{"id":39815,"date":"2017-05-23T06:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=39815"},"modified":"2017-05-23T06:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:50:48","slug":"repair-or-replace-vw-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/repair-or-replace-vw-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Repair or Replace: VW Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-39815-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed-4.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39816&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: VW Bug&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: VW Bug&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nSlug bug, no slug back\\u0026#8230; Brings back some good memories, don\\u2019t you think? Well, aside from the bruise on your arm from your friend\\u0026#8217;s fist. The VW Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche at the request of Adolf Hitler back in the the mid-1930s. Despite its negative origins, the VW Beetle is the most manufactured car to ever roll out of an automotive assembly plant. That\\u2019s ever, people\\u0026#8230; it doesn\\u2019t matter what country you\\u2019re from. Growing up as a child, most of us can remember a family member, a friend or a pretty girl who drove what we learned to call a \\u201clove bug.\\u201d I suppose that stems from the Love Bug movie, which featured a charismatic VW Beetle named Herbie. I loved that movie as a kid, for the record. Who didn\\u2019t? Today, vintage VW Beetles are among the top 10 cars gaining in popularity, thus gaining in value on the collector car market. Who would have thought, huh? Honestly, it makes sense if you think about it. Classic VW Beetles are still affordable and within reach of even the most modest classic car collectors.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed1.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39817&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1938 Fun Facts From The Past&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: VW Bug&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;F.Y.I. The average price for a gallon of gasoline was 10 cents in 1938.\\n\\nLiving in 1938: The average yearly income was just over $1,700.\\n\\nIn the Movies 1938: \\u201cThe Adventures of Robin Hood\\u201d was a big hit at the box office in 1938.\\n\\nBillboard Charts 1938: The song \\u201cBegin the Beguine\\u201d by Artie Shaw was a smash hit in 1938.\\n\\nFact: Unemployment in the United States was 19% in 1938.\\n\\n1938 NHL Hockey Champs: Chicago Blackhawks\\n\\nMiss America 1938: Marilyn Meseke&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed2.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39818&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: VW Bug&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Classic VW Beetle\\n\\nOnline Pricing: $10k+\\n\\nQuick Look Paint:\\n\\n    Fenders x2-\\n    Doors x2-\\n    Rockers x2-\\n    Hood-\\n    Roof-\\n    Quarters x2-\\n    Rear Gate-\\n    Add for jams on all parts-\\n    Undercoating-\\n    Misc-$$$$-\\n    Materials-\\n\\n       =_________________________________________\\n\\n                (Paint) Labor and Materials- $5k + (Media Blast)- $1K\\n\\n\\n\\nQuick Look Body:\\n\\n    Body (Glass, Chrome Trim, Interior, Exterior)- $2k+\\n    Repair existing damage after media blasting.\\n    125 hrs repair at $100 a billable hr. (including prime and block).\\n\\n       =___________________________________________\\n\\n                 (Body)-Labor and materials- $12.5k\\n\\n\\nQuick Look Total:   (Body, Paint, Parts, Material, Etc.) = $30,000+&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed3.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39819&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sources&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: VW Bug&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;hotrodhotline.com, businessinsider.com, imdb.com, playback.fm, google.com, wikipedia.org&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Slug bug, no slug back&#8230; Brings back some good memories, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":39816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3697,3470,4879],"tags":[4538,4892,41,4144,4888,471,1353],"class_list":["post-39815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galleries","category-news","category-slideshow","tag-chase-clute","tag-galleries","tag-news","tag-repair-or-replace","tag-slideshow","tag-volkswagen","tag-volkswagen-beetle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-4.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-amb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39820,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39815\/revisions\/39820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}