Bought my 15 year old his first car this last weekend.

very cool vw! im restoring a 63 bug. tell him to go to thesamba.com lots of vw information.

 

i have fond memories when i was about 8 or 9, and riding in the back of those, over the motor with the air cleaner sticking out past the floorboard...while my parents smoked with the windows cracked a hair lol

 

Well, Finally got title transferred this weekend after waiting 2 months. The previous owner had the car registered in AZ. He was getting a CA title and trying to get the black plates re-activated. No such luck on the black plates. According to the DMV, the year of the plates don't match the year of the car. I don't know what this has to do with anything but leave it to California DMV to make it difficult. Fortunately, California just started offering new black "legacy" plates. So we ordered these:


Also, had ordered a rack for the top from Pedro Racks. He makes a 4 footer and a 6 footer. I talked him into making a 5 footer which he had previously done before but stopped. The 5 footer works perfectly with the sunroof. My son and I drove 2 hours down to about a 1/4 mile from the Mexican border on Sunday to pick it up. It is beautiful and perfect for this ride.



Now that I have the title transferred, we can kick this build into high gear. Found some steel type 3 wheels that I will be picking up this week and starting to work on the ignition switch rebuild. Pedro helped me out with a kev part for the ignition as well. Next few weeks will be spent sourcing a bunch of parts and then the fun begins.

 

Like it!

I like the direction it is going.

 

Thanks DrFunker! Here is the build thread I just started to document the process. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/my-sons-first-car-1966-volkswagen-squareback.387383/

 

This is an absolutely awesome project. Major dad points and congratulations to your son! Definitely want the link to the Build when it pops up!

EDIT: And already too late...Thank you!

 

already sub'd

 

Any new updates on the car?

 

You bought it for him or you helped him buy it?

 

Love it!!!

 

Very nice first car! I had a 1970 Squareback at one time, kept it about a year or so and sold it for twice what I paid for it. A little trivia for everyone, the Type 3 VW was the first mass produced cars with Electronic Fuel Injection.

 

Hell yea!!!!!!

 

Great first car. My first car was a 67 VW Bug, since than, I've had 3 other bugs, 71, 74 & 66. Great first car for kids. lots of mods can be done. Love the single back window mod. Good luck.

 

Bought it for him.

 

Nice! I had a 67 Squareback in the late 70s, it did not look nearly as nice as yours.

 

super cool first CAR!! my lessons in wrenching on my first car laid the foundation for my love of all things car (and mechanical)

i just sold my latest love and it was also an aircooled car. it was an old porsche 911. i love aircooled!!