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With
the wiring done and all of the bolts tight, I took my first drive. It was July
2nd, exactly three months to the day since I brought the project
home. I had four days left to work out
some bugs before I debuted the car at The Day On The Green, and I still had
nearly two weeks before the birthday party.
The clutch was slipping, the slave cylinder for the
clutch was leaking, the shifter wasn’t locking out reverse, but at least it was
drivable.
Day On The Green was fun because the Volks-Rod is so
unusual most people didn’t know what it was. It was fun to stand aside and
watch people’s response. A couple of guys in particular walked around and
around the car trying to look through the louvers in the hood trying to figure
what made it go. Suddenly one of the guys spotted the V-Dub motor in the back
and said “Oh it’s a kit car” and walked away. Yes it is a kit car, I can’t
argue that, but I take pride in knowing that at least a bit of it is mine.
I made it to the Day On The Green and the birthday
party and had a blast but it took another month before I got all of the bugs
worked out.
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