Hello.  My name is Danny, and I’m a VW addict!

  I have to blame my dad for part of my love for VWs.  While on a trip to California, Dad took some pictures of some custom VW bugs.  From that moment on, I was hooked!  At that time I was 15 going on 16 in need of a cheap car to drive, so he tracked down a clean 1966 bug for me.  I have always said that I have never met anyone that has only owned one VW, and I was no different.  As in any addiction, you start off small and before you know it you are in over your head.  Over the next 8 years I owned over 25 different vintage VWs.   I starting off with a common ’66 bug, and worked my way through some very desirable Bugs and Buses.   In 1996 I gave up VWs because I could not afford the next step of cool, a split window beetle.  To me a split window beetle was the Holy Grail of VWs.  Since a split was out of my price range, I did something really crazy, I built a 32 roadster.  Yea, I know.  From one addiction to another. 

Fast forward 14 years. 

The other day I walked in to see my almost 16 year old son looking at online classifieds for vintage VWs.   For a very short moment I was worried about passing my addiction on to my son, but I guess there are worse addictions to have.  Yep.  I can see some road trips and a new generation of VW stories comming.

Man, the circle of life is a strange one, but what a ride!

–Danny

P.S. I found the split window bug I want.  The bad part is it is more than a 32 roadster.  I guess I still can’t afford a split!