Renewed inspiration to get Bug going again!

For the last eight years or so, my poor 1969 Bug has been neglected. Between work and school, and the lack of funds, it sat quietly and waited for me to get around to her.

My fiancee's 16 year old daughter has struck an interest in my old Bug. In fact she has stated that she wants it. Of course that isn't going to happen any time soon, but it has created an urge for me to start working on it again and getting my old friend here working.

One of the goals is to enlist my future step-daughter and get her in on the fun. :) My first task for her is to restore a shifter for my EMPI Imp dunebuggy. The Imp currently has a short Gene Berg shifter that I think is better suited for the Bug, so I'm going to show Ashleah how to restore a stock Bug shifter (sanding, painting, fitting, etc.) and then fit a "quick shift" kit and one of those stock accessory locking shifter bases. That will give me less travel and an added security measure for when I park the Imp in public.

Using a cool to-do/task management software called "Wunderlist" (ironically it is a German company... ) to lay out the specific tasks and goals I have ahead of me.

So right now I have used Facebook to contact my VW friends to find a good stock "angled" shifter that will be suitable for this project.

Stay tuned for updates on bringing the Bug back to life!!