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October 8, 2008
VW Beetle Bug , which has been a fixture in Reno, Nevada, for 29 years, was in danger of being squashed — metaphorically. The new owner of the building on which it stood did not want it, and there was fear that the sculpture might end up dissected and abandoned — like roach carapaces under a sink — rusting away on some desert scrap heap.
Happily, the bug has been given a second life by a local arts commission, according to a report in the Reno Gazette-Journal. It will be moved three miles east, to the neighboring city of Sparks, where it will stand atop a VW custom repair shop within easy view of I-80. Even better, according to the story, the bug’s new owner has pledged to restore it and to dress it up for Halloween and Christmas .
Nevada is not the only state where one can see bug legs on a VW Beetle . But its desert climes seem right for the scuttling autos, which we reckon would be the preferred post-apocalyptic mode of transportation between mutant gambling enclaves.
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One month ago the VW Beetle Bug, which has been a fixture in Reno, Nevada, for 29 years, was in danger of being squashed — metaphorically. The new owner of the building on which it stood did not want it, and there was fear that the sculpture might end up dissected and abandoned — like roach carapaces under a sink — rusting away on some desert scrap heap.
