Post by Volktales on Apr 10, 2022 20:15:16 GMT -8
So my good friend Terry made a trip down to the big swap-meet in Portland, Oregon last week. This is the largest swap-meet nearest to the island by far and is quite the event. I last went around 1985-ish and was amazed at the cool stuff you could find in those pre-internet days. Anyway Terry spotted this Beetle and thought that I might like it. And I certainly did!
Yes it is a bit beat up (or well loved depending on which way you look at it). It also has featured some "please fix it Dad!" types of repairs in the past. Putting some fresh D-cells did not do much until the battery compartment terminals were tweaked a bit. And then this happened...
It is operational and works pretty good. The belt drive for the revolving light slips at times, but hey, this thing is close to 50 years old. That siren probably drove many a parent crazy back in the day! Pretty cool toy... Thanks, Terry.
