“I couldn’t find the car of my dreams, so I built it myself.” Ferdinand Porsche
A couple of Saturdays ago I confessed my shameless pandering to the backyard chicken lobby, and now I’ve decided to make my groveling for votes a weekly feature. Therefore, now I turn, hat in hand, to humbly ask for the support of Fairhope’s VW Beetle owners. If elected, I promise (within my first 100 days) to introduce an ordinance raising the downtown speed limit to 18 mph for all air-cooled vehicles manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany. The Lower Alabama Volkswagen Association (LAVA) has not yet heard my plea for an endorsement, but they will soon.
I can’t recall a time when there wasn’t a Volkswagen in our family. I’ve been behind the wheel (and under the engine) of so many of these cars that I’ve lost track. I’ve had sedans…
…convertibles…
…and driven back and forth across the country in a ’63 that had a broken starter solenoid…
They weren’t the fastest, or the safest, or the most reliable vehicles that I’ve ever owned, but they were by far the most fun.
*** I want to send a big, 1300cc thank you to Matt Harrison, who found me after more than 20 years, and Dave Bartlett, who shot that great footage. John Ford smiles. ***
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