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Tafkam Hokie
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Tafkam Hokie
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I'll at least give it credit for the hitch point on the roof making

backing up the trailer a bit easier.
Posted: 04/07/2025 at 01:56 PM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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This is impressive - VW Bug with a 5th wheel camper (in 1974)
EDGEMAN • 04/07/25 10:43 AM ET
I hope that hitch isn't really supported on the roof gutters**
Hokie in CT • 04/07/25 09:26 PM ET
That is awesome!!**
HOKIERIT • 04/07/25 08:32 PM ET
I'll at least give it credit for the hitch point on the roof making ◄
Tafkam Hokie • 04/07/25 01:56 PM ET
My parents had a '78 VW Bus that was air-cooled (no radiator)
HokieNoVA • 04/07/25 01:28 PM ET
Is that Herbie goes bananas?**
vatechcowpatty • 04/07/25 12:20 PM ET
So cool but even sketchier lol**
Brewing_Hokie • 04/07/25 11:01 AM ET
Try climbing a hill, any hill, with that in 1974.
Will StewartAdmin • 04/07/25 10:50 AM ET
those air cooled vw engines run hot, expand and leak oil **
HokieDan95 • 04/07/25 02:10 PM ET
My 914 leaked oil out of its pushrod tubes.
EDGEMAN • 04/07/25 02:19 PM ET
Trailer must have been cardboard**
turkeywinghokie • 04/07/25 01:06 PM ET
Try driving from Roanoke to Blacksburg up Christiansburg Mountain on 81
Happy Dog • 04/07/25 12:56 PM ET
My '72 never died but every time I drove up Afton Mountain I had to
HokieMacDaddy • 04/07/25 03:18 PM ET
Oh yeah, I'd always pray I'd get over the mountain
Happy Dog • 04/07/25 04:25 PM ET
I had a Beetle at VT...when on Afton Mtn or climbing up Christiansburg
Tuckahokie • 04/07/25 11:25 AM ET
a 2nd or 3rd gear at most experience**
Nelsonia Hokie • 04/08/25 10:28 AM ET
shoulda read this first**
HokieMacDaddy • 04/07/25 03:19 PM ET
Great off-road machines!**
EDGEMAN • 04/07/25 12:32 PM ET
I had 2 in the 70s. The oldest had studded tires for 'burg winters.
PhotoHokieNC • 04/07/25 11:30 AM ET
That VW is one deep pothole away from becoming
Spudnut • 04/07/25 10:47 AM ET