WooshyNoises
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An Innocuous Beginning
It was Valentines Day, 2015, and my other half did what any sensible woman would do on such a day: She bought her man a non-running 2000 New Beetle TDI.
The Craigslist listing advertised “New turbo still in the box!” What I discovered was a Prothe cartridge in a beat up, moldy box, and the original turbo in pieces and covered in rust. I quickly lost any motivation I’d had to put the car together and run it as-is. However, with the knowledge that the previous owner had already installed a South Bend Stage 2 clutch and other sundry modifications, I couldn’t just abandon the poor little car altogether.
Plus, it was just so damn good-looking!
And so, Cesar the Valentine Beetle waited patiently for almost a year, as I directed my attention to my girlfriend’s 2001 TDI Beetle, our ‘67 Ford Country Squire, and my ‘67 and ‘73 aircooled Beetles.
It was Valentines Day, 2015, and my other half did what any sensible woman would do on such a day: She bought her man a non-running 2000 New Beetle TDI.
The Craigslist listing advertised “New turbo still in the box!” What I discovered was a Prothe cartridge in a beat up, moldy box, and the original turbo in pieces and covered in rust. I quickly lost any motivation I’d had to put the car together and run it as-is. However, with the knowledge that the previous owner had already installed a South Bend Stage 2 clutch and other sundry modifications, I couldn’t just abandon the poor little car altogether.
Plus, it was just so damn good-looking!
And so, Cesar the Valentine Beetle waited patiently for almost a year, as I directed my attention to my girlfriend’s 2001 TDI Beetle, our ‘67 Ford Country Squire, and my ‘67 and ‘73 aircooled Beetles.



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