The couple that collects Volkswagens together . . .

Craig Bakay | Aug 16, 2017

Linda Cyr’s husband Reg surprised her at a party celebrating a milestone occasion with a special gift — a white 1973 Volkswagen SuperBeetle convertable.
She’d always wanted one.
The Cyr’s have a ‘fleet’ of Volkswagens including a 1972 camper, a 2000 and Reg’s souped up drag Bug, which was also on display at the 22nd annual Verona Classic Car Show last weekend.
So, why Bugs?

“They’re very dependable,” she said. “They’re a really fun, loveable little car.
“It makes you fell younger.”
Cyr had plenty of visitors at the car show.
“People smile when they see it,” she said. “Everybody either had one or knew somebody who had one.
“Everybody has a memory about a beetle.”
The Cyr fleet began with a relatively new Beetle, again a gift from Reg, as a surprise for her retirement.
“Then Linda said she wanted an older one,” Reg said.
Well, it wasn’t long before Reg got the ‘bug’ as well.
“This is a ’68 Bug, modified with a mid-engine turbo VW VR6,” he said. “It was built as a drag car . . . a street and strip build.
“But it is street legal.”

Reg said that for him, restoring old cars is a mixture of nostalgia, childhood and university memories.
“They’re all fun,” he said. “And you get the same reaction from just about everybody.”
Fun and reactions kind of spells it our for Linda too.
For example, check out her licence plate ABADGIRL.
Is that for the car, or its driver?
“That depends on the day, . . . or who’s asking?” Linda said with a chuckle.