Steve Jobs and his VW

Steve Wozniak and Steve Job’s in the mid 70’s

Steve Job’s is stepping down from Apple. Little do most of us know that Apple came from a Volkswagen. To start up Apple Steve Job’s reportedly sold his Volkswagen Microbus for a $1000. Add in Steve Wozniak’s Texas Instruments calculator and we now have Apple Corporation.

It got me wondering just where did this VW end up. Has anyone ever tried to find it? Kind of Like Papa John’s founder John Schnatter finding his original Camaro he sold to start his restaurant empire a couple of years back. How much would this VW be worth today one has to wonder. I tried do some research on it but found nothing. If someone knows something let me know.

Vintage VW Commercial: Cowboy’s and Beetle’s!

Here’s an interesting vintage Volkswagen Beetle commercial that feature’s a Bug rounding up some cattle. Is their anything a VW Beetle can’t do?

Punch Buggy: In Arnold Lane with Pink Floyd

Most recently spotted a vintage Beetle in Pink Floyd’s first promotional video called “Arnold Lane” . This was first released in 1967 and was written by Pink Floyds original frontman Syd Barrett. A nice little tune about a transvestite who steals women’s undergarments. Well I digress, we find our vintage Beetle about 31 seconds into the video with a couple of band members standing up through the soft top.

It looks to be Syd Barrett with a mannequin, used to represent “Arnold Layne” I imagine. No idea who the Volkswagen belonged to.

 

This was in the band’s early psychedelic years with Syd Barrett. This was long before they became the mega rock stars in the mid-70’s. Shine on you crazy diamond!

Super Beetle Report: Engine out!

Yesterday I finally hunkered down pulling out the engine of our 71 Super Beetle. It took some effort for sure. Though supposedly these are easier then your typical engine removal it still wasn’t that easy. Being my first time I took it step by step so it actually took a few hours to do. A special thanks to the Bug Me Video series which I took notes from and guided me along the way. I felt like a took a big step in the whole restoration process. Now I just have to figure out what the next step is.

Volks Vair Show 2011

I was finally able to hit a VW show this past weekend. This was the Volks Vair Annual show at Herbert Candies Mansion in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on Saturday August 6, 2011.Even with the thick cloud cover it was a pleasant day overall.This show features a mixture of air-cooled Volkswagens and Chevrolet Corvairs. Enjoy the pictures!

You can see more of my pictures on Flickr.

Punch Buggy: Better off Dead & Goodfellas

My Beetle addiction is growing stronger. I’m even spotting them in movies like a couple I watched over the weekend. First was the mob classic “Goodfellas” which I see a VW Bug passing by in the background as we see Tommy Devito(played by Joe Pesci) getting into another car thinking their going make him a “made” man when really going to his own death.

Next one was movie more on the lighter side of life called “Better off Dead” starring John Cusack. This movie is more well known for the “Better off Dead Camaro” driven later in the film. We spot a VW convertible being driven by Lane Myer’s(John Cusack) science teacher with Beth whom he had broken up with earlier in the film.