... an old VW

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Please indulge me for a moment. This is my Bug story.

Twenty some odd years ago, I was in Grad School and was awarder a one year internship, but unfortunately it was in Cleveland, Ohio, and I only owned a motorcycle. Cleveland gets snow pretty much every day from Oct 1st until late April (Lake effect). So I needed a car and had no money. I found this old Bug in a field where it had been crashed, rusted, horses ate out the padding in the seats, windows broke, but the guy only wanted $15, so I figured I could fix it up, and I had three weeks before my internship started. It was a real adventure and cemented my love for the original Volkswagen Beetle, a car that anyone with basic hand tools can completely rebuild.

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That last picture is my niece, sitting in the finished Bug, she graduated from college herself three years ago.

Best,
-Tim
 
Saw this on the street in Helsinki and it reminded me of '65 bus we had when we were first married.
 

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This is my 69 KG - as many are, shiny on the top but crispy on the bottom. Drive it daily. Nikon F2, 24 2.8, TMAX 100

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