Date:         Sat, 7 Jul 2001 13:56:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From:         Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      slightly off-topic geneological inquiry for beetle
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Hey all ...

PLEASE forgive if I'm breaking sacrosanct list rules, but I recently adopted
a 72 Beetle with a rather interesting history. I know that it originally
came from the San Luis Obispo area, and then eventually made its way across
the continent to NC sometime in the early 90's.

I'm hoping someone on the list might recognize its rather distinctive
appearance, or direct me (through friendly help or flamethrower) to any
other source of info (aside from the obvious lists which are already
receiving a similar message).

Here's a link to a couple of pics put up by the guy I bought it from last
month:  http://www.unc.edu/~nauta/   If you visit that link you'll get an
inkling of why I'm interested in the history...the paint job looks a lot
better up close and has some interesting artifacts.

Thanks for your time in reading this. If I owe anyone any bandwidth for this
post, please send me a note and I'll forward some over to you right away.
:)  I now solemnly swear to only post info or questions about my Westy and
will refrain from future Beetle posts.

Joe Reed
Pittsboro, NC

87 Westy ("Gogh"....you know, my van "Gogh")
72 Cheap Chop Top Beetle ("Airhead")