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A BUG’S LIFE

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MY LITTLE BROWN 1968 VW Bug was resurrected in my garage, from a bargain-buy, bare body to a cheeky ‘outlaw’. With its tatty swagger and twin-carburettor big-bore 1916cc VW motor, backing the boast of the door roundels, I’ve entered several weekend/club motorsport events, from Cooma in the NSW Snowies to Gunnedah in the north.

The Cooma hill-climb is on the

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