Inside the Coolest VW Bug Garage Ever!

So, here we are, guys. Classic VW Bugs. It's the weekend. It's the week after the my fall foliage cruise. We had a great cruise. We had about I don't know 27 30 cars. Perfect amount of cars. Any more than that, it always seems like it gets a little hairy. But I just got to say, being back up here in New York and looking at my shop, uh it is a very colorful shop. And uh I thought I'd walk around and talk to you guys about what we got here. Um, you know, here's my 65 G. I took this on the cruise. This was my I was the lead. There's my 67 project I got out of West Virginia or waiting to get on. And, uh, here's a couple cars that are familiar. Uh, we worked on this car last year. This is a 65 or 66, I'm sorry, Bahama Blue from a great guy named Mike. And, uh, we got to fix his sunroof here. And he's got a couple other things. His cables are binding up. So, we're going to get on that. And then, uh, here's a green 67. I don't know if you guys remember this car. I restored this car almost 10 years ago. And beautiful car. It came back to me. And what happened? So, I sold it to a fella in Texas. And then that guy in Texas sold it to a guy in Maine. And then that guy in Maine put it up on a classic car auction in Maine. And one of my clients that signed up for my find a bug program found it going up on auction along with other people that have also called me on this. And uh my client won the won the bidding and so the car came back here. He wanted a couple subtle changes but man after 10 years the car still looks awesome. So if we go in here, this was one of my signature interior kits. Awesome interior kit here and just looks freaking awesome. So, take a look. Even the paint still looks awesome after 10 years. What a beauty. I miss this car. We This car, the year I finished it, I got into three concourses that year. The Greenwich Concore, the Hemings Concore, and the Limerock Concore, the Elegances. And uh I've never had a beetle go to three concourses in one year. So, look how stellar that thing looks. So now this is going to Virginia. Nice guy that I met through my find a bug program and I know I'll be keeping tabs with him as uh he now owns this vehicle. So let's walk over here. We got 77 copper up there. We just finished that for a client convertible. Ira, what are you doing? My man Ira behind you. >> And then here's my 64 convertible. My 64. I'm doing it for a client. This is a car that's uh going to Eugene, Oregon. The family bought this car brand new in64. Uh the son called me and his father passed away from cancer and it was a sad story and I just told my dad, "We got to do this car." He wanted the legacy to live on and bring this car back to the way it was when it came out of the factory. So, here it is. The Bahama Blue. Two-tone wheels. Looks really nice. It's got the right running boards, the beading convertible top here, and uh 64, if you don't know, has a one-year only cord pattern. And uh came out pretty good, I got to say. Expensive, but came out pretty good. So, we did get the uh everything sewn up with so out of Colorado. So, I sent her the material and they they whipped it up for me. So, it's looking awesome. So, we're starting to put the mileage on it. I like to put 3 to 500 miles in on our restorations to break them in and make sure everything's functioning as it should. Here's a 64, a great friend of mine that we're working on. She's a great client. Find a bug. Got this car out of Florida, brought it up here. There's a 55 that just came in, also on our fall cruise. Guy came down from Massachusetts and we're going to be working on this car. He wants his engine uh dropped and rebuilt and resealed and inspected. So this thing could live on. All original interior in that. Of course, it's got that red interior. Beautiful color, the Strato Silver. Love Strato Silver. It's one of Volkswagen's best colors. So, uh, that's a really sweet car. And then this Green 67 sunroof. Great friend of mine, Greg and Leela. You guys have an awesome car, award-winning car here in the Java green. They loved the interior that I did on this 67 10 years ago. So, they decided we're going to do that. So, they also put a kit that I did into their car. And very, very cool guy. So, if you want to know, this is from SoFine again, and it's the light beige with the beige tweed cloth in the center, the 12-in insert, brown piping, and then we put the beige tweed headliner in there, and it works very well with the sunroof. So, uh, you have no problems with the sunroof going back and forth with the tweed cloth. Beautiful car. He also wants some engine work done. So, we're going to drop the engine on this, take a look at everything, and make sure everything is tip top, so it lasts forever. How about that? And uh just a beautiful car, great friends, and that's what's nice about this being in this business. I've met some of the best people in the world. It's like family and uh some of the nicest people I can say I've met. And we had a great fall cruise. And to have these little cars here, my wife calls them Skittles because of all the colors. So, but uh it's been a joy being here and uh building this business and uh sometimes I I shake my head and I say, "Man, how the how did I do it?" But, uh it's it's great to come here on a Monday morning and you look forward to your Mondays. How how cool is that? So, I just wanted to walk around and show you guys uh what we got going on. And uh we're busy. That's all I can tell you. So, you guys got any questions, you got any comments, leave them in the comments section below. Love to hear your thoughts. And uh that's it. If anybody's looking for a bug, uh, hit me up for the find a bug program. I search cross country for these cars, even internationally. So, if you want a specialty car, uh, we can look. We got a great social following, so I can reach out to my my V-Dub groups out there and see what's out there across the world and get a car for you. Uh, or if you want something built like this, give me a shout. So, all right, guys. Take care.