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1968 Vw Bug 1500 4spd, 2nd Owners Since 1975, Clean Nice Driver, Great Condition on 2040-cars

US $6,500.00
Year:1968 Mileage:83117
Location:

Edmonds, Washington, United States

Edmonds, Washington, United States
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1968 Volkswagen BUG - Ruby

2nd Owners -  39 Year Ownership

Thank you for checking out our little 1968 VW Bug.  We have owned Ruby since 1975, we bought her from the 1st owner in San Anselmo, near San Francisco.   I was in graduate school at the time, and really needed a good reliable vehicle, and this bug fit the ticket.  After I graduated, we moved it back up to Seattle most of its life since we owned it.   We did move down to California around 2005, were I was teaching at a university for a few years.  Ruby been our daily driver for many years, being retired now, my wife and I (now 71 years young, my wife won't tell you how old she is, lol) have decided to let this nice little bug go after 39 years of ownership, it has been a great relationship.  We have decided to want to do some traveling, so we are willing to let go of the reigns.   I do have other photos, that I can email you as well.   It does have new interior, very clean inside, NON Smoker vehicle.  The headliner, is nice but does have a one small rip about 2" long in the rear.  Overall the interior is very clean and we replaced many things to keep him looking good.  It does have the Rear side windows that pop open.  We replaced door gaskets, and hood gasket, it does not leak inside, very dry.  We had it painted about 6 years ago.  Ruby has always been Red, hence her name, no color change.  The older paint was starting to show its age, had very minor dings in it, and scatches, but we decided that we would get her looking good again, so we had it professionally painted by a local shop.   It looks very good, has minor chips from being driven, because we love to drive this bug.   There are a couple small dings, on the drivers side rear fender, and one on the hood, minor but they are there.   Mechanically it is in very good shape, the engine has been rebuilt a few years ago, it is a stock 1500 like it came with originally, we had it replaced, the engine has about 80K on it currently, but runs like a top, we have always had it serviced at local shops, and keeping the Valves adjusted is very important, so I always made sure it was done, even learned to do it myself during oil changes.  The engine runs very smooth, and has good power. Has minor little oil leak, that if you know VW's this is pretty common, nothing to be concerned about.  The transmission shifts very nicely, stays in gear, does not pop out.  Transmission is in very good shape and trans axle boots are in good shape no cracked, the transmission has a little minor whine, but nothing major, works very good .  The brakes are in great shape.  The tires, are about 60% tread on them.   I am very confident that someone could fly in and drive it home.  Odometer reads 83111, but it has rolled over.  Shipping may be cheaper, but I do trust it very much.  Give me a call if you would like to talk about it more.  Thanks, Glenn and Judy  425-232-9911

Clean Washington Title, owned since 1975. 

1. Runs good (83,117 on odometer & Miles on new engine)
2. Maintained factory specifications (Oil, valves adjusted, etc)
3. New paint job 2009
4. New padded dash 2009
5. New seat covers 2009
6. New break and clutch peddle pads 2009
7. New gas peddle pad 2009
8. New radio 2009
9. New power outlet
10. New bumpers 2009
11. Original owners manual
12. Custom center console
13. Custom Oak gear shifter knob
14. Rear seat speaker
15. Rear opening windows   
16. Licenced in WA

Additional items
 a. Snow Tire Chains
 b. Box of parts – new air filter, Etc.  
 c. Custom VW all weather Car cover.
 d. A 1968 repair Manuel
 e. New fuel pump

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VW going turbo-only in 3 to 4 years

Wed, 18 Sep 2013

This really was a matter of when, rather than if. Volkswagen will apparently be the first manufacturer to phase out naturally aspirated engines in favor of turbocharging its full slate. VW is kind of responsible for ushering in this push towards small-displacement, turbocharged engines that's taken the industry by storm. When it dropped its direct-injection, 2.0-liter turbo in the 2005 GTI it demonstrated that strapping an iron long to an engine can enhance the powertrain as a whole. VW made fuel economy gains, while also giving a linear, non-laggy turbo experience that it has replicated, model-after-model, to this day.
Speaking with The Detroit News, Volkswagen's executive Vice President of Group Quality, Marc Trahan, told the paper that, "We only have one normally aspirated gas engine, and when we go to the next generation vehicle that it's in, it will be replaced. So three, four years maximum."
Really, it's hard to get teary-eyed about either of these engines going away. VW has access to smaller powerplants that could easily match the performance of the 2.5 five-cylinder and the 3.6 V6, while gobbling up less fuel and providing a better driving experience. What we are sad about is that a similar statement about the extinction of NA engines came from the Vice President of Powertrain Engineering at Ford, Joe Bakaj. We'd certainly get teary-eyed over a world without Ford's excellent 5.0-liter V8.

Volkswagen plans expansion, tech center in Chattanooga

Tue, Apr 7 2015

Volkswagen is expanding its growing Chattanooga, TN, factory by even more than the original plans after winning the local government's approval. The German automaker announced its intention last year to invest $900 million to add 538,000 square feet of floor space to the plant, which would add 2,000 new jobs. The company just went back to the city for permission to increase the expansion by a further 130,153 square feet for an even larger body shop. The extra construction is estimated to cost around $18 million. VW spokesperson Catharina Mette described the decision as "a cost-saving option," to Autoblog. "Taking this action now saves money while giving us flexibility as we integrate the MQB platform in the future," she said. By the end of 2016, the Chattanooga plant will begin production of VW's forthcoming crossover, which should look similar to the Cross Coupe GTE concept. VW has further plans for the research, development, and planning center near the factory. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, some of the designers and engineers will start work at a temporary facility there next week. A permanent location will open in 2017 with a test track and space to perform crash evaluations. The engineering center is meant to speed up the rate of vehicle development to bring models to the North American market more quickly."This will be the central entity in all the US, and hopefully all of North America," Matthias Erb, who oversees the center, said to the newspaper. Related Video:

UAW Falls 87 Votes Short Of Major Victory In South

Sat, Feb 15 2014

Just 87 votes at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee separated the United Auto Workers union from what would have been its first successful organization of workers at a foreign automaker in the South. Instead of celebrating a potential watershed moment for labor politics in the region, UAW supporters were left crestfallen by the 712-626 vote against union representation in the election that ended Friday night. The result stunned many labor experts who expected a UAW win because Volkswagen tacitly endorsed the union and even allowed organizers into the Chattanooga factory to make sales pitches. The loss is a major setback for the UAW's effort to make inroads in the growing South, where foreign automakers have 14 assembly plants, eight built in the past decade, said Kristin Dziczek, director of the labor and industry group at the Center for Automotive Research, an industry think tank in Michigan. "If this was going to work anywhere, this is where it was going to work," she said of the Volkswagen vote. Organizing a Southern plant is so crucial to the union that UAW President Bob King told workers in a speech that the union has no long-term future without it. The loss means the union remains largely quarantined with the Detroit Three in the Midwest and Northeast. Many viewed VW as the union's best chance to gain a crucial foothold in the South because other automakers have not been as welcoming as Volkswagen. Labor interests make up half of the supervisory board at VW in Germany, and they questioned why the Chattanooga plant is the company's only major factory worldwide without formal worker representation. VW wanted a German-style "works council" in Chattanooga to give employees a say over working conditions. The company says U.S. law won't allow it without an independent union. In Chattanooga, the union faced stern opposition from Republican politicians who warned that a UAW victory would chase away other automakers who might come to the region. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee was the most vocal opponent, saying that he was told that VW would soon announce plans to build a new SUV in Chattanooga if workers rejected the union. That was later denied by a VW executive, who said the union vote had no bearing on expansion decisions. Other state politicians threatened to cut off state incentives for the plant to expand if the union was approved.