At 20:31 08-09-97 -0400, Chris Turner wrote:
>hmmm.....a '97 beetle conv???   I dunno about that...
>As far as i know the only mexican made bugs were hardtops, and the last
>bug conv. was made by Karmann in Germany in early '80....
>
>maybe someone made the bug into a conv. with a top frame off a junked
>'70's bug conv??
>highly  possible..with a welder, you can do anything...  :<)
>
>anybody else know??
>chris
>
Don't know about this one, but I do know that a former roommate hacked the
top off a hardtop bug and made a convertible.  He really did a great job
and sold it as a genuine convertible.  He claimed the only difference was
his version occasionally sagged in the middle.

Kelly Bauman
Delta, BC
'91 Westy