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Project Żuczek – The First Attempt

Posted on 2018-12-042019-09-17

So in a relatively short amount of time after purchasing Murbella I started to look for a car that I could sink my teeth into and make it into something I really wanted to have. Something that had a part of me in it. So I started searching the sites looking for a 1974 Super…

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The Murbella Dilemma

Posted on 2018-12-03

It soon became apparent that while I could do a few minor things to make her “mine”, the fact that she was such an excellent condition survivor would prevent me from really wanting to make any changes. Her original engine, while really not adjustable, was completely fully functional and still 100% stock down to the…

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The Summer of 2017 – The coming of Murbella

Posted on 2018-12-03

My son turned 16 but I had told him that he’d need to get a job and start paying for things to have a car, insurance, etc. One thing that the horrors of my 20’s taught me was that this country does a shit poor job of educating teens and college kids about personal finances….

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A Whole New World: My 2001 New Beetle

Posted on 2018-12-03

There was much excitement in the mid-90s when Volkswagen unveiled the Concept One as a new Beetle for the 21st Century. I immediately fell in love with all the press photos and wanted one when (and if) it ever came out. By the late 90’s I had finally started to get my shit together as…

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The Early Years: My 1971 Standard Beetle

Posted on 2018-12-03

There’s not much to say about my 1971 Standard Beetle purchase. In late 1994 I was working with a woman who had a very beat up Beetle that I envied every time she pulled into the parking lot in it. Now this is a period of my life I refer to as The Dark Ages….

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The Early Years: Pat’s 1971 Beetle

Posted on 2018-12-03

My aunt’s red 71 also holds a special place in my heart. I have unfortunately never come across any pictures of it so all I have are my memories. And one memory forever stands out in my mind! Let’s face it… Beetles kinda sucked for heat! And they certainly didn’t have a real front window…

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The Early Years: Kathy’s 1974 Super Beetle

Posted on 2018-12-032018-12-03

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…

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The beginning…

Posted on 2018-12-032018-12-04

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, …

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