I read somewhere a while back that it was crushed by some errant cement
truck driver, when he backed over it by accident.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: Flat Four <aircooledvw77t1@ENGINEER.COM>

> <<<<Highest car mileage  "Old Faithful," a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle
> owned by Albert Klein of Pasadena, California, clocked up 1.6 million
> miles before it was totaled on March 29, 1997.>>>>
>
> Just thought you VW gurus would like to know.  Maybe Mr. Klein's phone
> number is listed in the phone book and I can call him up and talk
> about his VW.  So sad Old Faithful had to leave us.  I still haven't
> come up with a name for my VW.  I wonder how many rebuilds old
> Faithful had gone through to travel so many miles.  That and the other
> things like generators, batteries, starters, points and condensers,
> oil changes, plugs, clutch, tires, clogs in the fuel system, wheel
> alighnments - just to name a few.  Most of all I'd like to know about
> the details on the day it was totaled.
>
>
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