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BURLY BURLILE - A LIFE IN VWs
As European car enthusiasts, we often look with admiration, envy even, at the California automotive scene. In the 1960s, motorheads had it all: muscle cars, hot rods, fast VWs and dune buggies, all playing their part in the social fabric of the time. And kids such as Barry ‘Burly’ Burlile grew up in the midst of it all, checking the oil and cleaning windscreens in a local petrol station before attending his high school’s automotive art and auto’ shop classes.
Before discovering the joy of driving VW-powered vehicles, a young Burly was attracted to the hot rod lifestyle: “My life mirrored the movie,” he