LouC wrote:
Mike you had a '67 Beetle? That was one of the better years;
Sorry Lou, I forgot I posted on this thread and hadn't been following it. I learned to drive in that car and drove the wheels off of it for another two years. Once I graduated to my first Camaro my Dad sold the bug to a guy who promptly went out and totaled it out. Two years later I was in a strange part of town, turning around in the parking lot of a small independent mechanic, and that old bug was sitting there in his lot, still in its totaled-out condition, rusting away in the rain. I went inside and asked him about it, he asked me some questions about it's history, and said, "I'd like to invite you to come back here one year from now. Put it on your calendar." I did, and on the appointed day went back to his shop. He remembered me, and led me out to one of his bays and there it sat, 100% restored and rebuilt, down to the last nut, bolt, and thread, with a class-A repaint of the original beige. He had ordered every part from Germany (this was about 1980 when NOS parts were still available). It was his daily driver and he wouldn't sell it for any amount of money. Modern cars are wonderful but that thing needed nothing but an annual valve adjustment, a few gallons of gas a week, and a new set of running boards from JC Whitney every two years. Oh the clutch went during the time I drove it. Still, CHEEEEEEEP.
Anyway, sorry for the thread derailment. The boat's looking great!
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