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2 Girls and a Geezer Garage - Owner: Cherie Scholz
When
I was about 10 or 11 my brother started restoring a 1972 Super Beetle. I
always loved his car and we jokingly called it the Atomic Cheeto. It had
an awesome Neon Orange slick paint job. We were body shop brats growing
up, as our parents own a body shop on the north side of Amarillo, TX. called
Quality Paint and Body.
Dad
has been doing body work for 40 something years. I was a kid when the "New
Beetles" came out and I thought they were so cool, and my dad told
me he would buy me one when I was old enough to drive. Well long story short,
my parents got divorced and I never got my Beetle. Well at least until I
was old enough to buy one for myself. So in 2018 I finally bought my own
Beetle. A 1971 Super Beetle that my kids call Charlotte.
I
didn't care what she looked like, I was just so excited to have her. She
ran but didn't have brakes and the wiring was a complete mess. So we did
a brake job in the back shed at my house and got her moving and stopping
again. The next thing was wiring. As we started working on the wiring my
dad told me, "You might as well fix that hole in the floor pan since
you have the carpet out." Even though my plan was never to fully restore
Charlotte the right way.
But
like my dad says, "Where are you going to stop?" Charlotte needed
a lot of work! So we started sanding and sanding and sanding. We worked
on her at my dad's shop on Sundays for about 3 years. My sister and I started
taking pictures and we would make videos of our father teaching us about
his trade. We started a Tik Tok channel called "2
Girls and a Geezer Garage." We have had so much fun with our projects.
Starting out I just wanted a fun VW to drive, but ended up with so much
more! I have a new found respect for the work my dad has done his whole
life, and I will forever cherish the memories we put into Charlotte. I didn't
realize that we were a Volkswagen family, but we are! I also have a 1973
Bay Window Bus project for the future and my brother has a 1963 Double Cab
and the Atomic Cheeto, that Neon Orange Super Beetle from when we were kids.
My dad is currently working on restoring a 1969 Convertible Beetle and it
looks like he will never slow down. I finally got my "New Beetle"
and I drive my 2013 VW convertible every day."
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