Fifty Three: Chasing Adventure In A Sixty-Year-Old Volkswagen Baja Bug

Ralph Guglielm bought this 1965 Volkswagen Beetle out of the woods above Boulder Creek for $1,500 after it had been abandoned between a breakup. The shift linkage was broken, the coil was dead, and the drive home to Santa Cruz happened entirely in second gear. Now the same car lives as a Baja-converted Herbie tribute that has somehow found its way onto frozen lakes in Montana, rally stages in Utah, and into the middle of one of the strangest enthusiast communities imaginable. For Ralph, the Beetle became the thing that pushed him out of safe decisions and into the kind of life his aunt always told him to chase: one where you ask first and figure the rest out later. This is a story about underdogs, bad ideas, analog driving, and why an old Volkswagen still makes people smile sixty years later. Read the article: https://petrolicious.com/blogs/articles/fifty-three-ralphs-1965-volkswagen-baja-bug Directed by: Paolo Lekai https://instagram.com/paololekai Follow: https://instagram.com/petrolicious Subscribe to The Petrolicious Post: https://petrolicious.com/products/the-petrolicious-post? Drive Tastefully® #drivetastefully #petrolicious #herbie #bajabug