Most of the stories and features that appear in VWMA usually have an underlying theme - owners and drivers of the classic icon either grew up around VWs or were influenced by family and friends smitten with the VW affliction. However, there's always a maverick who will come along and inevitably break the mould. Throughout his impressionable teenage years, Wassim Dannawi was never exposed to many of the hands-on experiences that VW tragics freely confess to, yet somehow he developed his own passion for the humble Beetle. In stark contrast to his family and friends' indifference to bugs and classic cars in general, Wassim longed for the day he would own and drive an aircooled Volkswagen. That day came along in early 2010, when he happened across a converted cabriolet Beetle for sale. The custom cabriolet was a '61 body on a '68 chassis, and had been engineered and blue plated for the conversion. Unlike the awkward and rust prone 'Sunbug' cabriolets of the 80s era, which were simply a roof hack with roll bars and a crude strengthening frame welded underneath, this conversion had been done to maintain a 'factory' appearance.