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National Woodie Club Feature Story
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FEATURE STORY
reprinted from Woodie Times December 2007
Surfer Girl's owners are Gary and Janeann Clark
of Capistrano Beach, California
Hi! My name is Surfer Girl. I love surfing, warm water and lounging around at the beach. I haven't always been a beach bunny though. My life began in the cold Canadian north, specifically Medicine Hat, Alberta.
My life as a woodie wagon began in May of 1946, when I was purchased by a radio station in Medicine Hat to be used as a station car. After being used and abused for years by the station, later I was given to the station engineer for his own personal use.  I spent 10 years out in the cold Canadian weather before my owner tired of me and parked me next to the radio station. I sat there, covered and forgotten, for many years. In the '60s I was used as sleeping quarters by hippies who were traveling through, as the station was next to a main highway. The station engineer passed away in the late '60s and I was sold. The new owner resigned me to a life of isolation and loneliness in a Quonset hut in Edmonton, Alberta.
 In 1978 I was rescued from the solitude of the Quonset hut by a sign painter, and loved again! I had been driven just 21,000 miles, but I needed a good freshening up. He painted me, redid my interior, revarnished my wood and rebuilt engine, which had frozen after many years of neglect. I looked great again and spent many years enjoying my new life.
 In 1990 I was put up for sale again. This time I moved to San Diego, California. My new caretaker was a surfer, and I was reborn to a life that I was destined for! He cared for me for five years until his untimely passing. I was resigned to storage in an ugly garage in San Diego until 1997, when I was once again rescued by a surfer and his wife who said they really loved me! By now I had 27,000 miles on my odometer. My new owner freshened me up and drove me to the beach, in parades and to woodie events until 2003 when I went thru another rebirth.
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