Geeziz Dick.....You bought a '55 V-Dub? Not the earliest of course, but you were still pretty well in on the ground floor.......which is something that fell out of the Bugs after a few years. There are some similarities though......your new 12 and a VW.

Neither has a heater that works.
Both sound and perform better after a tuning.
Prior to the Bug floorpan rusting out, BOTH will float.
Had Ted Kennedy been using either one, he would have been President by now.

Spaw