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After 5 fun years with a 1971 Squareback, we have passed it on - or rather 'passed it back'. We bought it from someone in our town when my wife saw it driving down the highway with a FOR SALE sign on it. I purchased it the first night after taking a look at it and taking it for a short test drive. This was our first air cooled VW. Diane had wanted a Bug, but when she saw the Squareback, she fell in love with it. The man we bought it from happened to work at the building across from the one Diane worked in. At the time we didn't know it, but he was a little broken hearted after selling it and then having to see it drive by everyday. They were the original owners and bought it while they were stationed in Hawaii. From there they tranferred to New York and had the car shipped over. They eventually went back to Hawaii and then to Tennessee. The Squareback followed them during all this travel. We drove the Squareback everyday, hauling us and all sorts of other stuff. We made a trip to Charlottesville, VA one Christmas, loaded with our two kids and all our presents. It brought us to Vicksburg, MS for a quick weekend trip one very hot summer and just this summer we took it down to Orlando, FL. Diane changed jobs and started working at the elementary school our kids go to. As luck would have it, the wife of the man we bought it from worked there too! Now she would get to see the car everyday.... We discussed the history of the car and how the husband somewhat regretted selling it. She said that if we ever decided to sell it, let them know. At the time we were determined to keep it forever. During the time we haa‹“uareback we had it repainted the original Kansas Beige, re-upholstered the seats and did many mechanical repairs. We retained the original fuel injection and kept the stock steel wheels shod with 165x15 radials - no dark side modifications for this one. We did install an original style wood slat roof rack and some Cibie Oscar driving lights, but that's it. So, a few weeks ago I went out and bought yet another car for our fleet. After some discussion, we targeted the vehicles that had to be thinned out from our collection. Three got 'tagged' and one of them was the Squareback. We passed the word to the original owners and within a week they drove off with the Squareback.... So, it was a fun 5 years and it certainly sold us on air cooled VWs. We now have 2 1972 Buses which we do plan to keep for some time to come. Oh yeah, the car we bought that eventually pushed the Squareback out? A 1982 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 Limousine...:-) All 20.5 feet and 4700 pounds of it. Dave Burden - Atlanta, GA 1924 Studebaker Special Six touring car 1926 Studebaker Standard Six hearse (for sale) 1957 BMW Isetta 300 convertible 1972 VW Bus (7 passenger) 1972 VW Bus (almost a camper) 1982 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 Limo ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/