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1302 Super Beetle

BUG!

I have been into VWs as long as I can remember!! My mom loves to tell me about when I was a baby, sitting on her lap in the car, barely able to talk, I would freak out every time I saw a Beetle and would shout, "BUG!" at the top of my lungs. Drove my parents crazy!!!

I have owned several VW Beetles over the years, but they were all very rough. Most of them I drove until they fell apart, and none of them every had any pans by the timer I got rid of them. Most had no heater channels whatsoever. Favorite memory is having a Bug in Atlanta during one of the 1st snowstorms in years. Drove circles around everyone and did donuts all day!!

I was without a VW Beetle for approximately 25-30 years. Came close a couple times, but never pulled the trigger. Trolled the internet constantly. While traveling for work in 2016, I placed a bid on eBay and I won. Bought this car from a shop in Maryland, sight unseen. Holy crap! I hadn't told the wife and was in the doghouse for a LONG TIME.

After driving my '79 Super Beetle convertible for a couple years, redoing the interior and rebuilding the engine, I really wanted to get it repainted. I answered an ad by a gentleman that worked at a Porsche/VW that was taking a break to take care of his wife who was ill. We found a ton of damage under a pretty façade, including a couple poorly repaired accidents. My car was completely stripped down to metal. This individual had my car for almost three years and never completed it. I had to get a court order to get my own car back and took it to a local hotrod shop in pieces and boxes.

Motor City Solution, in Taylor, Michigan, had my car for almost 2 years. They repaired additional damage, repaired mechanical, and repainted most of the vehicle. They redid all the chrome and added a new convertible top. I added chrome spoke wheels. I have had the car ceramic coated. The car is not perfect, but, in my opinion, it is for me. Her name is Jezebel because my wife calls her the "other woman." Future plans for the car are to put in a better sound system and maybe a new front suspension. I may lower it a bit.

I absolutely love this car and the VW culture. The BEST part of owning this car is that no matter where I go... the grocery store, Lowe's, the library, anywhere... people come up and talk about their VW experience. "I used to own one" or "my parents had one" or "I had one in college", the list goes on and on. It is the best conversation started EVER and I have met some pretty cool people owning this car. I also like being between two muscle cars at a car show and watching the owner's faces as my little, tiny car gets way more attention than theirs!!!!

Dan Harnum

Laptop/Tablet Wallpaper

Mobile Phone Wallpaper

Apple Instructions:

1. Touch one of the pictures above and "Save Image".

2. Go to "Photos" and select the picture.

3. Tap the box with the up arrow at the right top corner.

4. Tap "Use as Wallpaper" pinch to size and "Set Both"

5. You're done!

Windows Instructions:

1. Right click on one of the pictures above and select "Set as background"

2. You're done!

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