as a kid my dad had a vw but it was very rare i have never seen another one, it looked like a beetle at the back but had a really long front and big round headlights, if it helps it was blue. i cant think of its name can anyone shed some light on it please? oh and it went very fast, but then i was very young lol.
2007-01-07 08:50:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Volkswagen
My dad had a VW variant in orange.
It looked like an overgrown Beetle and I hated it because it had plastic seats which used to weld to my legs in hot weather!!!
It amazed all my friends at it had a boot (trunk) at the rear and one at the front, leaving them asking 'where is the engine?'
The engine was underneath the car.
Here is a pic:
http://www.tudorsmith.co.uk/images/vwvariant.jpeg
2007-01-08 10:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by oranda lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karmann Ghia Cabrio.
2007-01-07 08:59:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
back in the says and maybe now still, people used to change the front-end of the VW BUG. they used to use the roll-royce front-end or anything that could fit nicely on the front. do a search for it and you'll see what i'm talking about. and as far as for "it went very fast" well, when you have about 130hp on a car that's only 1,300 lb, well.......fast wouldn't be an issue !!!!!!!
2007-01-07 11:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by los_vw 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My hubby is a car buff, let's see what he says...
VW 411 two door Sedan?
VW 412 sedan?
VW Karmann Ghia (2 door only, fast back or convertible)?
2007-01-07 09:04:01 · answer #4 · answered by RaynorShine 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Possibly a Type 3.This did have a normal type bonnet but was still a 1600 rear engine air cooled car
2007-01-08 10:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by yamyamjones 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the Karmann Ghia to me. (Did kind of look like an upturned boat, now I come to think of it!)
2007-01-07 08:54:46 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As someone else mentioned, it is probably a karmann ghia, check ou this link it will tell you yes or no ;
www.kgcentre.co.uk
2007-01-07 20:13:50 · answer #7 · answered by CC M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, it actually sounds like it may have been an old porsche, but I cannot tell you for certain!
2007-01-08 19:24:27 · answer #8 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had another car kind of like that i dont' know if it was a nick name or not, but it was caled the "Thing".
2007-01-07 08:58:44 · answer #9 · answered by gregthomasparke 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
could be a Type 3 fastback style:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_3
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=399609
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=405055
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=360103
2007-01-07 10:08:07 · answer #10 · answered by ziggyfoos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋