This is a story of an air-cooled VW nut who sometime in his life dreamt of owning such a rare specimen of German Metal.
Engr. Onin (sixty5bug) owned a 1968 Econo Beetle that was a total wreck in an accident last January 28, 2007. A week after he bought an unfinished '65 project beetle that he later used as his daily driver.
The bug bit him so bad that he later added a 1979 Champagen Edition VW Beetle (with missing original Twin Solex 34 Carbs) to his air-cooled garage. The idea of buying a bus was an ifluence of Paul Santos of South Side VW Club. Paul once said to Onin, "Dude, you now have 3 beetles. why not get a Bus the next time you buy another VW?". And the engineer agreed so a week after that conversation (a month after he bought the 1979 bug) he got himself a 1972 VW Kombi. But it never ends there. He still want to own a Double Cab Pick-Up (DC). He said in a family affair that he wants a DC because of all the VW shows he went, he never saw one. Or whenever he saw one... it's not for sale.
The search is on... he went to Nasugbu, Batangas and met a farmer/farm owner who used his 1972 DC as a slave in his dairy farm. The farm owner uses the DC to transport concrete culverts, goats, grass for feeding the goats, milk thubs and containers, etc. The sad part aside from being a "beast of burden" is that it is only parked outside the house and garage.
To make the story short... he convinced the farm owner to sell this thing of beauty to the Engineer. The farm owner before letting go of the DC said to Onin: "Take care of Ingrid". So this DC has a name which Onin now fondly calls it.
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