Leave it to Linda: in a fit of genious, she figured out that she could have any color VW she wants, and she can "flower power" it out to her heart's content. Painted a black primer, the car is perfect for our kids to decorate with colored chalk. Here is their first attempt at it. Of course, it rained the next day and it all washed off but that's the beauty of it - no harm was done and it's a clean canvas again!

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A photo of all three little buggers sitting out in the driveway, awaiting more painful tearing down and delightful stripping. Here rests the "Connie" series (from left to right): C1, C3 and C2.

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To add to our growing VW Beetle population, we just added this car, a 1972 VW Beetle (it runs!). This is Linda's car, and she's chomping at the bit to get me to work on it. She'll have to do more chomping, heh heh. The car is pretty straight, running, with a lot of work already done on it. We're not to happy about some of the sloppy workmanship (incorrectly installed parts, bad primer job, primer overspray on the windows, etc.) but that's all easily fixed. Here, the front wheel is off to access a master cylinder that leaks continuously like an old man on a drinking binge.

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