Cliff Burton and his 1972 Volkswagen Station Wagon 411, which he nicknamed “Grasshopper.” ⁠

According to the photographer, this photo was taken in the parking lot of Big O Tires, located across from Ruthie’s Inn, the infamous “Bezerkeley” nightclub. Cliff “beat in the steering wheel so much that there was barely any of it left,” and toward the end “he had to steer with a pair of pliers.”

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