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1960 Volkswagen Baja Bug [Typ 1]

1960 Volkswagen Baja Bug [Typ 1] in Supervixens, Movie, 1975

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

1960 Volkswagen Baja Bug [Typ 1]

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2007-11-18 22:50	There is a chase in the desert with this Cox and the buggy
Ingo ◊ 2007-11-18 23:22	This Type of aftersales-market-front was sold under the name "Baja California Bug" (resp. I saw an advertise for this in an magazine from the early 70ies).
Blackwalls ◊ 2007-11-18 23:23	Volkswagen Baja, based on a post 65 VW with big windows.
G-MANN ◊ 2007-11-25 23:14	Should this be classed as a 4x4?
antp ◊ 2007-11-25 23:53	We could maybe indeed list the Baja Bugs as offroad rather than sedan like the original vw.
hotrodsurplus ◊ 2014-02-17 18:02	This is a 1960 to 1964 beetle (NOT '65 or later) modified with a fiberglass kit, AKA a Baja bug. The nose, front hood, and fenders are very early versions made by a long-gone company named Miller-Havens Enterprises in Costa Mesa, California. The engine cowl is a later style offered initially by another long-defunct company called Buggy Bunker and later by pretty much everyone in the industry. The vertical vent-wing post in the front doors indicates this as a 1964-or-earlier car and not a '65-or-later car as one commenter noted. The '65-and-later vent-window posts slant back at a slight angle. The door handles also meet the doors at the front unlike the handles from Beetles produced prior to 1960. This particular car belonged to a man named Les Choat. He owned Les' Auto Salvage in Compton, California and supplied many buggy enthusiasts with Volkswagen parts in the 1960s and 1970s. He also raced, first tube buggies like Hilder Thompson's Burro and then later Manx-style tub buggies and then sedans (Baja bugs). This was a fairly competitive racecar in its time. This car and others like it should not be referred to as Cox. Cox was a model manufacturer that produced motorized tether-type airplanes and cars, specifically a Manx-style buggy and a full-bodied Beetle sedan that does not resemble a Baja bug. This is a classic example of a very early Baja bug and not a Cox model. I have never heard/read a Baja bug referred to as a Baja California bug and I lived in Costa Mesa/Newport Beach, the birthplace of the Baja bug. I also have every Dune Buggies and Hot VWs magazine back to the first issue and none refer to the Baja bug that way. It cannot be referred to as a 4x4 as that indicates four wheels and four drive wheels. This would technically be referred to as a 4x2 as it has four wheels yet only two drive wheels. I suggest listing Baja bugs as Volkswagen Beetle or Type I as it still legally remains a Beetle. Changing the body entirely to something different whether buggy body or kit-based car would alter its designation to special-construction vehicle. Other details: it has what are most likely bolt-together Chassis Engineering wheels (no longer available). It also has twin Zenith NDIX carburetors on Scat Performance manifolds with a Gene Berg Enterprises clone of a Speedwell linkage. The tires were sold by a defunct parts chain called Western Auto. The front tires are Sand Blaster Junior and are still available as the Mickey Thompson Mini Mag. The rear tires are Sand Blaster 915 and are no longer available anywhere.
antp ◊ 2014-02-17 18:10	"Cox" was a reference to "Coccinelle", the French name equivalent to "Beetle".

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