It all started with a 1962 Baja I bought ('67 body, titled as a '62, which is what the pan is.)
I do all the work on all my cars, almost always using German parts, always been a "stock" freak. "If it isn't stock, it just ain't natural or right." type of mindset.
Well, I sold a pretty nice stock '67 beetle, and a bunch of random parts at the recent swap meet we had here (Puyallup, Washington State, USA), and bought a really lowered, horked up dash (has every gauge you could want, plus a few you probably can't imagine..front/rear sway bars, front disc brakes, rear oversized bus brakes, Yokohama low profile tires, all done very professionally...) 1967 standard beetle. Damn, this is a sweet bug...rides a little stiffer than my recently deceased 2002 Turbo S beetle, but seems to corner better, and with the new Mexican longblock I just installed can go from 0-70 mph in less than 10 seconds. (Not sure of the cc of the longblock, got it secondhand, I will guess it's 1641 or better.) Wow, this car is very fun to drive.
Question: am I going to rot in VW heck because I like this, or am I just going to have to atone by trying harder to get my '60 Ghia vert back to totally stock? :)
P.S. My '67 Westy daily driver (500+ miles/week now that the new beetle was wrecked by my wife 12/31) is 100% stock except for the 1600 sp in her, if that helps.
PPS: I would like to recommend to people that if their wives' daily drivers are also aircooled, you get much more slack when buying new toys. :)