Over the Fourth of July weekend, I successfully completed the engine installation on "Charlie Bug," the 1974 yellow classic VW Beetle. :) Now, to weld in new floorpans, as I had to remove most of the seats since there is nothing there to support them. Also pictured, the 1972 Beetle. I corrected an intermittent ignition problem with that car today, as well.

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As many people have heard me say: "It only takes ten minutes to drop a motor out of a Classic VW Beetle if you know what you're doing!" Well, it took me a day and a half. And I know what I'm doing.

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About the same shape as a bright yellow Easter egg, my VW sits on Easter Sunday, awaiting its new engine ... which will start once we get a warm weekend or two. And I mean new engine literally - it sparkles!

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Here, three of the four Coleman bugs sit side by side on the driveway, like chickens on the roost. From left to right: Connie (1976), Charlie (1974), Linda's (1972). Inside the garage, and barely visible in this photo, the 1971 Super Beetle, currently undergoing a "ground up" restoration.

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I think that if my dearly departed friend, Charles Brooks, knew that I would name a rusted-out Volkswagen after him, he'd be proud. This is how we found Charlie, and later brought him home. (He won't look like this for long!)

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