Cars from my childhood - Post 2
1965 Volkswagen Beetle The car looked exactly like this, down to the whitewall tires. The interior was also that bare. I do love that Wolfsburg emblem on the steering wheel. I was not going to feature this car yet because I thought it should be in another section, but I figured that given the big part that this VW played in my life, it deserves more than one post. This was the very first car my Dad bought and while I remember Dad driving it occassionally, its my Mom driving that is etched in my mind forever. For the longest time, this was the car Mom drove to bring me to school in Ateneo. Except for the color, and the wheels, this was how the car looked like when it was relatively new. Since we lived in Cubao that time, our route was to bring my sisters to Holy Spirit School in Lantana then on to Ateneo. I entered Ateneo in 1969 and road conditions then were totally different. Because our house was on E. Rodriguez (which was Espana Extension then), we could ...