VWs en España...No!

[vamram]

My wife & I are completing a 2-week 30th anniversary vacation traveling thru chunks of Spain. Amazing trip! Sadly, these are literally the *only* ACVWs we encountered while driving from Barcelona thru Cordona, Valencia, Granada, Murcia, Sevilla and then the train from Sevilla to Madrid back to Barcelona!

Cool ones, but I was hoping to spot more *real* ones!

Bus w/a message...

And a VW cruise...! Of sorts....

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'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!!

[ALLWAGONS]

When I drove through barcelona, I looked and looked and not a VW in sight. Just an abandoned Green Late bus on one of the main streets. I found a VW dealership and My Mexican Spanish offended the VW sales people. I asked for Refacciones (spare parts) and they didn't quite understand or pretended not to. I wanted a dealership key chain or VW brochures in Spanish (bought of course) NADA! F Barcelona VW!
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Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.

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[ALLWAGONS]

[vamram]

Probably...And the real Bug was likely made in Mexico.
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'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!!

[alex857]

Actually it is a "Sparkäfer" (economy model: less chrome, painted dashboard, no lid for the glove compartment); they never made these in Mexico. My guess is a German produced car 1974-1978 or Yugoslawian production 1974-1978.

[scottyrocks]

Also, no vents on engine lid, or behind the rear quarter windows. It looks like a U.S.-style '73. Did this car have a smaller engine than U.S. cars of that era?
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[vamram]

No rear window vents but with the indentations is post-87 Mexi-Beetle touch. All post-70 Beetles in the US had vents on the rear deck lid.
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Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.’”
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!

'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
Click to view image
Save the Supers!!

[alex857]

Deck lid without slots means 1200 engine 34 hp. And European economy models did have the indentations instead of the rear vindow vents from 1971 to 1978.

Compare: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/75_all/6.jpg

[vamram]