Our Air-Cooled Journey
Volkswagen
Our air cooled "EnginesInBack" experience has been with both Volkswagens and Porsches. We've had 6 VW's and 11 Porsches. Wow!
The VW's were two VW squarebacks, one dune buggy, two Volkswagen transporters, and one VW Super Beetle convertible.
Photo of the 1st bus is included in the slideshow. It shows the sliding door open, diaper box on the floor, full of baby seats and luggage. Drove it for years! It had the HUGE sunroof. After trips to the beach, we'd use the garden hose to spray out the sand from the inside.
In 2022 we bought our 6th VW. Another transporter/bus! Her name is Lucy, and she is a 1977 model- and yes, she has the large sunroof!
The VW's were two VW squarebacks, one dune buggy, two Volkswagen transporters, and one VW Super Beetle convertible.
Photo of the 1st bus is included in the slideshow. It shows the sliding door open, diaper box on the floor, full of baby seats and luggage. Drove it for years! It had the HUGE sunroof. After trips to the beach, we'd use the garden hose to spray out the sand from the inside.
In 2022 we bought our 6th VW. Another transporter/bus! Her name is Lucy, and she is a 1977 model- and yes, she has the large sunroof!
Our PORSCHE experience began in 1975 when I bought a pearlescent orange 356B coupe. Met my wife because of that car! The clearcoat on the paint eventually cracked everywhere, and I repainted the car white. Photo below is my wife and I circa 1978.
Decades of PORSCHE ownership and lots of focus on making the cars as nice as possible. We attended many events and enjoyed the cars and the people. Along the way, we didn’t name any of our children Porsche, but that was the name of one of our dogs! Actually, having had this Porsche affliction for so long, we have named several dogs with reference to VW or PORSCHE. The names were PORSCHE, Mahle, Axle, Teka (original seatbelt OEM to Porsche), Febi and Maximilian- Max for short. The name Max is a reference to Maximilian (Max) Hoffman.