I moved from WI to CA in 1980; my then-husband was in the Navy. We drove that VW Beetle with all of our ‘worldly possessions’ inside. ;)
It conked out on us when we stopped to see Hoover Dam, but we were able to pop the clutch to get her fired up again.
When we were in the middle of the dessert at night (don’t remember which state) we saw this TINY light coming toward us for miles and miles. When we finally passed the vehicle, it was a guy holding a FLASHLIGHT out the window, as they had NO headlights!
Was that you? LOL! ;)
That’s funny.
I’ve seen pictures of cars with flashlights taped to them as headlights.
lol
The smoke from the VW was so black and dense that the headlights of the vehicles behind us couldn’t even penetrate it.
Seemed every 10 minutes he was pulling over pouring another quart it..
people behind us must of thought that we were nuts..