1964 VW Bug, in very good daily driver condition. Some of its features are:

Brand-new Wolfsburg West multi-piece headliner
front and rear seat frames are correct for 1964
brand-new TMI seat covers front and back
brand-new front seat pads
3-point front seat belts
13" GT sport steering wheel; original wheel may go w/the car depending on the selling price
brakes stop solid and are less than 2 years old
working heat!!
converted to 12V and all electric works - horn, wipers, lights, dash lights, parking lights, dome light, cigarette lighter, etc. Wipers upgraded to 12-volt armature and work correctly. Year-correct single-speed wipers.
both front king-ping carriers rebuilt last week w/new link and king pins
just aligned
tires have over 90% tread leaft. 205/60/15 Khumos in rear, 185/60/15 in front
2.5" drop spindles in front with heavy duty 3/4" sway bar correct for a lowered front end;
Empi oil shocks for a lowered front end
rear shocks
5-spoke Empi wheels all around (already had these when I bought it over 2 years ago)
Strong motor with less than 10k miles on it, if I am to believe the Previous Owner. I have pictures of the engine out of the car for rebuild before I purchased it. Some of the features of the motor that I've upgraded or added over the last 2 years:

Replaced crappy SCAT engine tin w/original and correct German tin for a 1600DP motor
Complete factory tin in place - doghouse, hoover bit, flaps, heat riser covers, etc.
installed correct and working thermostat for optimal cooling
New battery and alternator
new Dansk heat exchangers, both sides, along w/the heater cable
Clutch and accelarator cables
rebuilt Bocar 34-pict-3 carburator
009 Distributor w/Pertronix electronic ignition points replacement module
brand new coil, plug wires, and plugs, valves adjusted, oil changed, timed
muffler is less than 2 years old

Other Upgrades/Improvements/maintenance:

new rear shock tower-to-body pads
new front axle beam-to body pads
brand new steering damper, right inner and outer tie-rod ends
brand new fiber wiring cover (Wolfsburg West)
floors cleaned and treated with Master Series Silver rust proofing, painted and undercoated
correct tar-boards under carpet.
Carpet is about 3 years old and in very good condition, same for the window rubber
New right-front brake drum (the old one had stripped lug nut threads)
cleaned, re-packed and adjusted front wheel bearings, both sides
transmission fluid changed and switched to synthetic oil
shifts gears smoothly, does not pop-out of any gear
anti-theft shift-lock installed

The not-so-good:

Rust repair bottom of the front wheel-wells was done by the Previous Owner and not professionally, could stand a re-do by a pro. But there are no open holes and structural integrity is not compromised as far as I can tell.
same for the base of the B-pillars on the interior.
it is a 50 year-old car w/a 40+ year-old engine. No warranty is provided or otherwise implied, it is sold AS-IS.
paint is good for a driver but is not show quality

Car is also for sale locally and I will end the auction if the right opportunity arises.

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Volkswagen Golf Variant will make a lovely Jetta SportWagen

Tue, 05 Mar 2013

In addition to several other versions of the Golf, Volkswagen is debuting the new Golf Variant (read: wagon) here at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. And if this bigger version of the Golf looks like it might fit right at home in the States, it's because we could possibly see some version of this car as the next-generation Jetta SportWagen here on our shores.
Volkswagen is debuting the Golf Variant with two efficient diesel engines, rated at 110 and 150 horsepower, the smaller of which is good for an impressive 71.3 miles per gallon on the European cycle (when mated to a six-speed manual transmission). The Golf Variant also gets a version of Volkswagen's 4Motion all-wheel-drive system, making it incredibly all-weather capable.
It's a handsome estate, and it wears the new Golf's design language well. We can't say for sure if this car will actually make its way Stateside, but given the fact that the current Jetta SportWagen still rides on the old Golf platform, the odds look to be in our favor.

Automakers score 8 out of top 20 most-watched ads on YouTube [w/videos]

Fri, 14 Dec 2012

Who would have ever thought there'd be a day where people are able to skip television commercials only to go to websites to watch them later? Such is the joy of a DVR and YouTube. AdWeek tabulated the 20 most-watched ads on YouTube, and found that nine were car-related including eight coming from automakers.
Volkswagen continued its Star Wars theme with two ads in the top 20, including the highest-ranking car commercial The Bark Side spot at number three with almost 18 million views, which doesn't even have a single car in it. Some of our favorites are from Chrysler with Clint Eastwood in It's Halftime in America and House Arrest with Charlie Sheen for the Fiat 500 Abarth. Chevrolet, Honda, Audi and Toyota were the other automakers in the top 20, but we'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention one of the coolest ads on the list, the Hot Wheels corkscrew jump.
Of all the car videos, only the Fiat ad wasn't played during a Super Bowl. Check out all eight videos - in order - after the jump. Nike took the top spot with its My Time is Now ad that has been seen online more than 20 million times with Pepsi's Uncle Drew posted up in the runner-up; some of the other videos include four Old Spice commercials and an ad in which Snoop Dogg is pedaling Hot Pockets.

Volkswagen drops "GTi" lawsuit against Suzuki

Tue, 02 Oct 2012

Way back in 2004, Volkswagen took umbrage with Suzuki being granted permission to use the nameplate "SWIFT GTi" for a performance variant of its small-car offering (2012 equivalent seen here). Now, eight years and surely some very steep legal bills later, VW has finally dropped its claim against Suzuki.
The General Court of the European Union stated, back in March of this year, that Suzuki's GTi registration could not be confused with VW's "Golf GTI." Volkswagen had appealed that ruling, though has now reportedly called off the dogs. In fact, Germany's Die Welt reports that the appeal has been dead for several weeks now.
This news comes amongst continued arbitration acrimony between the two automakers, all revolving around VW's forced divestiture of nearly 20-percent stake it purchased in Suzuki some two years ago.

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