1960 VW Beetle

Russell Gallman


It all started when I took my kids to their first VW show. They fell in love with the little Beetles and they were hooked. So a few months went by and one day I ask them if they were ready for another VW show and they said yes, but that it would be better if we had our own Beetle.

That got me thinking; my Dad and his brother had VWs back in the day. I started looking for one and I came across one close to my hometown. One morning me and the kids got up and drove over to look at it. When we got there the Beetle was sitting outside, but before he would let me look it, the seller made me go inside his house. He asked me a couple of questions and said "you're the one!" He told me he wouldn’t sell the Beetle to just anyone even though he had people from all around the world trying to buy it.

To make a long story short, I got the Beetle. My kids were so happy. We have had her for 3 years now. She is an all original 1960 Standard Beetle. One funny story; we ran out of gas one time and my two kids were with me. They asked what could we do now and I said “we are going to push her to the gas station.” They got quiet for a minute when they heard that, but we did push her all way to the gas station.