Hello everyone, i am new to Volksfolks thanks to Vwgirl. I have not fully joined yet but will soon. My road story happened about 20 years ago. back then i worked at a vw garage doing general help stuff. I had a 1970 bug that i was allowed to restore using their equipment and paint etc sence if they let me do that i would work for half the given pay. Well it took me about 6 months to do a full frame off restore. The day had arrived and i left work in my beautiful bug. The sun was out and it was warm so i had the rag top sunroof back. It seemed to be too perfect so i was worried. About 3 miles down the road i stoped at a street light and looked in my mirror. What i saw caused me to say " Oh s#%$ " and it happened. A guy drinking a coke hit me at 45 to 55 mph. The impact was so hard that the front windshield cracked and the gas door was nocked open. Not to mention all the body and frame damage. The one good thing at the time was that there was a police car 3 cars behind him. I was able to start the car and drive it back to the shop where i spent another month putting it back together but i could never get the floor pans sealed again so i sold it and have not had another bug sence then till about 6 months ago. The new one is a 1969 bug. The mechanics part is almost done and some body work is going on. I hope to post some pics soon. Great to be here and look forward to meeting everyone.........Robert
