Chapter 2 : buying the bug

Now it must be said, and I am the first to admit this, I am shit with mechanics. In fact anything technical like DIY, Cars, Motors...Infact anything with a michine I can break. Fortunately i "kinda" now what I am doing in theory with bugs. I knew where the heater channels were and that that was the first place things were going to go. I knew rust when I saw it... I also knew that for £1500 I was not going to get a show winner...and I realised that when I pulled into Steves garages just off city road in Sheffield.

If you have never met Steve he is a BIG personality. BIG! He showed me the car, told me that because it was Swedish it was pretty solid as the Swedes don't use salt on the road... ( he could have told me anything...I just nodded and kept looking at all the rust on it..I ummed and ahhhed for a while then he tossed me the keys and I took it for a spin.

Having not been in a beetle for years it took a while to get back into it. The indicator stuck, the wind whilstled through the quarter window like someone was boiling the kettle, there were no seatbelts...it was fantastic...

I was concerned that I was going to have to spend a lot to get this bugger fixed up and so I uhmmed and ahhhed and decided to leave it and have a think. On the way back home I called Charlie and she was like "what are you DOING???" It sounds great...

I turned around, drove back and stuck £1500 in steves hand. I wanted to lowere it there and then. It was pretty stock. I also needed some belts in the front as I wanted to take my son Finn in it straight away... But these would have to wait till I could order the parts and find someone to do the work...