Found pictures of my notch back from earlier autobahn story. $75 with a bad motor, $125 for a “almost new” KD motor from junkyard and on the road.
First car over there was a’55 bug. I was by myself in southern Germany (I think heading to Switzerland) going up a mountain in middle of winter and accelerator cable broke. Turned the idle up as high as I could, got up the mountain and down the other side to a small town at the bottom. It was noon on a Saturday and I found an independent VW shop still open. Everything closed at noon on Saturday. Went in the shop and there was a couple of guys working on VWs and I asked does anybody speak English and the one guy says “nein”! I kept standing there for awhile and finally after about 15 minutes he walked over to me while wiping his hands on a rag and said, “What did you want?” In perfect English. I told him my problem and he said he had to go home to eat lunch but would come back to do it, so he locked up the shop and walked on off up the street. I waited in my car wondering if he would even come back and eventually he did. New cable and back on the road. All the junk I’ve driven in my lifetime, I’ve got lots of stories! Bug picture was from a different trip to France with my girl friend (now wife).
