Penny William’s Veronica is definitely a one of a kind car, taking all kinds of car show trophies over the past years. Mostly stockish, the car’s really defined by the custom colors and design, inspired from a Matchbox Beetle! Veronica is another labor of love and shows me that I’ll hopefully be able to restore…
Other People’s Cars – Mohamed Mahmoud Elawadi’s 1303
This car is in a category all of its own. The charcoal gray body and black trim is so beautiful, and I think this may be the only Beetle I’ve seen with fender flares added onto the vehicle instead of actually having flared wider fenders. If the car was any other color they probably would…
The discovery of Żuczek K. Brzęczyszczykiewicz
I had been looking for some kind of low cost, better shape source for my project car since Spring of 2018 after I discovered how bad the 74 was and likely would be as I dug deeper. I knew I wanted another Super sedan, and looked around Central Ohio and neighboring states for any 1302s,…
Other People’s Cars – Jason Morrison’s Beetlebaum
I couldn’t talk about my favorite Super Beetles without mentioning Jason Morrison’s 73 1303 Beetlebaum. Over 10 years of dedication in this car saved from a junkyard in mid-2008. In much the same way as I think of my cars as Żuczek and Murbella, I cannot think of his car by any other name other than…
Other People’s Cars – Kathleen Brook’s Restored 1967 Beetle
The story of VW USA restoring this 1967 Beetle for a a woman who bought the car in December of 1966 and still drives it as her daily driver is kind of amazing. I am hoping that maybe, just maybe, someone was smart enough to document everything in video and they can release a documentary…
Other People’s Cars – 72 Super Beetle (Zanesville, OH)
Now this custom 1972 Super Beetle in Zanesville, OH has been For Sale on Craigslist and The Samba off and on for years. I’ve been tempted to drive the 60 miles to look at it and test drive it since I really love what was done to it, especially the exterior choices. The car is…
Other People’s Cars – Aaron Decker’s 1302 Sedan
I love stock look Standards and Supers as much as I love German Look Supers. And Aaron Decker’s 1302 Sedan is pretty nice stock. I have never been a huge fan of the nerf bar/t-bar replacement bumpers but for some reason it works with this darker color car. There’s something about this darker blue that…
Other People’s Cars – Juan Carlos Hasbun Gattas’s 1303
I have fallen in love with quite a few non-pearl/non-metallic painted Supers in my time. And when they are exceptionally vibrant in color my eyes are really drawn to them. Juan Carlos Hasbun Gattas’s 1303 Sedan’s contrast between the very glossy orange-red body paint and then the dark black trim is just magnificent.
Other People’s Cars – Jason Swan’s 1303 Cabriolet
Have you seen Jason Swan’s hideously ugly car? By the gods of all that is holy… what was he thinking? To inflect such awfulness on a poor cabriolet is so cruel. It just makes you want to call the police and have them tow the car to the junk yard. And his engine and engine…
Other People’s Cars – Anders Siljuberg’s Beetle
Another beautiful car that falls under the lines of what I’m hoping to accomplish with Żuczek is Anders Siljuberg’s Beetle. Now I’m fairly certain it is a 1302 but there are some elements of the vehicle, at least of the of the few pictures I’ve seen, look like it could be a heavily modded late model 1300…