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SUMME R 2021
REMEMBERING BRUCE MEYERS
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EL PRADO 2021!
PLUS VW SUMMER NATIONALS OHIO
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CONTRIBUTORS David Conklin, Rich Crafton, Bob Daniels, George Daniels, Eric Geisert, Lee Hedges, and Jason Torchinsky
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DEPARTMENTS 4 TOP DEAD CENTER: Everything old is new again. 26 HISTORY LESSON: All the four-door cars built on the Type 1 chassis. 40 PETRO’S PAGE: Avast, ye scurvy dogs! 48 TOYS IN THE ATTIC: The one-millionth Beetle toys that might have been. 70 COLLECTOR’S CORNER: BoB Gilmore’s man cave. 78 INTERVIEW: Dyno Don Chamberlin. 80 TROSLEY: VW Friends. FEATURES
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12 ONE PIECE AT A TIME: Meet the $300 ’54 Vert that was in such bad shape that Erick Martens almost walked away from it.
22 CARIBBEAN QUEEN: One killer Kombi. 30 BIG AL’S ROCKIN’ RESTO-CUSTOM: 1,000 watts of awesome. 42 JOYFUL IMP: Behind the wheel of this Buggy, you could never get the blues.
46 MILESTONES AND RHINESTONES: The one-millionth Beetle. 50 SPLIT DECISION: Dave Shaw’s ’52 Zwitter cover car. 56 PILE OF THE MONTH: Wretcho Con Baja.
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58 SIMPLE, CLEAN… VELVET GREEN: The honeymoon is just getting started.
62 BLACK, BLOWN, AND BAGGED BRASÍLIA: A South American sweetheart with a little surprise.
66 SURVIVOR: The 23-window Bus that didn’t get away. 74 RARE AUSTRIAN RUBY: This ’62 is a Notch above the rest. EVENTS 6 EL PRADO: The show so big we couldn’t see it all. 36 THE LAZARUS EVENT: The Summer Nationals shindig comes back from the dead.
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TECHNICAL 18 NO-WELD PAN REPAIR: What can glue do for you? On the cover: Dave Shaw’s incredible ’52 Zwitter. Photography by Paul Morton.
PHOTO: BEN NEWHARD
55 IN MEMORIAM: A celebration of the life of Bruce Meyers.
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The ’54 Convertible Beetle Erick “The Electrician” Martens almost walked away from Story and photography by Paul Morton VW TRENDS • SUMMER ’21 13
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Dan-O Olortegui’s pristine ‘64 Kombi is Type II royalty! By Dan Leadbetter • Photography by Paul Morton
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