[taildragger]

My dad and his mechanic conspired to do all sorts of bizarre things to it though. They put a Maserati fuel injection system on it - ran great but if you popped the hood you weren't QUITE sure what you were looking at.

Pictures? What became of the car? Is it still out their?

[AnAmericanMother]

Here ya go!

The Red Bug.

And yes, that is a Road Atlanta track pass on the top center of the windshield. Car was a regular Walter Mitty Rally participant.

[AnAmericanMother]

When my parents retired and moved to an island on the GA coast, dad knew that the salt air would kill the poor thing.

So we sold it to a couple in CA who were going to restore it as their 'classic driver'. (They already had a '47 Stude pickup, but they had turned it into a concours car so they were afraid to drive it anywhere, it went to shows in its own trailer and was rolled out for the judges to hem and haw over.)

They sent a car hauler, we met him at the truck stop, put the Red Bug aboard and bid her a fond farewell. But she was going to a better home!