"My Ugly Karmann Ghia", the "Last Chapter"...

Well, from Cynthia's clutch-less "Geero" that I bought for $100, the poor thing went thru a lot of different changes over the 10 or so years I owned it...

As it became more just a race car and less a daily driver, I did keep it street legal... However, it didn't look street legal and I finally painted over the flat gray primer with a cheap off the shelf burgandy colored oil base enamel... By then I had a little VW repair shop, "Southern Bug" and lettered it up like a real race car with "Southern Bug" on the side and lots of decals... It was still street legal but not for long before I took out all the windows except the windshield and took out the interior with the exception of a race car seat I bought at a swap meet and a race harness... Next thing was to chain the front suspension down and next thing ya' know Cynthia's ol' Geero was nothing but a mini-stocker which I raced on Friday nights... I think I raced for 2 years but it might have been three... Never won a race... Had a couple 2nds but mostly ran 4th ot 5th out of 8 or 9 cars... It was fun and I didn't have any real money in the car... Okay, maybe a couple grand...

Then my son was born and his mother was worried I might get killed??? Huh??? Killed??? What??? So the chin music got too loud and so a buddy said he would buy the car if I wanted to sell it so...

...sold it for $1500 race ready...

Sniff... I miss that car...

B~