Volkswagen Beetle 33 Years Later Ford AOriginal vintage car advertising poster for Volkswagen Beetle 33 years later, he got the bug featuring a great design depicting a smiling man wearing a suit standing between a red VW Beetle and a green 1929 Model A Ford next to a blue wood panelled country house with the VW logo and story below of the 78 year old Justice of the Peace, Albert Gillis, who did his own repairs and didn't need a new car for 33 years until last year when he bought a Beetle,