WICKED J & 13LUE

10-11-2008

1978 VW RABBIT aka "THUMPER" TURNED "VICIOUS"

LET'S BEGIN SHALL WE:)

THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE CONDITION THAT THE CAR WAS IN.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT IT FROM A NICE LADY CALLED CLAIRE. HER MOM HAD DIED A FEW YEARS EARLIER( SHE WAS THE FIRST OWNER) AND SHE NEVER WANTED TO SELL, IT HAD SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO CLAIRE.  BUT WE KEPT ASKING HER AND SHE FINALLY DID BUT ON A UNSPOKEN PROMISE THAT WE WOULD RESTORE IT TO A GOOD CONDITION.

I HAD GIVEN IT TO A FRIEND AND WHEN HE WAS AT A PARTY IT GOT TAGGED

WITH SPRAY PAINT..HAHA..POOR "THUMPER", BUT WE GOT THE CAR BACK AND ALWAYS VOUCHED TO GET IT BACK TO GOOD...IT SAT OF COURSE NEAR A WAREHOUSE..BUT ONE DAY MY HUSBAND GOT A CALL THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE IT BECAUSE IT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE..YIKES!!!! SO IT ENDED UP GETTING MOVED TO OUR HOUSE.

MEANWHILE....I HAD MET A VW MECHANIC THAT WAS RETIRING AND HE HAD MOVED RECENTLY FROM OAHU. HE WAS ALWAYS TELLING ME TO CALL HIM TO HELP FIX THE RABBIT...HIS NAME IS JOE, AND HE IS ONE OF HAWAII'S TOP VW MECHANICS. HE LIVED IN HONOLULU TILL HE HAD TO CLOSE SHOP, JOE'S VW REPAIR. 

HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON VW'S SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER, BY THE WAY HE'S A YOUNG 78'!!!!!!

SO I CALLED JOE AND ASKED HIM IF HE COULD START THE REPAIRS AS I FIGURED THE FIRE WAS A BIG SIGN FROM ABOVE OR POSSIBLY ITS PAST OWNER MAKING ME MAKE GOOD ON A PROMISE.

THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE RESTORATION OF MY 1978 VW MK1 RABBIT, GULF, CARIBE, GOLF-STROM, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT...IT WAS THE FIRST FOREIGN CAR TO BE MARKETED IN THE U.S..BUT I GUESS IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT, AND I HOPE YOU ARE READY TO SEE THIS RABBIT GET "VICIOUS"...THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION

-"VICIOUS 13UE"

IF YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THE PARTS OF THE RESTORATION GO TO

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