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    THE ORIGINAL DELILAH

    Jul 05, 2022 3 minutes
    BY ALEX ARREDONDO

    March 1, 1954, Nelson Umana’s sunroof VW Deluxe was built in Germany and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to Riviera Motors Ltd. in San Francisco. This ’54 had an incredible life, including crossing America several times with various owners. In 2008, while serving the U.S. in Kandahar, Afghanistan, a mere 7,888 miles from his home in Ontario, CA, Ray Valentine was browsing the internet when he discovered this rare original sunroof Bug. From half around

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