I took the '57 Bug out to a convenience store to buy some gas. It was crowded but nobody seemed to notice much. I pumped in $19.40 worth of gas and was putting the hood down when a guy, who was probably ten years younger than my car, walked by and said "Nice car." He just kept walking.

Believe it on not, that was the first time I ever took that car in for gas. Up until now, I have just poured in a little lawn mower gas, but I figured with gas going up daily, I might save a few bucks by filling up.

Now here's the point. When I go into a station for gas in a Cushman, people keep walking up and asking questions. They tell stories about the Cushman they used to have. By the time they are finished, someone else walks up and says "What kind of bike is that?" Sometimes it take a while to get on my way.

I guess a car is just a car, but a Cushman is something different.

Most people our age want a nostalgic car. Usually they look for a Corvette, a Cadillac, a Lincoln Continental, or a street rod. We have a Volkswagen.

We have some antiques, but most of it started out as the low-cost products of their time. I collect motor scooters, the poor man's transportation 50 years ago. And Volkswagens, the peoples' car which was designed to be the car that anybody can afford. I also collect DeLiars, which can be bought for $3.00 even today.

I have a theory that people like to collect the things they had in their younger years. I have a Daisy BB gun like the one I bought 2nd hand in 1944. And you should see my collection of Lincoln cents.

I just had a thought. Do gas tanks grow? I just put almost twenty bucks worth of gas in that Bug, and I can remember that the one I had in 1960 would only hold $3 worth.
Howard