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On 1/30/2014 2:03 PM, Califbill wrote:
Boating All Out wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:28:13 -0600, Boating All Out wrote:

In article ,
says...

...of Atlanta, you'd think he was a Republican. Maybe CNN is simply
trying to give lessons on 'How
to be an Asshole'.

Should have told people to stay home.
Don't have the guts to "interrupt" business and school.
It happens. The smart ones stayed home.

Yup. School folks, government folks, business folks, TV 'journalists', and probably some
tourists...all stupid. Should have stayed home.


Yup. Every time they get snow or ice down south it's a "disaster."
They were warned by the weatherman.
Shut 'er down.
And if "they" don't, take personal responsibity for yourself.
Or wait in traffic for +24 hours.

The problem here and probably there is all those people with 4 wheel drive.
Years ago, they rarely closed Donner Pass during snow storms. People ran
chains and the speed limit was / is 25 mph when chain controls are in
effect. But with all those 4x4 mini pickups, the idiots would drive 70 mph
and cause huge wrecks. So now the CHP will run caravans at slow speed, or
close the highway if not enough cops to caravan.


After years of daydreaming, last time we were out in a blizzard it
finally happened... Some asshole who was driving like an asshole, not
giving a ****, was wrapped around a pole about five miles down the road
from where we first encountered the ****head... I laughed, you bet I
did. I consider guys like that no different than someone who would pull
a gun on me on the sidewalk... Just this weapon has a 2000 pound
projectile, not a tiny little ball of lead. Same difference though,
point it at me, I have to think you want to kill me... so I will react
in kind if forced to....

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On 1/30/14, 3:14 PM, KC wrote:

After years of daydreaming, last time we were out in a blizzard it
finally happened... Some asshole who was driving like an asshole, not
giving a ****, was wrapped around a pole about five miles down the road
from where we first encountered the ****head... I laughed, you bet I
did.


Wow.


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On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:23:51 PM UTC-4, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/30/14, 3:14 PM, KC wrote:



After years of daydreaming, last time we were out in a blizzard it

finally happened... Some asshole who was driving like an asshole, not

giving a ****, was wrapped around a pole about five miles down the road

from where we first encountered the ****head... I laughed, you bet I

did.





Wow.





--

There's no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.


Ingersoll seems to be going out of his way to be a bad ass.
must be a 'Walter Mitty' kind of thing.

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On 1/30/2014 11:03 AM, Califbill wrote:

In my youth, I went to Ohio for a years training with NCR. New 1964 Impala
SS and was getting what I thought was snow in Missouri. Was sleet, and by
the time I reached St. Louis, there was a 1/4 inch of ice under 6 inches of
snow. Was scary. Could not believe how many cars stuck in the center
divider ditch. I kept to about 25 mph and still spun out twice. Once on an
ice bridge when the wheels started to spin and I slowed down and engine
died as I did not put in the clutch. And once ran off the road, as I lost
where the edge was.

That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW
Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction
sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well
compared to all the trucks and cars off the road. My biggest problem
was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would
cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my
hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.

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On Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:03:47 PM UTC-6, Califbill wrote:


In my youth, I went to Ohio for a years training with NCR. New 1964 Impala

SS and was getting what I thought was snow in Missouri. Was sleet, and by

the time I reached St. Louis, there was a 1/4 inch of ice under 6 inches of

snow. Was scary. Could not believe how many cars stuck in the center

divider ditch. I kept to about 25 mph and still spun out twice. Once on an

ice bridge when the wheels started to spin and I slowed down and engine

died as I did not put in the clutch. And once ran off the road, as I lost

where the edge was.

All on boas ply tires too! A modern set of radials would have helped a lot. But that was then-and this is now...

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On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:


That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW

Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction

sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well

compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.

That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension

My biggest problem

was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would

cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my

hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.

Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...

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On 1/30/2014 9:08 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:


That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW

Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction

sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well

compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.

That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension

My biggest problem

was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would

cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my

hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.

Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...

Yup, just a poor college student...

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I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.

The way CNN is ripping into the Mayor
 

I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.

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On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:32 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:08:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:





That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW



Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction



sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well



compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.



That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension



My biggest problem



was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would



cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my



hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.



Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...



Old beetles had that carbon monoxide heater, right off the exhaust

manifold and no fan. Going down the road it worked OK if you were

driving a ways.

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

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On 1/31/2014 6:56 AM, True North wrote:
I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.

This is a repeat of your previous post. Is that Blackberry stuttering again?

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On 1/31/14, 6:56 AM, True North wrote:
I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.


I had a '65 Beetle for a while when I worked in Kansas City. My
girlfriend at the time was a student at University of Missouri, in
Columbia. It was a several hour drive. On decent days, the drive was OK
but when the wind was howling or when there were lots of big trucks on
the highway, the VW would get blown all over the road. It was a nice
city car, though. The heater sucked, big time. :)


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On 1/31/2014 7:39 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 6:56 AM, True North wrote:
I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter
I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting
the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the
first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.


I had a '65 Beetle for a while when I worked in Kansas City. My
girlfriend at the time was a student at University of Missouri, in
Columbia. It was a several hour drive. On decent days, the drive was OK
but when the wind was howling or when there were lots of big trucks on
the highway, the VW would get blown all over the road. It was a nice
city car, though. The heater sucked, big time. :)


When you first started telling this story it was a 2 seater British
sports car that you eventially left by the side of the road when it
died. I hate litterbugs. ;-)

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On 1/31/14, 7:48 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 7:39 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 6:56 AM, True North wrote:
I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter
I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting
the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the
first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.


I had a '65 Beetle for a while when I worked in Kansas City. My
girlfriend at the time was a student at University of Missouri, in
Columbia. It was a several hour drive. On decent days, the drive was OK
but when the wind was howling or when there were lots of big trucks on
the highway, the VW would get blown all over the road. It was a nice
city car, though. The heater sucked, big time. :)


When you first started telling this story it was a 2 seater British
sports car that you eventially left by the side of the road when it
died. I hate litterbugs. ;-)

The two seater I left by the side of the road was an MG-A, and the
incident in which it caught fire occurred while returning from covering
a news story about the opening of a hospital at a military facility. It
had nothing to do with my girlfriend. Or the VW.

As always, have as nice a day as you can.



--
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On 1/31/2014 8:00 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 7:48 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 7:39 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 6:56 AM, True North wrote:
I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter
I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting
the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the
first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.


I had a '65 Beetle for a while when I worked in Kansas City. My
girlfriend at the time was a student at University of Missouri, in
Columbia. It was a several hour drive. On decent days, the drive was OK
but when the wind was howling or when there were lots of big trucks on
the highway, the VW would get blown all over the road. It was a nice
city car, though. The heater sucked, big time. :)


When you first started telling this story it was a 2 seater British
sports car that you eventially left by the side of the road when it
died. I hate litterbugs. ;-)

The two seater I left by the side of the road was an MG-A, and the
incident in which it caught fire occurred while returning from covering
a news story about the opening of a hospital at a military facility. It
had nothing to do with my girlfriend. Or the VW.

As always, have as nice a day as you can.



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.

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On 1/31/14, 8:18 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 8:00 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 7:48 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 7:39 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 6:56 AM, True North wrote:
I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter
I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting
the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the
first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.


I had a '65 Beetle for a while when I worked in Kansas City. My
girlfriend at the time was a student at University of Missouri, in
Columbia. It was a several hour drive. On decent days, the drive was OK
but when the wind was howling or when there were lots of big trucks on
the highway, the VW would get blown all over the road. It was a nice
city car, though. The heater sucked, big time. :)


When you first started telling this story it was a 2 seater British
sports car that you eventially left by the side of the road when it
died. I hate litterbugs. ;-)

The two seater I left by the side of the road was an MG-A, and the
incident in which it caught fire occurred while returning from covering
a news story about the opening of a hospital at a military facility. It
had nothing to do with my girlfriend. Or the VW.

As always, have as nice a day as you can.



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you? :(

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On 1/31/2014 8:19 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you? :(

It's difficult.

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On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 8:19 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you? :(

It's difficult.

Perhaps the answer lies in Anger Management classes.

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:11:02 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:32 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:08:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:





That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW



Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction



sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well



compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.



That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension



My biggest problem



was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would



cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my



hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.



Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...



Old beetles had that carbon monoxide heater, right off the exhaust

manifold and no fan. Going down the road it worked OK if you were

driving a ways.

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

Our first car in Germany as an underpaid 2LT was a 1959 Karmann Ghia - my cheap Porsche. Fun car for
whipping around German roads, although not a speed demon on the autobahn. Whenever I had to pick up
a soldier who had a little too much to drink, got wild, and was in a German jail, I'd make him ride
in the back seat of that KG - all the way back to the barracks. Word got around. My back seat was
not a place to ride!

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On 1/31/2014 8:50 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 8:19 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you? :(

It's difficult.

Perhaps the answer lies in Anger Management classes.

Sorry, another Dr. Harry misdiagnosis.

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On 1/31/2014 9:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:11:02 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:32 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:08:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:





That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW



Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction



sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well



compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.



That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension



My biggest problem



was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would



cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my



hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.



Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...



Old beetles had that carbon monoxide heater, right off the exhaust

manifold and no fan. Going down the road it worked OK if you were

driving a ways.

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

Our first car in Germany as an underpaid 2LT was a 1959 Karmann Ghia - my cheap Porsche. Fun car for
whipping around German roads, although not a speed demon on the autobahn. Whenever I had to pick up
a soldier who had a little too much to drink, got wild, and was in a German jail, I'd make him ride
in the back seat of that KG - all the way back to the barracks. Word got around. My back seat was
not a place to ride!


When I was in HS my girlfriends older sister had one.. We rode in the
back of that thing all over the place, but it wasn't punishment:)

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:34:06 -0500, KC wrote:

On 1/31/2014 9:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:11:02 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:32 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:08:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:





That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW



Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction



sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well



compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.



That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension



My biggest problem



was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would



cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my



hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.



Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...



Old beetles had that carbon monoxide heater, right off the exhaust

manifold and no fan. Going down the road it worked OK if you were

driving a ways.

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

Our first car in Germany as an underpaid 2LT was a 1959 Karmann Ghia - my cheap Porsche. Fun car for
whipping around German roads, although not a speed demon on the autobahn. Whenever I had to pick up
a soldier who had a little too much to drink, got wild, and was in a German jail, I'd make him ride
in the back seat of that KG - all the way back to the barracks. Word got around. My back seat was
not a place to ride!


When I was in HS my girlfriends older sister had one.. We rode in the
back of that thing all over the place, but it wasn't punishment:)

One of my troops was a bucket loader operator, SPC 4 (same rank as a corporal). He was a great
soldier and bucket loader operator, and I wanted to make him aSPC5, same as a buck sergeant. He
wouldn't let me promote him. He loved his bucket loader job.

This guy was much bigger than me. Probably about Tim's size. Big. I got a call one night that he was
in a German jail down close to Heilbronn, about 100 miles away. Since it was so late, I grabbed his
squad leader out of bed and made him go with me to keep me awake. When we got the guy, I put him in
the back - after some arguing. He had a choice - get in the back or go back to the German jail and
face the German judge the next day. He road in back. Lucky for him he passed out after about 20
miles, but he had one hell of a time getting himself out of the back when we got back to the
barracks.

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:11:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

===

That must have gotten crowded after a while. :)

When I worked at Cornell University back in the late 60s, one of my
friends and colleagues had put himself through University of Rochester
(a very cold town) by living in a VW beetle for a while. He knew
everything there was to know about VW heaters and the lack thereof.

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On 1/31/2014 12:08 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:11:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:32 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:08:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:





That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW



Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction



sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well



compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.



That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension



My biggest problem



was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would



cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my



hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.



Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...



Old beetles had that carbon monoxide heater, right off the exhaust

manifold and no fan. Going down the road it worked OK if you were

driving a ways.

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

Old beetles never die. There were a couple guys here using them for
work when I got here in 84. They had taken out the back seats and set
it up as a parts bin.
They were making a lot of money on the car allowance.
One of these guys had a barn full of VWs and enough parts to make some
from scratch. They finally sold of the whole lot to another collector
and moved on to other interests.

I had a 58 pan that I shortened 14" and made a dune buggy out of. I
ended up rebuilding the engine (fairly trivial) and the T/A (tougher).
I still have the 36mm socket and 4' breaker bar you need to get the
big nuts off. (spindles, swing axle and flywheel). I ended up getting
a 36" pipe wrench to get the exhaust apart.


All together I have owned three... My very first car was a new 1974.
There was a car dealer that lived across the street and we got it from
him for 2 grand after he repossed it with maybe two to three months and
a thousand miles (1200 comes to mind, but it was 40 years ago:) on it. I
actually owned that car three times, sold and bought it back from one
guy twice, long story.. It was the one with the Lime green paint, black
trim, and came with a huge fake black box and key on the back so you
could drive down the road looking like a wind up toy. I have never been
able to find any info on that addition on the net looking, I am
wondering if it was some kind of dealer prop that Russ (our friend)
threw in with the sale...

I also owned a 61 beetle and a 64, both were as adventurous and
ordinalry as most of your beetle experiences so I won't go into too much
detail. Did have one with no brakes, that was fun...:)

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KC wrote:
On 1/31/2014 12:08 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:11:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:32 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:08:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:





That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW



Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction



sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well



compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.



That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end,
plus independent back suspension



My biggest problem



was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would



cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my



hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.



Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...



Old beetles had that carbon monoxide heater, right off the exhaust

manifold and no fan. Going down the road it worked OK if you were

driving a ways.

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

Old beetles never die. There were a couple guys here using them for
work when I got here in 84. They had taken out the back seats and set
it up as a parts bin.
They were making a lot of money on the car allowance.
One of these guys had a barn full of VWs and enough parts to make some
from scratch. They finally sold of the whole lot to another collector
and moved on to other interests.

I had a 58 pan that I shortened 14" and made a dune buggy out of. I
ended up rebuilding the engine (fairly trivial) and the T/A (tougher).
I still have the 36mm socket and 4' breaker bar you need to get the
big nuts off. (spindles, swing axle and flywheel). I ended up getting
a 36" pipe wrench to get the exhaust apart.


All together I have owned three... My very first car was a new 1974.
There was a car dealer that lived across the street and we got it from
him for 2 grand after he repossed it with maybe two to three months and a
thousand miles (1200 comes to mind, but it was 40 years ago:) on it. I
actually owned that car three times, sold and bought it back from one guy
twice, long story.. It was the one with the Lime green paint, black trim,
and came with a huge fake black box and key on the back so you could
drive down the road looking like a wind up toy. I have never been able to
find any info on that addition on the net looking, I am wondering if it
was some kind of dealer prop that Russ (our friend) threw in with the sale...
I also owned a 61 beetle and a 64, both were as adventurous and ordinalry
as most of your beetle experiences so I won't go into too much detail.
Did have one with no brakes, that was fun...:)

My beetle was a Manx dune buggy I bought. Cheap. Had a bad mounting horn
I had to weld for the engine transaxle.