My teenage years were a constant clash of blue collar parents and a hippy generation. I had long straight hair, love beads and blue jeans with flowers embroidered on the legs.

I do thank my folks for the giving me the use of the Volkswagon bus when I got my driver’s license. I drove the Beetle Bus every day for 4 years and loved it.

So imagine my surprise when hubby found a 1969 Beetle Bus on the internet and bought it, supposedly for me. But I think he really just wants it for himself – he is spending hours and hours working on this new little Beetle Bus project. I was worried about finding the spare parts we’d need to fix it up and restore the bus to drivable condition. Hubby had that covered already – he found a website that specializes in Volkswagon parts.

The bus that we have in our garage now is just like the one that I used to drive. The only thing stopping us from driving it around town is the transmission. We used the website for Beetle restoration and found the parts we need to rebuild the tranny, and as soon as that is finished we’ll load up the family and go out for a nice little drive, singing songs by the Turtles, the Monkeys, and the Partridge Family.