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Bugs N Brats IV

Well it is the last sat of Sept. That means that it is time to host our shops show. While it is a pita

it is kool at the same time. I have spent the last week cleaning sorting putting away all the extra

vw parts that just seem to accumulate in the dark corners of the shop. I swear it is like the reproduce faster than rabbits. Which would be kool if they were good parts, oh well.Not only do we clean and sort, but I also try to set up displays of some of our processes , still got to do that. Most people do the mass/thorough clean in the spring, but since the show is always in early fall, we do it then.

Our show is a bit different . We don't do registration, trophies , entry fees or anything like that . It is a cookout, bbq, bring what you got kind of show. I suppose that we will have to change that at some point. but not yet.

See you here

Sat at the shop

Mcpherson strut front end,1303, super, fatchick, you either love 'm or you don't. There is luke warm ,

 If you have no clue what I am talking about then I shall explain, if you do have a clue, then skip this next part.

   The super beetle was introduced in the states in 1971,starting with the 1302, The Mcpherson strut   A fairly well designed piece of engineering . They had been standard on most cars of the time. but in order to put this in the vw design engineers changed the body lines a bit . The 1302 was a bit rounder and wider, the line of the car grew.

 in 1973 the 1303 was introduced , the front suspension was fine tuned a bit, the wind screen got wider and had a big curve and it got even rounder . I suppose as we age we get wider and rounder, so why not the vw bug. 

 Any way........

  Just Jim, (mad props, madder skills)is bringing over his daughters 79 fatchick  'vert

for some suspension work. What a surprise.......... we are lowering it. who would have thought it

'chuckle' .

 Top Line  is a bunch of guys who love the supers, and have figured out how to make better parts for these cars  in doing so, the car will handle better tighter and yes lower, lowering a cars CG makes them more stable at todays speeds. When the 1302 and 1303 were new the speed limit was 55, yes 55 and these little cars did just fine at 55, they had a 64 hp motor, 4 speed, with ok breaks.

 With todays traffic speeds, we do see more clients wanting to upgrade there breaks, motors,trans,suspension , basically making the bug a modern car. Jim has 4 wheel  disk and a 64 hp motor, and he has the "super shimmy". This shimmy  is caused by worn out parts, and there are alot of parts under there. We can do this with factory  or after-market parts. we are going with the top line kit, all new, all urethane .

 got to love it

FORE

back at it after a strange trip, I have heard that expression before, but never lived it. I have now.

As we grow up and have kids of our own, gasp grandkids now. our family ages with us. perhaps more so. My folks are getting settled in to there life after kids,  and I have been going through that as well. My kids are all grow and moved out, making my wife and I empty nesters .This is life, so we live it, good, bad , ugly and pretty , but watching my folks it hit home for me. My step mom has been getting ready for her chemo, and Nana is well Nana, just a bit slower. Then there is Dad..... It was watching him that had the most effect on me he works to much, and loves it, I think

So after watching that for a week, I have redoubled my effort to balance my life between work and home. Not so easy when the walk from my home to my office is a real short sand wedge.

FORE

Mad Props To Just Jim

Let me tell you about my buddy Super beatle JimJust Jim, or JJ .

he is one talented dude!!! He is a car guy, he owns a 69 camaro ,

lifted stepside 4X4, and a 79 convertable bug. and all are nice, but

that is just his hobby. In real life he is a defense sector graphic artist .

 I don't really know what that is , but I do have an idea of what he does

cause of a promo vid he did for the shop. 

 See we are growing a bit, and  are helping to sponsor a few shows

this season. the first one will be Bug a paluza 11 anyway... part of the deal is

the shop gets a vender space, and need draw peeps in, this is in all fact a 

temp store for the shop, so After talking with Master Gumby, the other 

owner of the shop, we decided to get a dvd made for display of the shop,

a 5 min commercial if you will. Now  Jim is a member of the vw club

and hangs out at the shop once in a while, and I was talking about this

in passing about 1 month ago, and he offered to help out and give it a try.

 well this is the result .