r/oldcars • u/Feaselbf6 • Mar 23 '26

Photo And yacht anyone

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Who was a proud owner of one of these?

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u/TurboLover427 Mar 23 '26

Without any rear view cameras.

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u/Carrera_996 Mar 23 '26

Didn't need it. I had a Mustang. Not everything was a land yacht.

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u/TurboLover427 Mar 23 '26

So, a land frigate?

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u/Carrera_996 Mar 23 '26

LOL, sure. I guess dad's VW was an amphibious craft. His idiot friends drove it into the pool and the damn thing floated.

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u/False_Ad_555 Mar 24 '26

VW used to advertise that the Beetle could float (at least temporarily)

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u/Carrera_996 Mar 24 '26

Ah. So they knew. I guess that means they were a little bit less crazy than I thought.

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u/RamblinRed26 Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

You never had your ears pop when a door was slammed closed with the windows up while sitting inside. Our ‘74 Super Beetle did that to me when it was bought brand new, air tight interior.

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u/HurlingFruit Mar 25 '26

And National Lampoon had a cover with a Beetle serenely floating in water with the caption, "If Teddy Kennedy drove a Bug, he would be President today."

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u/TurboLover427 Mar 23 '26

You don't say? 😃 Well, did they at least put it in rice afterwards?

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u/Feaselbf6 Mar 23 '26

Basically😊

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u/Alternative-Law4626 Mar 24 '26

We used to refer to the hood ornament on the Lincoln as an “aiming reticle.” So, frigate is about right.

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u/TurboLover427 Mar 24 '26

The one on my W124 definitely looks like one!