My 16 year old son has finally made himself useful!! Having passed his Learners my wife is more than nervous about letting him loose on the road. So to put her mind at ease we established a couple of rules, well many rules, but two that are of relevance here. He should learn to drive in a manual so that it isn't treated like another video game and he should learn in a slow car ..... how about a Beetle?!?!

So Dad is reliving his youth and now has a '75 1600 L parked in the garage. He's a bit fatter than my last/first Beetle, a '68, and has a big arse with the 'fat' tail lights, but that's probably a bit of a parallel with me 20+ years down the track. 'Sonny' makes all the right sounds, drives well and after less than a week in the family is much loved.

He'll require an engine rebuild/replacement at some point, but for the time being I've been reading through the copy of How to Keep Your VW Alive that I have owned since 1987 and given him some love to keep him happy.

All is good.

cool as and welcome to avd

throw up some pics as we love pics

great first car

Here's the lad in all his green glory.

Kermit green..cool.