Family story

["Ginger D.&Peter P." <gingerd@teleport.com>]

Dearest Type III listserve,
	One of my favorite family photographs that I grew up with was the
honeymoon shot of my mom and dad heading off for a disastrous camping
trip (another story).  There sitting in Dad's brand new '58 356 convert
(just picked up at the factory in Stuttgart), smiling, mom's got these
very very pointy horned rimed shades on, too cool!  When dad met mom in
Deutschland while in the service, (she is German) mom apperantly had
zero interest in his sporty '57 Karmann Ghia.  Dad's Porsche had the new
roll up windows (luxury!) and the BIG 1600cc motor.  
	After bringing over the Porsche to Kentucky, dad had to trade it in for
a '61 bug when my sister got to big for the back "seat" (shelf).  After
driving his new bug for a couple days he brought it back to the dealer
and complained "this thing steers all over the road".  The response was
"sir, this is not a porsche".  Dad got used to it.
	One more good story.  Mom and dad were at a party in the mid sixties. 
Dad , his "bachelor buddy" (mom's description), and mom had all arrived
separetly, and they decided to go home to have a cup of coffee.  Dad's
Triumph TR3 and his friends Porsche were facing the wrong way, and by
the time they turned around and raced each other home, mom was out of
the '61 bug and inside the house putting on the teapot!  Here's the best
part of the story:  Dad scolds mom for driving so fast (hey she's a
leadfooted German), but the next week, dad and his "bachelor buddy" pull
up to the house for dinner after work, and the local cop pulls in behind
to give them each a speeding ticket.  Humble Pie dad...
	
Intro thing:	My wife and I are 28 yrs. and expecting a little one THIS
WEEK!  I work as the R&D Engineer for a aluminum bicycle frame
manufacturer.  I didn't own a car for 4 years after selling my first
car, (an '81 Rabbit that was hopped up with '84 GTi motor, tranny,
brakes etc.)  Instead, I rode my bike all over the city, except when
borrowing my wife's '85 Golf.  I'd been looking for a bug for a long
time, and when we got pregnant, I learned about type III's.  We bought
Phillip from an aquaintance in December.  I just get a kick out of our
new "family truckster"!  I know it's not a modern "safe" vehicle, but it
now has a new master cylinder and rear seat belts (see, I'm trying...)

	This list serve has gotten me up to speed on working on my new car in
no time, thanks all.

Regards,
Peter Parker
'66 Square; Phillip
'85 Golf; Lottie
8-10(11?) bikes between us! (my main transport still, and tools are
METRIC!)