[GH85Carrera]

TGIF folks.

I learned to drive in a off road VW buggy my brother and I built. It was a 65 Bug that someone rolled. It was a runner, but every panel was smashed. We did not care since we took the body off and threw it away. We cut the floor pan down to six feet axle the axle and welded a steel tubing body together with sheet metal tacked to it. It was ugly but indestructible.

We welded two rims together and made dual rear tires. It was light enough that if we had a flat it would still drive just on the side wall strength alone. We normally ran with 18 to 20 PSI.

There was a dirt road west of town in a field where they were taking dirt for a road project somewhere else. We loved to get on the dirt road and show a new victim how it handled on the curves in dirt. Then the road just vanished and the ground dropped 8 feet. Passengers would just point and scream as we would fly off the road and into the air. The landing was rather rough but it was fun. To get out we had to drive back up that near vertical wall and wait for the tires to fall forward. We did it dozens of times.

It was a fun toy and I got my fill of off roading back then.