Oct 06, 2026

Field Notes 006 — Beetles

Restored medium-blue lowered Beetle at a Bay Area meet.

Field Notes 006. Beetles.

Bay Area meet energy. Old shapes still holding the line.


Lowered blues. Convertibles. A Ranchero for company.

Filigree shell. Patina green with a trike on the roof.

Same parking lot. Different stories.

Pastel light-blue Beetle with the front trunk open.
Trunk open. Spare ready.

Red Beetle convertible at a Bay Area meet.
Convertible red. Holding its own.

No names. Just the cars and the lot.

Burnt-orange Beetle convertible indoors with panels open.
Panels open. Burnt orange under show lights.

Dark blue Beetle parked beside a yellow Ford Ranchero.
Blue Beetle. Yellow Ranchero for company.

White stanced Beetle with black dish wheels and a roof rack.
White. Stanced. Black dishes.

Restored. Lowered. Oddballs in between.

You either get it or you walk past.

White filigree Beetle on a brick marina plaza.
Filigree shell on brick.

Seafoam patina Beetle with a tricycle on the roof rack.
Patina green. Trike on the roof.

Glossy black Beetle indoors next to an orange dune buggy.
Black indoor. Dune buggy for contrast.

Not for everyone. Never was.


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