Sparks, Nevada: Spider Bug: VW Beetle Mega-Insect
A six-legged terror with the body of an old-style VW bug. Disappeared in Oct. 2009, reappeared Feb. 2015, returned to its rooftop perch April 2015.
Scudders VW Performance Specialists
- Address:
- 630 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV
- Directions:
- Scudders VW Performance Specialists. I-80 exit 18. Turn north onto Pyramid Way, then make an immediate right onto B St./Victorian Ave. One block east, on the roof.
- Phone:
- 775-355-7440
- Admission:
- Free
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VW Spider: The bug stands atop a building that has been sold, and its buyer wants the bug removed. [09/13/2008] Complete Story...
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The VW Bug Bug (why make it look like a spider, then give it only six legs?) still stands majestically atop Scudders Performance, a VW Bug repair specialist.
[Rustin LaFurney, 07/24/2021]
Q: Why do spiders have eight legs? A: Because if they had six they would be bugs!
[Adventures Of Cluckleberry Hen, 12/04/2018]
The VW bug is next to the In-N-Out Burger.
[7mary4, 08/24/2015]The bug car sculpture sits atop a small VW specialty repair shop, its new home since it disappeared in Reno in 2009 and reappeared in Sparks earlier this year....
You've already listed this one but here's a picture of the Volkswagen bug spider sculpture on the homeless shelter.
[Joe Boulter, 04/12/2007]Page of 2 [Next 1 items]
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