The '56 that goes at long last!

[Aaron Britcher <abritcher@ezinet.com.au>]

Well all,
	Havent written much of late, so here goes. You may recall I 
found a 52,000 mile black '56 bug a while back from the original old 
lady driver? Well, it has been sitting in a friends garage for a couple 
of months now and I haven't even driven it so on sunday I finally got 
off my bum and went to go and get it. He lives about an hour and a half 
away so it is a bit of a trek. Anyways, I got there and had to bolt the 
fenders back on as Steve had been polishing under the guards and 
couldn't be bothered putting them back on so already I was busy. After 
that and connecting lights and bumpers etc I found he had dropped the 
gearbox oil and engine oil, so under the car I get and replace the sump 
gasket/screen and fill the gearbox with oil. Next the engine and finally 
it looks like I can think about driving it. The brakes are spot on, the 
battery is in so with a 12V battery in parallel to spin the old girl 
over, away it goes. Hardly any smoke too. No it wasn't registered so 
don't tell anyone! I then proceeded to drive home and I must say how 
interesting it is to drive through the hills with crossplies and only 
36hp. What a blast! I safely made it home with no problems and without 
running into any police and that is where the car is at for now. With a 
bit of luck this weekend I will remove the fenders etc again and maybe 
get them repainted as the old girl that had the car dinged them up a bit 
more than I would have liked. 
Just thought I would share this with you so that you don't think I have 
dissapeared with my VW's. Once I have finished the detail on this beauty 
I think I will find it a new home, somebody that would do the car 
justice. I have got too much to do now with a Notch, T2 panel and a T3 
panel, not to mention another '55 oval body. I'm sure someone out here 
would die to have a 52k mile black '56.
Drive your VW's.
regards,
	Aaron, Adelaide South Australia.
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