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Roadbug · Post by **Roadbug** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:39 am

Call me "Roadbug" which is the name of our 1966 VW Bug.
This is our 10th old VW and it got its name from its primary purpose.
We bought it in 1990 to tow behind our Motor Home called "The Roadhouse". It's light and requies no additional braking system, just a $50 tow bar and lights.
Still a 6 volt electrical system, it required and additional wire through the floor pan to a light bar that attached to the licence plate on the rear deck lid. These 12 light work off the RV and the 6 volt lights in the VW remain stock.
The Roadbug was purchased in a Florida trailer park when the original owner had to go to a nursing home. All the fenders were scuffed from
her brail parking methods, but were easily repaied and repainted. The rest of the car is left as purchased. A good usuable original!
When I was growing up, a car had to have dual exhaust and fender skirts to be cool, so I added the skirts, VW did the duals. Other than the skirts, I added radial ply tires for "Fahrvergnuegen", which is the best performance modification possible for old VW's. Now it's a "high performance German Sports Sedan" the we love to drive on the mountain roads in the Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway of NC & VA.

Roadbug · Post by **Roadbug** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:03 pm

I'd love to post a picture of this neat little, all stock car, but I'm so new here, I'm locked out. Any advice on posting pictures?

Post by **jmartini** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:17 am

When you create or respond to a post before you click submit, press on the Browse" button. then when you find the picture you want double click on it, which will retun you to the same window, then click on "Add Attachement" button. This wil add the picture to your post - then click on submit.

Welcome to the Forum!

fatalifeaten · Post by **fatalifeaten** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:57 pm

Welcome

Roadbug · Post by **Roadbug** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:56 pm

!#$%^%*^*)!!

Roadbug · Post by **Roadbug** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:12 am

7th try

Roadbug · Post by **Roadbug** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:13 am

I quit

agggilli · Post by **agggilli** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:05 pm

Welcome Roadbug! Glad to have you on this forum. If you go to www.photobucket.com they will host your photos for free and all you do is copy and paste the IMG file of the photo you want into your post. Works every time. Check out my restoration blog in the restoration forum, as all of those photos are hosted through photobucket.

Roadbug · Post by **Roadbug** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:21 pm

agggilli wrote:Welcome Roadbug! Glad to have you on this forum. If you go to www.photobucket.com they will host your photos for free and all you do is copy and paste the IMG file of the photo you want into your post. Works every time. Check out my restoration blog in the restoration forum, as all of those photos are hosted through photobucket.

It will let me do it all EXCEPT paste the link from photobucket.
When I paste the link to my picture file on my computer it uploads and looses it. Any suggestions?

Post by **jmartini** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:13 am

Roadbug - send me your picture and I will attach it to your post.

Roadbug · Post by **Roadbug** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:46 pm

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How about that? I finally did it!

Post by **jmartini** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:19 pm

Hey Roadbug! Congratulations! I knew you could do it - and thats a beautiful bug. I love the white walls and the rear fender skirts!

Blue Baron · Post by **Blue Baron** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:50 am

Awesome! I'm not normally a fan of skirts, but this car looks great.

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