On an October morning back in 1973 I looked out across Salt Run and Conch Island and saw the superstructure of a ship towering over all.The beach in that area was quickly closed to the public but I was driving my 57 VW Beetle and made a run up the west side of Conch Island where I found a sand dune to perch on.The old Beetle ran oversize tires and I'd installed the cooling shroud and fan from a VW bus, the rig would go just about anywhere.I watched the salvage operation as much as could, never believed they could...
