Very cool . I'm sad I didn't get to spend more time looking at it at the challenge.
Very cool . I'm sad I didn't get to spend more time looking at it at the challenge.
How in the heck have I managed to miss this??
Super cool! I'll need to do more reading later!!
Aha! You didn't know the address of your forum thread, Purple Frog, but a little web searching turned it up! Oh, yeah, I just saw the video on YouTube, thanks to the Almighty Algorithm. Very cool!
Took the Outlaw Bug over to Pensacola for the "Rare Air VW Show" yesterday. Wow! over 200 unicorns in the same parking lot. A semi-serious gathering of the clan. It's now the time of the year around here when its comfy to drive non-air conditioned cars.
Some folks are better at bodywork than me. 
I don't know how I missed this thread too but WOW what a build. Outstanding work.
5 years later and still a thrill to drive.
Home again after a morning blast through the Red Hills of North Florida.
Gratuitous self-serving bump of old thread.
Home again after a morning blast through the Red Hills of North Florida.
Florida has hills?
Heck, the shop is 176 feet above sea level. Some serious elevation change up here near the Georgia/Alabama line. 
Ever notice there are not a lot of posts about cruising in the Outlaw Bug during the summer months?
Yesterday was a picture perfect North Florida autumn day. Took the beast on a long drive through the Red Hills countryside. Attended a fall car show with about 400 other cars (lots of spectators). Cruised home in the spectacular sunset. Sunroof open, windows open, exhaust echoing off the tree canopy, and a little warmth from the engine 6 inches behind me all felt good.
So... the point of this post? Just the great feeling one gets actually cruising around, sometimes a bit sportingly, in a car one has built from the ground up. Reinforces the thought that these cars need to be driven not parked. In this case the juice was worth to squeeze.
A positive reassurance after weeks of hurricanes and such.
Now, back to your regularly schedule broadcast.
I completely agree! Huge smiles always!
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