From wberckman@aol.com Thu Feb 19 14:42:18 1998 Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled Subject: Re: Please take this guys saw away From: wberckman@aol.com (WBerckman) Date: 19 Feb 1998 19:42:18 GMT Tad and Bug Byte wrote >Subject: Re: Should I remove the body? +pics >From: BugByte >Date: Thu, Feb 19, 1998 12:56 EST >Message-id: <34EC7245.7D90B046@merck.com> > >Tad G wrote: > >> Sunday afternoon we decided to remove the body. We were so sore from >> the time spent on friday removing the bolts that we had to get another >> person to assist us in listing it. Since the body was severly rusted >> and had been in both front and rear end collisions I decided to build >> a kit car out of this one. That is why I cut the body in half. >> >> You should have seen the looks on the faces of the people at the dump >> "Where is the rest of that there caaar?" >> >> Soon I will have a page up, but for now, just enjoy the pictures. >> >> http://luddite.net/tad/campics/vw >> >> Tad >> > >Tad, > > Why, oh why, did you destroy another good bug? You say the body was >severly >rusted, but from what I see in these pics, this thing was VERY restorable. >This is >what makes us TRUE VW lovers so upset. Another restorable bug ruined. CUT >IN >HALF. Arrgh! What kills me is that the pop-out windows were left in, as >were the >front and rear windows - all good pieces. Antenna too. Probably others. >What a >shame. > > BugByte I also went to Tad's website and saw all the pictures of Tad and Charles's big adventure. If Charles had been in Charge, he should have taken the saw from Tad. I almost had a heart attack. Why? Because the bug they sawed in half was an old metal dash. It was white with pop out windows just like my 67. I had to run down to the garage and make sure it was ok. This should be put in a website of what not to do to a bug. These old metal dash bugs are getting harder to find and I am sure someone could have brought it back to it's former glory. Sorry to be so hard on you Tad but I just hate to see this happen to a bug. Hopefully your kit car will turn out well and at least the pan can enjoy life in one piece. One more goes to the Vw heaven Bill Berckman 67 Beetle > >