I've been doin' that for the past four years. It's time to leave that attitude behind.
Big News. BIG BIG NEWS!
Now this is related to the Bug and I promise I won't go off on a Bug Gush like I did yesterday, but this is big news!
Steve and I were standing in the kitchen talking and trying to get some idea about where to begin to fix this car! He said "We can't afford to do much" and I said "But we might could afford to do something to prepare it for the expensive stuff!" We ultimately agreed to put the engine in the car and take it to Der German Imports and have the old guy there look at it and give us an estimate on what we can do, what he's going to have to do and how much it will all cost.
So I pulled the van around back to the shop and was just going in the shop when this darling little family...a young man and his wife and child, was out for a walk. The young man practically sprinted over to me and said "Pardon me, I don't mean to bother you, but can I look at your car?"
"Sure!" I replied, then to Matthew I said "Go get your father." (Gotta be safe, you know?)
So this young man gushed over my car in a way you wouldn't believe...tickled me to death and then he lays this on us...he owns TWO auto restoration shops! One is just a few miles down the street! He works mainly on restoring and hotrodding pickups. But then he said "But I love restoring old Beetles...I haul them out of fields and re-do them." Said he had about half a dozen in his shop in various degrees of resto and that he had every part you could imagine! He was saying stuff like "Hey, I have such and such part...if you need it let me know, I'll just give it to you."
He said he has two Beetles that he shows and GUESS WHAT?? He said he'd bring one by and let me drive it!!!
He literally lives just down the street from us and said he'd noticed us out working on it (I knew the neighbors were driving by and staring!) but he hated to bother us!
BOTHER US?? LOL
Anyway, he says he wants to help up work on it in our shop, just for fun! He also said my little car was in perfect condition to restore.
He was very polite and encouraging. Just goes to show having your tongue pierced doesn't make you an automatic thug. :-)
Your tagline says that very well!