WildcatOne's 1970 VW Beetle

Mr. Jean · Postby **Mr. Jean** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:15 pm

LOL! Look at that cover. Compleat???

Billy Mac · Postby **Billy Mac** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:20 pm

ummm...am I missing sumpin'??

Mr. Jean · Postby **Mr. Jean** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:39 pm

I was just teasing about how old it must be. With the 1800's spelling of Complete. "compleat"

Sorry for the confusion.

Billy Mac · Postby **Billy Mac** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:47 pm

Hmmm....guess I should 'pologise, cause I still ain't found whatcher talkin' 'bout

Mr. Jean · Postby **Mr. Jean** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:07 pm

Billy, look at the post Stimpy made and has the book cover in it. Now see how "Compleat" is spelled on the cover.

stimpy · Postby **stimpy** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:18 am

you know what in the 25 years I had this book, I never noticed that till now .... John Muir was a hippy from New Mexico who collected VW's his writing style is rather amusing and concise , and the humor is put in at the right spots . and the illustrations are hand drawn and some of them are downright hillarious .

WildcatOne · Postby **WildcatOne** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:46 am

That is some VERY cool vintage VW literature, Stimpy! I remember seeing one of the Compleat Idiot books at Half-Price Books a while back...wonder if they're still out there...great illustration, too...I'll bet the '59 Bug was great, as well as the 60s models you had...they are great cars, Beetles are...I am very glad I got George...I'm having fun driving him. This evening on the way to the gig, I went through heavy traffic all the way there and this guy in a Chevy Blazer was in front of me, then behind me, and him and his girlfriend were digging my Bug...something I found out is that I don't have to have an emissions test given to it when I get it inspected...I thought that was awesome...in Texas, it's $15 (probably more now) to take the test, whether you pass it or not...I will say this, though...when you're driving a Beetle, you are one driving dude...your arms, your legs, your head, your hands, they are all constantly moving with the functions of the car...one thing a Bug won't do is lull you to sleep...speaking of which, I need to catch up on some. Cheers, WC1

Billy Mac · Postby **Billy Mac** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:33 am

Billy, look at the post Stimpy made and has the book cover in it. Now see how "Compleat" is spelled on the cover.

Boy am I RED.....I totally missed that and to be honest, was WAYYYY out in right field with my thought process (or lack, thereof

)......My bad

Mr. Jean · Postby **Mr. Jean** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:24 am

That pictures got everything in it. Dogs,cats even nagging wives/girlfriends. Oops, who said that?

Rapid Randy Baker · Postby **Rapid Randy Baker** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:37 pm

That pictures got everything in it. Dogs,cats even nagging wives/girlfriends. Oops, who said that?

It was Mr Jean,,,He said it,,,I heard him!!

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