First Volkswagen Memory

Martin's Winter Bug 
Martin Cumming from Edmonton, Alberta spent many years selling Volkswagens. He also drove one and on one chilly -31 degree winter evening he parked the ...

Powerline 
When I was in my early teens my older sister was dating a guy who owned a yellow baja bug. We were flying along the power-lines up behind Nanaimo when ...

A 50 year VW affair. 
It was post war Germany in the early fifties. I grew up in a small village near Hamburg. Cars were not that plentiful in those days. It was always an occasion ...

My first car. 
Back in 1984 we lived in Kelowna B.C. Their was a fear of a gas shortage and Dad had just gotten a new job in Vancouver. Mortgage rates had skyrocketed ...

From horsepower to kidpower 
From a 1970 red and white, SS 396 Nova to a 1972 Yellow Super Beetle. From a single 20 year old drag racer, to a 22 year old husband and father of his ...

My Addiction's Beginning 
My first VW memory is of my favourite auntie coming to visit us in her beetle. It was that boring beige colour with a fuzzy white sheepskin steering wheel ...

Marianne's European Excursion  Not rated yet
In the 1960's a 23-yr old Marianne, feeling quite invincible, decided to go with a friend on a jaunt across Europe. When they landed, the first thing ...

A Surprise in Munchen (Munich)  Not rated yet
In 1961 a young man was visiting Munchen. He was out enjoying the city and the night clubs. When it was time to go back to the hotel, a young German ...

Prospector Dave and An Old VW Van  Not rated yet
An 18-yr old Dave got his first experience with a Volkswagen when he worked with an experienced prospector in the Yukon. They were in the Yukon gathering ...

Dad's Bug Stops an 18-wheeler!  Not rated yet
Dad was a Tall and muscular heavy duty mechanic, who loved his Volkswagen Beetle. It was always an adventure when he took my brother and me for a ride....

Bette's Little Red Bug  Not rated yet
She was born in 1959. She was ordered directly from Germany. She cost the princely sum of $1800.00 and was put on a payment plan of $50 down and $50/...

Flap your wings kids!  Not rated yet
My first VW memory was our little yellow Love Bug that my Mom and Step-Dad had when my brother and I were pre-schoolers. Whenever we'd go over the overpass ...

Ole Remembers Dad's 1952 (Calgary)  Not rated yet
When Ole was a youngster his Dad, in 1952, bought one of the first Volkswagen Beetles in Calgary, AB. She was green with an oval window and no chrome ...

Wolfgang - The Black Beetle  Not rated yet
Wolfgang was purchased in Victoria in 1961 by Alice. Alice was a tall Englishwoman who lived on Salt Spring Island and was told, due to her advanced age,...

Bug Keys go for a Ride  Not rated yet
Now Terry, from Victoria, had a daughter, who had a Volkswagen. She also had a key-chain made with a model Beetle, that had traction wheels. Finding ...

Terry's Teenage Dream  Not rated yet
My first car was a brand new 1964 Blue Beetle. She had the grand price of $1900 as the deluxe model. The upgrade from the base model of $1600 included ...

spare class 1972  Not rated yet
I had a spare class and so did my girlfriend. I had a truck and camper and we decided to take advantage of the time being together. Only thing was she ...

Slack Alice  Not rated yet
Slack Alice was the name of our 1972 VW Van. It was odd looking with a home-made fiberglass box on the roof. It was left at a pawn shop by someone who ...

My First Car - in Wichita  Not rated yet
In high school I found a cute 1966 vw 1300 Beetle convertible , white with red interior, for the grand sum of $465. Second hand of course and my first ...

It Must Have Been Fate - Two Squareback's Meet  Not rated yet
In 1970, just out of high school, I made the grand purchase of a VW Squareback. I thought it was pretty hot stuff and I just had to have it so I scrounged ...

Adelaide to Darwin - and back... a 2 week adventure  Not rated yet
In 1982 several lads decided to trek from Adelaide to Darwin, i.e. bottom to top of Australia. The only conditions were that you must drive a VW Beetle ...

'71 White Beetle from Barrie ON  Not rated yet
Edith learned to drive on a 1971 white Beetle, she remembers continually going back and forth while learning how to use the clutch. She also remembers ...

Foxy  Not rated yet
When Ray's daughter Kim got her first car it was a 1989 VW Fox affectionately called Foxy. Kim drove it all around the rugged Ft. St. John until her sister ...

Met at a VW Club...and Married  Not rated yet
Ian and Kara both had Volkswagens. His was yellow and he was so enthusiastic about owning a GTI, he joined the Vancouver VW car club. Kara had a silver ...

Late 60's Black Bug  Not rated yet
Jean Pierre had a precious black Beetle that he unfortunately let his sister drive for her first time.
She had great fun and missed the brake for the ...

Speedy Rides Again  Not rated yet
The Blackwell family girls all learned to drive on Speedy. She was a Black 1956 Bug. She became a flower power beetle as we decorated her with flowers ...

8/19/10, '68 Karmann Ghia  Not rated yet
I have vague recollections of my Dad's bug when I was little. And I occasionally saw photos of his Karmann Ghia throughout childhood. I always liked the ...

My first VW at 14 years old.   Not rated yet
I am sooo excited about being a part of this Fabulous website to share my passion for my first Vee dub!!! OK here I go. I was 14 and was living in the ...

MY FIRST VW  Not rated yet
Her name was Guinnivere and she was a bright yellow bug.
She was born in 1952 and purchased by me in 1970 for the grand sum of $300. I was on a break ...

The One Window Less Bug.   Not rated yet
In 1989 we were living in Lac La Hatch British Columbia, I remember it being a bitterly cold morning, a morning that my family still talks about to this ...