U FRIGG'N KIDDING ME..

[mssl72]

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My first car was a black 1963 Beetle. I would love to have it back. I've got a picture or 2 of it somewhere. I'll have to dig 'em up. Not many people scoff'd at a VW built and driven by Gene Berg.

[njsteve]

I LOVE THAT BEETLE!

My wife's first car was a jelly bean green Super Beetle in Rochester, NY. She said in the winter she'd have to drive with her feet off of the floorboards because if her shoes touched the floors for any length of time, the soles of her sneakers would freeze solid to the floor.

If I had the $$$ I'd buy it just to finally win the punch-bug game with my kids. They are constantly pummelling me whenever we drive around town (there's a VW dealer here with a lot full of new Beetles).

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mssl72</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

My first car was a black 1963 Beetle. I would love to have it back. I've got a picture or 2 of it somewhere. I'll have to dig 'em up. Not many people scoff'd at a VW built and driven by Gene Berg. </div></div>

Ahhh...the Berg's. Gene and Gary~~~

I, too had a Beetle...not a Super Beetle, though Gary (my brother) had a special edition &quot;La Grande&quot; one.

Gary Berg's girlfriend lived in the same apartment complex that we did. I also remember Gary racing against a 426 Hemi Challenger (that was at the Angelo's cruise in Anaheim) for a couple of hundred bucks...off of Mira Loma in Anaheim.

The race wasn't even close...as Gary had a 2180 that was fully built. It lifted the tires in the first 3 gears. The first clue should have been the shorty wheelie bars [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

I think that Gene died in the mid 90's ? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[SS427]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Stefano</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Got my first ticket in a Bug, got into my first accident in a bug, performed my first enamel paint job on a bug, learned how to dive a stick in a bug ...................Now the Micro bus opens up a bunch of other firsts.

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Any other &quot;firsts&quot; you care to share that took place in the bug or did that happen in the Micro bus??? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

What exactly is 'Diving a stick'? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

[SS427]

Awwwwwww............that was another &quot;first&quot;.......only not his!

[Xplantdad]

LOL...

[Big Block Bill]

VERY well put! It's nice to have a change of pace every once in a while. I cut my mechanical teeth on building Baha Bugs in the early 70's from wrecked bugs we bought from the auctions.

Stefano can post a Wheel Horse tractor for sale for all I care (I'm sure he would find someone to buy it if he did)

Bill Pankiw

[wheelhop]

I remember the snowstorm in chicago in 1967 my dad had a vw beetle and it got good traction in the snow because of the rear engine. He hooked up a rope to the rear bumper and pulled my brothers and I on our toboggan around the neighborhood for a couple of hours.
Geez, I wonder if he got caught doing that nowadays what would happen to him? You get in trouble if you're not wearing a helmet when you are riding a tricycle!

[67BelAir427]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB0lb401...=1&amp;index=11