Carl Fisher
Member
The bug was a restoration given to my wife from her dad back in '91. He did a complete body off frame up restoration. She drove it until '94 at which point it threw a rod and killed some valves and was put in a storage warehouse when she bought another car. There it has remained for the last 20 years until today.
I had to pretty much yank it out with my 4Runner since one wheel is completely seized up and wouldn't roll. Had to use a come-along do drag it up onto the trailer. Still not sure how I'm going to get it off on the other end but I'm hoping it's just the shoes rusted up against the drum. A few persuasion whacks with a 4lb sledge may free it up enough to roll off cleanly. Tires are pretty rotted but holding enough air to get it home.
So here it is, dragged out of storage and loaded up to pull back home to begin it's 3rd life. Ryan (13) and I will be restoring it again over the next few years and it will become his first car on his 16th.
1979 Super Beetle
I had to pretty much yank it out with my 4Runner since one wheel is completely seized up and wouldn't roll. Had to use a come-along do drag it up onto the trailer. Still not sure how I'm going to get it off on the other end but I'm hoping it's just the shoes rusted up against the drum. A few persuasion whacks with a 4lb sledge may free it up enough to roll off cleanly. Tires are pretty rotted but holding enough air to get it home.
So here it is, dragged out of storage and loaded up to pull back home to begin it's 3rd life. Ryan (13) and I will be restoring it again over the next few years and it will become his first car on his 16th.
1979 Super Beetle
