Here's a 1973 VW 3 door Bus up for sale. This bus spent most of its life in California thru 95 Then came to Wisconsin and spent its winters in storage. Then the second owner decided to start restoring her over time. Body is very solid, Underneath pictures shows a real survivor. Floors are exceptional condition for a 40 plus year old vehicle. Runs better than new. Only has about 5,000 miles on a bigger than original, Porche Boxster motor installed by Mofoco VW out of Milwaukee. New clutch at time of motor exchange. Still has original tranny and shifter. CV joints replaced,Trans flush, Fresh oil and Tune. New 8 ply Hancook Tires. New Front and Rear sway bars added to cure most cross wind problems. Twin tipped exhaust, single Weber carb. Optima battery. I believe the Porsche Motor is 2000-2100 cc. odometer states 74,737 but is non-operable.

Interior has been updated with marine grade vinyl from sewfine on front kick panels and back rear side panels and rear lift door. Front seats and second row 3/4 seat are recent kits from Sewfine. Has interior curtains for all windows and windshield. Eight speaker cd player. All seat belts are there and set up to haul 7 passengers. New laminate flooring in second & 3rd row seating areas. New carpeting in rear hatch area. I also has a custom second row seat that that turns in a bed, that's currently out of the vehicle if you would choose to want to travel and sleep in the bus. It fits in there very nicely, and folds up for a full size seat when not in the down position. I would let it go with the bus Its at least a $500.00 option when it was installed but I decided to get it back more to original. All glass panels are excellent condition. Windows roll up and down. Doors shut firmly and latch correctly. All lights, signals, horn work as they should. Speedometer works but odometer doesn't. It has an additional heater fan set up fan/switch to help distribute heat from the back. The dash heater cables are at the dash just need to be hooked up.

The bus exterior was painted with a brush by second owner, and all the metal seems rust free and metal has been very well protected bye this paint. No rust holes, Has some very small areas that could be some bondo, can't quite tell without getting the paint off. It is 41+ years old. Could use a nice paint job but still get countless looks and people asking about it. It could be left as is. With new paint you would have a 20K-25K+ bus.

All in all it runs great going down the highway. Porsche motor with duel exhaust it sounds smooth. I had it on the interstate and it cruise's right along.65-75mph Brakes are in good shape. Second owner took it all over the country and had no issues. gets about 18-20 mpg. Some spare parts, VW book & manuals. Anyone can email me with a question - ILuvarchery@msn.com

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2013 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo Convertible

Wed, 10 Apr 2013

Less Flower, More Power
Pardon our political incorrectness for a moment, but the Volkswagen New Beetle was, undeniably, a "chick car." There was almost nothing that the New Beetle offered to enthusiasts (of either gender), and by the end of its run, VW had even stripped all of the exciting engines from the car's lineup. Looking to resurrect some of the excitement behind the Beetle, the third generation of the iconic car ditched the cuteness when the coupe debuted for 2012, and now the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible aims to show how much fun drivers can have without a top.
Celebrating almost six and a half decades of the Beetle convertible, Volkswagen is offering a trio of distinct special editions that celebrate three of the car's most popular decades (the '50s, '60s and '70s), but as one of the unofficial cars of the 1960s, it would almost be a crime not to test this version, right? Besides, this is also the only special edition to get the turbocharged engine. While our first drive of the 2013 Beetle Convertible was in the fuel-miser TDI variation, our two-week romp in the 2013 Beetle Convertible '60s Edition came just as peak convertible weather was kicking off down in Florida.

VW exec calls US ops a 'disaster'

Thu, 23 Jan 2014

Today in the Tell Us How You Really Feel file we have Bernd Osterloh, head of Volkswagen AG's Group Works Councils and member of the company's supervisory board, labeling the company's US operations "a disaster." Why? Because Osterloh believes VW of America doesn't have the models it needs to be competitive here, hasn't been decisive enough about its plans and German higher-ups still don't understand the US market.
In truth, the top labor rep at the German conglomerate is echoing sentiments we've heard from VWoA executives for years, and there's been the same commentary from dealers: Germany doesn't pay enough attention to what the US market really wants. Even ex-VWoA CEO Stefan Jacoby, who preceded the recently departed Jonathan Browning, said early in his tenure that one of his tasks was to get his German bosses to start delivering what the US market demanded. New CEO Michael Horn is saying much the same thing seven years later, telling Sky News that it has to increase "the speed at which we bring new models to the market and innovation to the market."
Osterloh wants to get "more models" here, including a pickup truck, but we'd wonder if the economics have changed from when Jacoby said they'd need to sell 100,000 per year to make money. Osterloh also wants a decision on where the CrossBlue will be built. Although it looked as if the Chatanooga, TN plant would get the call, the Puebla, Mexico plant is still in the running because of lower operating costs. No matter what happens right now, Osterloh thinks the situation won't get better for another two years when revamped models arrive, but at least the company can start taking the steps for a better US future.

Next Volkswagen Golf R to get 286 horsepower?

Tue, 12 Feb 2013

The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf hasn't launched in the United States just yet, but we're already setting our sights on the range-topping R model. According to Autocar, the next Golf R will be more powerful than the current version, producing 268 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque, making it the most powerful production Golf ever.
Powering the new Golf R will be a further evolution of Volkswagen's well-liked 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four, and when mated to a six-speed dual-clutch transmission, the hotter hatch will reportedly be able to sprint to 62 miles per hour in five seconds flat. That's over half a second quicker than the current US-spec model.
Other updates for the new Golf R include the addition of VW's Haldex 5 all-wheel-drive system found in the latest iteration of 4Motion. Furthermore, thanks to the use of lightweight materials, the new R is expected to weigh in around 2,650 pounds - that's a massive 675 pounds less than the current US-spec car. The exhaust has reportedly been reworked to provide more aural delight, as well.

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