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    The VW Doctor is In

    Written by Owen Edwards
    Narrated by Göran Norquist

    This podcast is a supplement to The VW Doctor Is In

    In a corrugated tin shed that somehow survived California’s massive fires in Sonoma Valley, Gary Freeman labors to keep old VW Beetles and vans—the cars that defined the counterculture of the 1960s—chugging along. Some become great “daily drivers” for as little as $15,000; some get auctioned for more than $200,000. It’s all part of one man’s quest for automotive immortality.

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    Written by Owen Edwards

    Introduction by Anh Oppenheimer

    Narrated by Goran Norquist

    Produced by Larry Rosen

    Music by Mike Snowden of  “The Cigar Box Guitar Maker”

    Owen Edwards is the author of several books about design and photography, and has been the arts editor of Saturday Review, executive editor of American Photographer, managing editor of Cosmopolitan, founding editor of Parenting, and a columnist for GQ and Smithsonian Magazine.

    Göran Norquist is a frequent contributor to Craftsmanship Quarterly. He holds a BFA in Acting from California State University, Fullerton, and an MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater (ACT).

    © 2021 Owen Edwards. All rights reserved. Under exclusive license to Craftsmanship, LLC. Unauthorized copying or republication of any part of this article is prohibited by law.

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