I'm not sure exactly why this grabbed me today...I'm not a car enthusiast, and I certainly could never restore one. But that's not the entire point of this story. I think it got me because my mom passed away from breast cancer in 2007, and people who work with cancer patients hold a special place in my heart. The story is nice, and the video embedded in it is pretty cool to watch. This lady's bond with her car is awesome and touching.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/vol...-apos-150820285.html

Kathleen, may you and Annie have many miles more to travel.

And a thank you to Volkswagen, what a project. The cheap and easy way for them would to have given her a new car. The option they pursued cost them more monetarily but in the end meant more to all involved.

Very cool story and video!
Thanks for posting.

I wonder if they put the wrong front fenders back on it because 67 fenders were one year only and impossible to get.

Hope she insures it well, that thing is beautiful and a rolling target for thieves now

That is a great story! As a kid, a buddy and I built a couple of kit car dune buggies and Baja Bugs. And Annie will float. Don't ask me how I know.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Kathleen, may you and Annie have many miles more to travel.

And a thank you to Volkswagen, what a project. The cheap and easy way for them would to have given her a new car. The option they pursued cost them more monetarily but in the end meant more to all involved.

Very well said! Thanks for posting this, OP!

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Originally posted by Kevmo:
Hope she insures it well, that thing is beautiful and a rolling target for thieves now

From the video, it looks like she parks it out in the open in an alley behind her house. In the blink of an eye, it could be here today and gone tomorrow

Added Bug Bonus: If you find yourself in a spot too narrow to turn around in, have your crew hop out, pick it up and spin it.
Problem solved!
Need more scoot for your Bug? Install the Bus motor.
I miss my Bugs. But in the winter, they became a motorized German refrigerator. There was a gasoline powered heater you could get but it mainly produced carbon monoxide.

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Originally posted by Kevmo:
Hope she insures it well, that thing is beautiful and a rolling target for thieves now

Don't thieves target more sellable cars? Or cars from which the parts are more in demand? Ford pickups, Accords, etc. A 50 year-old Bug is an oddball.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:...But in the winter, they became a motorized German refrigerator....

I think it was invented to Uber the troops to the Russian front. The trip was the prep.


Hope she and the car have a long happy life.

I love bugs.

I've had a 67, a 69, and a 74 Sun Bug with a sun roof, and we had a Thing at the deer camp, and an old Baja style 71 that was spraypainted camo that I learned to drive a stick on...

I've considered doing a 62 restoration and customization again. I love the style but it's fairly useless in the mountains of Colorado.

Looked good for that age and miles. The floor pan was a mess. They did an excellent job, except the chrome headlight shield would have to go. My ‘68 was where my V-card was punched.

Thanks for the post and link. Nice, upbeat story.
I can relate to loving a car... LOL.

Terrific story. And whatever VW spent re-doing her bug they'll get back ten times over in great PR. I congratulate them for doing it though. Really nice gift to her.

Everything about this happening was wonderful.
My only personal injection is those billboard whitewall tires stand out too much, they divert attention away from the rest of the car. I understand they were period correct, but some nice radial blackwalls would have been so much better.

Happy Motoring, Punch Bug!