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VW Trends is a monthly magazine dedicated to those Volkswagen fans and clubs who own, drive and maintain their vehicles that include VW Ghia, Beetle, Bus and More.
The Rodwagen The Rodwagen
Some rides featured in VWTrends have left their mark on the Volkswagen scene. One such vehicle is Fred Hidalgo's Stink Bug . This gearhead/artist put his imagination to work and t...
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Rod Style: A Fashionable Guide to Kustom Trends Rod Style: A Fashionable Guide to Kustom Trends
By Breanne McMullen
As you've read in the previous pages, the Hot Rod culture is alive and well in the VW community as well as staying put in the V8 crowd. But it's not only a requirement to have a Rat Rod to drive down...
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The Country Buggy The Country Buggy
The Volkswagen world is quite diverse, and the more you look into it, the more you realize that there were more than just Beetles, Ghias and Buses built back in the 1960s, and not all VWs produced rol...
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Fast Times: Kicking Asphalt in a '62 Sunroof Sedan Fast Times: Kicking Asphalt in a '62 Sunroof Sedan
Smoking tires and a pile of rubber: an image most wouldn't expect from the wheels of a typical Volkswagen. Nevertheless, it's the most vivid memory I have of this wonderfully equipped '62 Beetle; a fa...
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Original Import Original Import
By Karl Funke
In case you haven't noticed, there's a war going on at dragstrips across the country, and vintage VW drag racers are embedded firmly in the trenches. Not that VW drag racing has ever gone away, but co...
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The Last Beetle The Last Beetle
By Wayne Dean
Since 1978, Volkswagen has been quietly turning out brand new aircooled Beetles at their plant in Puebla, Mexico. This state-of-the-art plant, with 14,000 employees, has produced 1.7 million Sedans to...
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Furiousfrid Furiousfrid
By Stephan Szantai
Talk about a strange bird. From the front, it could almost pass as a Type III sibling, while the rear has definitely some traits in common with Type IIs. The vehicle is called a Volkswagen Fridolin, a...
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The Savior of the Type II The Savior of the Type II
By Ryan Lee Price
Driving through Yucaipa, Calif., a small desert town just inside the San Bernardino county line, you wouldn't know it but you are within a stone's throw of one of the best kept secrets in the Type II...
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1963 Volkswagen Split Window Bus Transport - Split Standard 1963 Volkswagen Split Window Bus Transport - Split Standard
Check out this beautifully restored 1963 VW Split Window Bus featuring a Como Green Vinyl interior.
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Editor's Note: My name is Ryan...and I'm a VW-oholic Editor's Note: My name is Ryan...and I'm a VW-oholic
By Ryan Lee Price
I'm shocked sometimes to hear that people are living out there in this VW world of ours with only one Volkswagen in their garage or only one VW in their name, yet there's clearly plenty of room for mo...
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