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Would love to have one of these some day!
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/03/10/the-volkswagen-bus-turns-65/?refer=news
Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica RoadsterIf you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)
My first car was a 1964 Microbus. It went to Woodstock in 1969. Drove that thing all over the place. Rebuilt the engine twice. Wish I still had it.
In wine there is truth, in water health.
My first bus was a 1964 Deluxe, but it didn’t go to Woodstock. It went to Keesler AFB MS with me, and then on to Homestead FL with my wife and toddler, pulling her 1972 Pinto… I wore out 4 busses over the following years. I’ve lost track of how many cross-country trips I’ve made in them over the years. Great memories of numerous camping trips in later in full Westphalia or Weekender versions. IMO, one of the most practical, reliable and economical vehicles ever made…
Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...In addition to all the music, Woodstock was kind of a VW Bus/Transporter show, eh? (For those that got there early and were not stuck on the “closed” NYS Thruway.)(There were a good number of resurrected old School Busses also.)
Yes, I pulled a Pinto. Later, I towed a 64 Bug from San Antonio TX to Newport News VA and 18 months later to Ogden UT – crossing both WV and WY (among others, of course) along the way. That was with a Wasserboxer Vanagon.
I don’t recall exactly what the final gear ratio was on the 64, but a liile bit of power goes a long way when your gear ratio is about 6:1. You just have to have a cool-running engine to maintain 3000 RPM or so, and take your time…
Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...
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