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Paul Smith
The Zone
1961 Delux Singlecab
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From: Larry Moore <larmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Don’s Bug Barn — A VW Salvage Yard
To: "galen currington" <g.currington@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Paul Smith"
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Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 11:31 PM
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From: 1967 VW Beetle <donotreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [New post] Don’s Bug Barn — A VW Salvage Yard
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Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 10:37 PM
Jay Salser posted: " Perhaps one of the most frustrating
experiences a vintage car buff can have is not being able to
locate necessary parts. As you’ve worked on your “second love”
Volkswagen, invariably you’ve run against the brick wall of
“that part is no longer available”"
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Don’s Bug Barn — A VW Salvage Yard
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by Jay Salser <http://1967beetle.com/?author=5>
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Perhaps one of the most frustrating experiences a vintage
car buff can have is not being able to locate necessary
parts. As you’ve worked on your “second love” Volkswagen,
invariably you’ve run against the brick wall of “that part
is no longer available”! “What??? Now what am I going to
do?” That’s probably putting it mildly. In my more than 36
year experience with VWs, I’ve had this problem hundreds
of times. My two children and I made a regular habit of
visiting salvage yards in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.
Then, things changed. Government restrictions began making
things difficult for the salvage people. Yards were moved
or closed. But, don’t give up! There still are some
salvage yards located around the Country. Here’s the
unique story of one salvage yard oasis; Don’s Bug Barn. As
told by Dustin Carter, Don’s son.
*How did you get all of this!?!
*I have answered this question many times. My answer of “It is
my father’s 36 year collection” never seems to satisfy.
*Okay? But… but how did you get all this?
*I tell the story, which always elicits smiles, that since we
are in Texas, it is not uncommon that our story begins with
horse-trading. In 1974, my father, Don Carter, got his first
Volkswagen from my grandfather, who traded a horse for a dune
buggy. My grandfather had no use for the buggy and offered it
to my father, who accepted, thus beginning the story of Don’s
Bug Barn. Growing up, my father always was a car guy, and
throughout the years he acquired all types of American iron
and muscle cars. But Volkswagens became his ultimate love.
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*Jay Salser <http://1967beetle.com/?author=5>* | April 28,
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