It's about time I started a thread about my squareback.
In 2002 I bought my second volkswagen, my first was a baja I had in my late teens.
This square was a rusted out '74 costing me $350. Soon after an acquaintance told me about his friend wanting to empty out his shed and asked if I wanted another square for parts.
Unseen, I hired a trailer and equipped myself with a case of beer (it was all he wanted for the trade).
Turned out to be an earlier model with tired paint. With a new battery and some fuel down the carby it fired first go, the only problem was it only worked in 2nd gear.
Come January 2003 I lost my job. I ditched the '74 after savaging as many parts as I could and spent the next 9 months stripping down and putting back together the '68.
By August 2003 I had it registered.
It became my daily drive and I soon started adding parts a fiddling with the set up.
This was the lowest I had it but it would scrub so I raised it a notch.
I found it was great to camp in and could go almost anywhere.
In 2009 I decided to spend some money and had Wayne Penrose build me a mild, ECU, EFI, type 4 engine.
I moved with my girlfriend and daughter to Thredbo that year.
Much fun was had driving through the Alpine roads.
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MY68VW Seriously Crusin Dubber
181 posts · joined Aug 2006 ·
Tuned Type IV power - shaking out the rust.
