The Classic VW Beetle

I saw these online, and just had to post them here. Trust me -this will not turn into a joke blog or anything like that – but some of these just make so much sense, probably because they have all happened more than once – makes you wonder . . . .

Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease your nose will begin to itch or you’ll have to pee.

Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Variation Law: If you change traffic lanes, the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

Law of the Result: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will.

Law of Biomechanics: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.

Brown’s Law: If the shoe fits, it’s really ugly.

Wilson’s Law: As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it, or change it for the worse.

See? Are these really universal laws? The one about the tool rolling to the most inaccessible corner of the garage has to be some cosmic truth.

This has to be one of the funniest views of restoring an old vehicle, at Swap Meet Dave. I sent this to one of my friends who restored a Jeep Scout. In the condition he got it, it required much more in restoration costs than the vehicle was actually worth. In fact, after something like four years, he can now drive it.

This is the friend who is advising me not to get a project car. His advice is to spend more, get more and play around with accessories instead of body work. “At least you can drive it after you buy it,” he says. Good advice, except for the limited budget my wife has allowed, and it seems to be dwindling smaller every month, as other expenses come up.

This is the account of someone who restored an old Dodge M37 and the “creative accounting” he had to perform to keep his wife happy. Unfortunately, his hernia operation from lifting and fitting the winch by himself had to be included in the overall expenses.