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Well guys,
I covet your prayers as I go away late tonight.....I'm taking a bus down to Philadelphia (an all night trip) to go pick up a nice classic VW Bug that I bought on ebay.
I've been watching them for months now, and am actually looking for two of them.
This one is a nice 1974 beetle with only 22,000 original miles.

I dread the bus trip, and I pray the drive back home goes well.
The bus goes to NYC, then to Philly.  I bought some cheap black earbuds so it does not look like I have an ipod. I'll take some benedryl to help me sleep all the way down.

This bug will be for my youngest son, who starts driving this month. My wife also wants a VW bug again, but she is pickier.....wants a mint classic Bug and it has to be a 1967 or earlier.

I'm excited about having a Bug again, but will feel better when it and I are back home.

Frank D.

Good luck Frank,
You don't need to be told I'm sure. Rust,Rust,Rust. Careful.
What did you get? Beetle, Super Beetle, Special Edition. I think they made a buch of SEs that year. Sun bugs, and the pastel colored ones. What did you get?

Frank, I am in Jersey between exits 8 and 8A of the tpke. If there is anything I can do, let me know.

All the best!!

Patrick

PS

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks guys,
Rob, it's a gold sunbug with the factory sun roof......oh yes, I know about VW rust, heater channels, battery pans and floorpans, etc.  I'm pretty sure this one is good. Engine is nice too, chromed, etc.

I've always enjoyed bugs...they turn an eye, easy to work on, (no computers, etc),parts easy to get and they hold their value great.  Good gas mileage too.

Patrick, the bug is actually in a place called Deptford, NJ.  The owner is picking me up at the Philly bus station.  Leaving in an hour....
Thanks,
Frank D.

Enjoy yourself, Frank. Tommorrow is going to be a nice day for a drive. Your son has a good dad.

Kind of cordiroy<sp> velour seats. I think Super Beetle. A lot had AC. Curved windsheild, MacPherson struts, stuff like that. People don't even think about the stuff carmakers used to do, like power the windsheild washers with the air in the spare tire. Now a days it better have PW/PS/AC, power steering, everything or it doesn't even get a look.

Good for you Frank, be safe and have a great time!!!

C

How about a pic when you get it?

Where in the heck is Frank?

Maybe he took a "shortcut"?

Philly to Buffalo, how long does that take? !0 hours?

I guess I would take the NJ turnpike to the PA turnpike to 81? Does NY have an east-west turnpike? I think I was on the NY turnpike in Albany, but maybe it was Utica. Whatever.

Where the heck is Frank? Don't those Apple guys know what a Blackberry is?

Hope the Bug didn't have a bug.

Sorry to worry you guys..........I got back around 6:30pm....
Yup Rob, took the NJ Turnpike to the PA Turnpike and up 81 to 17 to home. 
Jane and Eric are out driving it around now.....
The bug is great, but it is not the smooth ride that my T & C is........

Riding in a Grayhound bus from 11:30pm to 9:10 am is not the prefered way to travel.
It's good to be home......

Frank D.

Ah Frank...now you are talking my language!  My first car was a '61 beetle that had only 56000 miles on it.  Of course I needed transportation rather than a "collector" piece so of course I drove it all around and to school.  I really miss my old friend   My bug originally did not have the fresh air heating system and took the heat directly off of the cylinder heads.  One time before I rebuilt the engine, I was driving it to school and it leaked oil so bad that it created a blue haze inside the car.  So here I am crusing down the road in -20 F temps with the window rolled down....man the looks from others was something else.  I also liked the way it would cook the heel of your left foot....A few years later I added a gas heater in the "trunk".  The gas heater would work occasionally and would blow gas fumes into the passenger compartment because the gasoline would not re-ignite.

Man! what fond memories

bbwb

Goodnight Frank. Hope it's not a work night.

Bug stories are great bbwb.

It was kind of funny in our house.  My dad always owned "American Iron".  My two older brothers and I owned VW's at the same time; The oldest had the newest ('74 Sunbug same as Franks), the middle brother had the '73 Super Beetle, sport model (A very pretty yellow with all black trim), followed by me with my black '61.  I guess the kids did not follow in my dads footsteps all the time.

bbwb

Glad ya made it home safe.  During High School and early college around my baseball schedule I worked for a drive away Co.  Grueling work, but great money.  Woiuldnt be able to do 1 week of that now w/ out droppin dead.

Frank,
Do you have some pics yet?