Tell us about the history of your ’67 Beetle?
I’ve wanted a classic Volkswagen since I was a kid. I’m not certain where the influence came from. I found very quickly that I was not going to get more than the rusted remains of a classic VW Bus in my price range, so I started searching through Beetle listings out of financial necessity. We test drove a handful of them across California and none of them were really right. They were all molested, with big bassy stereo systems and funky junk going on in the engine. I didn’t dig it. I wanted something original, but not in showroom condition as I wasn’t up to such a responsibility. I figured I might bump into a few curbs along the way. I wanted something more on the hoodride side but also something semi reliable that wouldn’t fall apart. I was pretty particular about it.

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Tell us a little about the history of the Buggy House.
As far as I can put together, there have been 4 main owners of the shop. The first owner only had the shop for three years. He ran it by himself. In 1970, he stepped into the back for a moment and three SPG roller cranks were stolen. Five minutes later he sold the shop to Jerry Young. If you ever talk to any old school bay area VW people, they’ll know about the Buggy House, and they’ll know Jerry. Jerry Young and his brother in law Rich Davis ran the Buggy house until the early 2000s. During that time they made a name for the business and did very well. Remember this was before the internet. They had distributors like H&H and IMC who carried every factory part ever made. Everything was cheap and everyone was building cars.

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Tell us about the history of your ’67 Beetle?
I first became interest in VWs at the age of 15. My first car was a ’60s VW that my Dad and I bought for $250. After that I started buying and selling VWs any time I found a deal. By the time I was in my 20′s I had opted out of VWs for something with cold AC to combat the hot and humid Houston climate. However I knew that if I ever found the right one that I would have a VW again.

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Another ’67 from our friend Mark Massey over at OldVWs Restoration. Usually, this would follow the normal questions for a featured project. When speaking with Mark about the history of car, this is what he had to say.

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Tell us about the history of your ’67 Beetle?
I grew up with a beetle. Mom had a ’68 savannah beige auto stick she bought brand new. I was born in ’73 so my earliest memories include that VW. We moved to Florida in 1988 and left the VW behind. 20 years of Wisconsin winters and road salt had taken its toll. No matter what, vintage cars remained in my blood.

The story of my beetle starts in Sarasota, FL. In the spring of 1990. I was 16 and just got my driver license about a month before. I was working in the front yard when I heard this god awful racket of a car ripping down the street. It was white with a patina of reddish surface rust, red late-model doors, no bumpers, and a loud, aftermarket exhaust. I could tell it was a ’67 from front fenders. About two minutes later it flew down the street again. All I could think was “COOL!”
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