[tcb] Re: It's Friday!!!
- From: "j duncan" <whocanduncan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:16:32 -0500
The VDub video reminded me of 2 bugs I owned in my youth.
One was a purple, 1961 bug that did not have a starter, 1st gear, 2nd gear,
reverse or clutch. Fortunately, I lived in hilly Pittsburgh, PA and could
just catch it gear with the right timing. It was a bitch if someone parked
too close to me on a hill, though. It could take 2 or 3 times to wedge the
bug outta the parking spot. Winter was tougher too because the hill had
better not have ice on it. Otherwise I couldn't get enough traction to catch
it in gear. Amazing how long you can drive a car timing your shifting with
only 3rd and 4th gears. ;) I had it about 8 months until I sold it for some
some dope. Er, to some dope.
The other bug was a powder blue, 1967 ragtop. The wooden beam of the front
top cloth was termite ridden and it would not latch. It was a bitch cruising
in the snowy, freezing cold of the NE that winter. I hand carved a
replacement in the spring. It broke down on a roadtrip to FL the next winter
and I left it at a gas station in Columbus, OH. Could still be sitting there
today.
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