The Amazing Volkswagen Beetle
This Amazing car and I have a lot of history together. My mother got it in 1965, the year of my birth. As a toddler, I used to beg to ride in the cubby hole in the "way back". In Pacific Grove, I used to play house with Stacy Spung when we were five. In 1981, I learned to drive in this car. It has been sitting in my uncle's yard in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1990. This car, designed in the 1930's and built in the 1965, has lasted so long. (This car hasn't even been taken care of - notice the pan under the front passenger seat.
If American auto makers had been so innovative, Ford and GM probably wouldn't be in so much trouble.Click on the photos to enlarge them in flickr.
David, nice car. Dont let it rot in the garden. You can have it fixed up and still drive it, like I did before I moved to NY. It has a funny thin stick as transmission, right? Cant remember if mine was a 67 or 68. It's a Volkswagen, by the way, sorry, but I am German and a stickler for correct spelling...Smile..I also think there would be a market for this car, if you can bear to sell it. Great memories. Enjoy. Happy New Year.
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Thanks for the suggestions. You'd think after the years of German I took, I'd actually be able to spell and notice my own typos.
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