Ya know although probably not as often as you, my Dart gets the same kind of response. You have no idea (actually I guess you do) how many people come up and check out my Dart, admire it and start telling me about how they used to have a Dart, and how you couldn't kill them (the old Slant-6, yeah), and how they wish they never got rid of it, and yes how up here in the rustbelt how it rotted away around a never dying drivetrain. Now one of my two A-Bodies, my '72 4-door Dart, Wanda, is in fairly restored condition and is now a good weather Sunday driver, while my my '72 Scamp looks like hell, needs a gas tank and a brakeline is actually a lot better than she looks or seems right now.

But man, a VW thing, that is a great, truely UNIQUE set of wheels there. Promise us all you will restore it and that you will pass it on to your kid (although I might give him some average, cheap, somewhat safe car as his first one to learn on). I'm hoping to hold onto the Scamp and make that into a Father-Son type car... You just can't beat putting the carrot infront of the horse to lead it.... I think those are the type of things that can help keep a kid focused on the big picture, something to look forward to if they tow the line and keep their nose clean. And they learn about self reliance by seeing how they can fix and take care of it.

My 7 year old son is just itching to start digging into that car. Perhaps we can pull it out of the weeds, a take a look at her to make a list of all the things it needs and start keeping our eyes open at the car shows and swap meets.

Paul wink

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