I don't remember that one. I do remember, though, occasionally thinking a VW would be a good idea for me. And all I had to go was go visit a dealer, drive one around the block, and that would cure me of even THINKING I might want one for a couple of years.

I had one in high school. Loved that car.