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daughters)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="341c8cd0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="530" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 986 WIDTH="524"><div> Mechanical/Cosmetic Changes:     </div> <div> Removed every handle, fixture and moving part before beginning the extensive body repair.  Body was repaired first (Jeff at Rainbow Paint and Marine in Paso Robles).  Once body was complete, replaced original motor with a 1973 dual port head motor.  Replaced original transmission with 1968 transaxle.   Revamped from 6-volt to 12-volt electrical system.  All re-usable chrome fittings were polished (by my daughters) and re-used.  Others were purchased.  In-dash CD player and rear speakers were added.  Upholstery and headliner work was completely replaced, along with replacement of all padding and backings (Skip's Upholstery in Atascadero).        </div> <bR> <div> Work done by Myself:  </div> <div> All clean-up and detailing, along with mechanical and electrical was done myself (with that occasional advice and tinkering help from friends who felt sorry for me).  I did all my parts searching either on the web, in catalogs, or searching through junkyards.   I'm just proud that I finished (it only took me four years!).</div> <div> <IMG SRC="290010e0.jpg" border=0 width="513" height="526" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> How I became Interested in VWs:</div> <div> I've always had an interest in automobiles and mechanics.  When I was</div> <div> a teenager I owned and restored a VW dune buggy.  They've always held an interest for me, but it wasn't until an older relative offered a beat-up and burnt up VW bug to me for the price of hauling it out of their garage that I had a renewed interest.  It had been in their Port Hueneme garage for 25-years and was filled to its roof with old papers and boxes (the bonus was the mummified cat we found in the engine compartment).   We trailered it and brought it home.  It was then I wondered what I had got myself into - it was a whole complicated world, yet very satisfying.  </div> <bR> <div> The most intriguing part of this remodel was to see the ingenuity of the product and the technology of the time.  We've come a long way in automobile engineering, but there's nothing like the simplicity of a bug. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>