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{Note: My "Driving Season"
is marked from Labor Day to Labor day, as that is the date when I finished
the car in 1999. Thus, a the driving Season for year n, actually
starts in the September of the year before n. Also, the mileage
shown is end- of-event mileage}
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As you may know, I bought a 1950 sunroof Beetle last summer (2001). I got it on the road in August of that year, and basically didn't drive the Oval much at all the remainder of the year. This year (2002) I really wanted to take the split to all the shows I could, so the Oval didn't get much road time at all.
Having two vintage VWs is really amazing, and I still have to pinch myself still sometimes. I enjoy driving both cars, but make no mistake about it, the Oval means far more to me personally than the split. I have NO plans of parting with it, and taking a car to a show that I bought restored, is nothing like taking one that I restored from the ground up myself. I entered the split in several shows this year, even won a few trophies, but I barely wiped the thing down when I got there. Nowhere near the "attention to detail" that I have when I take my cherished Oval.
What I really enjoy are family outings where my wife and I take both cars. Sometimes to shows, sometimes to cruise nights, or on local club cruises, and sometimes just out for ice cream on a nice summer evening. My wife has gotten real comfortable driving the Oval (our daughter once erroneously called is "mommys Beetle"!) and it is fun family thing to do.
So just because you see far fewer entries in this driving log for the Oval, doesn't mean it is being neglected or up for sale in the local paper. I can only drive one at a time and have to make the choice between a fine Diamond Green Metallic Oval, or a Bordeux Red split sunroof.
Life is good.....
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| The Bay State VW Owner's Club summer "Invasion of Riley's" cruise. June is packed with VW shows, and Agust has one big one, but July is kind of a "dead" month in the New England area VW-wise. So the club planned an "invasion" of a popular local hot rod cruise night, with a crusie leading up to it. | |||
| The Bay State VW Owner's Club Spring Dust off Cruise. As usuual in this part of the country, VW enthusiasts were chomping at the bit to get their cars out and drive them, and this year's spring dust off cruise was the biggest yet. | |||
| 10/13/01 | 5456 | Trip | The re-scheduled Litchfield
show. I was beginning to feel that old Oval was feeling neglected.
I had been driving my new split a lot in the late summer. That, and
the fact that Humberto Lapa was debuting a new '50 sunroof prompted me
to take my oval. I followed Gary Constantine down who trailered his
beautiful '56 Sunroof to the show. The car ran very well, and
this time the weather was perfect.
I took the car to my son's soccer game the next weekend, then rolled it into the Beetlebox for the winter. |
| 10/9/01 | 5120 | Trip/Service | Drove the '57 to work. Had just got the '50 in the new Beetlebox, and had to get the '57 out and ready for the Litchfield show Oct 13th anyway. And the wife's minivan needed to go to the dealer for some warranty work. So on a bright, pretty Fall day I took the car to work. The night before I set the points gap. It had closed up a bit |
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