Back in 2017 I found myself spending a lot of time looking at for sale Beetles.  I had not had once since 1995 (a story in itself) and the search for a car for my 16 year old son got my excited again. I was searching for a 74 Super Beetle but ended up getting…

In September of 2017 I purchased a project vehicle, a 1974 1303 VW Super Beetle that I promptly named Żuczek. Żuczek is more or less Polish for “little beetle”. After driving the car home across the state, it became apparent there were far worse problems than I original anticipated. As I started digging into the car, …