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Fox Car Report visits ClassicVWBugs.com, a NY shop where Chris Vallone turns classic VW Beetles into collectibles
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Affectionately known as the beetle a Volkswagen type one.
Helped put the world on wheels but finding one that's road -- -- today it can be a challenge unless of course you know -- to -- This is the home of classic VW bugs that come in kongers New York a -- restoration shop run by Chris Malone and his father.
Retired new York city police -- the start as a hobby for you.
Yeah I was I -- to school part and cartooning and -- -- and I just wanna communicate.
You know they are sort of -- -- off on eBay and song -- there and now we know from people.
Now nationally known Chris works with customers to source classic Beatles that uses a regional and reproduction parts to bring them back to life which part of -- -- I love doing the interior actually you know in and doing the putting the the whole car back together.
-- to get it back in the paint shop.
Nominates just this is assembling it and you know looks like just a shell when you get it in but there when you -- putting it back together that's the release of the -- -- -- characters obstacle.
Chris specializes in pre 1967.
Models which are becoming very valuable show cars more than happy to work and any -- -- What is it about the be -- likes that it it's just got an animated look to it.
You know it's it's it looks like can be character.
What's the type of person that comes about what is usually somebody that had one growing up.
Someone who will be the fifties sixes -- sevens.
And had one when they went to college you know what fifty bucks and they they were cross country where -- or.
They went to Woodstock you know they just want that youth back they wanna go back to notes that Iraq.
Hear that and it's over thirty years ago when he -- -- Beatles sold for just 3000 dollars.
This can cost you a little bit more than that anywhere from 25 to 50000 dollars depending on the car -- really buy a car you buy in a time machine.
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