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I am 69 years young......been there, done that, you know....but one thing I still enjoy doing is getting
in a Bug and going for a ride. I love the feel, the smell, the sound, the memories, and just the over-all joy that I experience
when I drive a Bug. I love the smiles, the waves, the V signs, the thumbs ups, and the looks on peoples faces when they see
me in one of my beautiful Bugs. I love to talk about Volkswagens, VW toys, VW collectibles, VW history, Ferdinand Porshe,
Adolph Hitler's Car of the Masses, or if you're just lonely and need someone to talk to....write me at jerrycrowder@comcast.net.
My first experience with a Volkswagen came when I graduated college in 1965. I went to work for Arkansas Accounting Company
for $100.00 per week, company car and car allowance. The car was a 1964 Volkswagen and the gas allowance was $2.50 per week
(10 gallon tank at $.25 per gallon, right?). I soon fell in love with the car, but not the job.
When I left this job
in 1967 for greener pastures, they wouldn't let me keep the car (imagine that), so I bought a 1961 VW. This was a really great
little car, not very pretty, but a great car. The exterior had not been taken care of and the blue paint was so oxidized that
it actually looked purple. After spending a whole day cleaning it up and waxing it...I realized that it hardly looked any
better. So....why mess with it,(right?) just drive it, which I did.
On the Monday after I bought it...I went to work
and they told me I needed to go to Leland, Mississippi on business and to take my personal car and that they would reimburse
me $.15 per mile. I thought to myself....Where in the world is Leland, MS? How far is it? Will the little '61 make it? Well,
I didn't have a choice, I had to go....I took off. The little car drove great and made the 328 mile round trip without a hitch
and used $2.48 worth of gas...for which the company reimbursed me $49.20.....man oh man, that was two week's worth of groceries.
In 1973, I bought a brand new baby blue Deluxe VW Sedan with factory air. I paid $2,795.00 ($400 extra for factory
air)for this car and it was also a great little car. I kept this car for about 4 years. I had finally outgrown VW's anyway,
right?
Now that you know more about me than you ever wanted, please go back to the top of this page and look at my
Bugs and my toy collection,
I'll be buggin you later,
Jerry
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