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| Cappy |
 Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:01 pm |
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At 8/67 (model '68 ).
Here are some impressions from the 60year celebration of the Bus at it's "birthplace".
A TV show made a restauration of a Bus and it was painted by Volkswagens own restauration center. Same production line, old knowledge and modern materials. Here you can take a rare look at my Dad's (handles the dispatch and delivery of cars logistics) fellow workers at the restauration center:
Video 1
Video 2
Repost of papermodels, in case someone is still interested (*.tar.gz file) |
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| bigbadnin |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:13 pm |
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73 Super Beetle was my 1st car.
I bought it when I was 15 and just learning how to drive. So easy to learn stick shift on too.
I totaled it when I was 17 and doing donuts in the mall parking lot after a big snowfall. I hit a patch of ice under the snow and hit a concrete parking lamp base at full speed. It crumbled like an accordion.  |
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| fatoldskater |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:40 pm |
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Mr. Electric Wizard wrote:
I believe '67 was the first year for dual circuit master cylinder.
Theres an adapter kit to put a dual circuit one in an earlier bus. I did it, it seems cool.
The worlds raddest thing ever was the conversion to eliminate the stock bus tranny.
I dont know if busses were meant to bury the speedometer needle, but its cool as shit when they do. |
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| del*13 |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:55 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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I had a 65 Double Cab Pickup...pretty rare. It's gone.
A 64 bug
A 67 bug
A 70 bug
All gone.  |
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| siamese goat |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:13 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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73 super beetle with 2 by ? floors. Hit a puddle and you were riding in the water. Damn fun to drive. A woman hit me and the insurance guys gave me 1500 to fix it. Shaved the bumpers new pumpkin orange paint, new tires and wheels. When I drove it by the agent so he could see the repairs he asked if it was a different car. 
It was the second car I had and a daily driver to replace my 67 Mustang . My Dad had a good laugh when he told me to check the radiator before I drove it. I looked it over for almost an hour before he told me they didn't have one. |
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| VWBuggyUK |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:45 pm |
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| My bus is running a super beetle gearbox (transmission) with complete IRS suspension and front lowered and narrowed beam, dropped spindles and stiffened suspension.....makes the ride the coolest ever, love driving it |
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| fatoldskater |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:53 pm |
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VWBuggyUK wrote: My bus is running a super beetle gearbox (transmission) with complete IRS suspension and front lowered and narrowed beam, dropped spindles and stiffened suspension.....makes the ride the coolest ever, love driving it
IRS... Very nice. I used the swingaxle kit. Would have loved to have done IRS though. But its all good. |
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| fatoldskater |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:54 pm |
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| Too bad you dont have that double cab anymore, Del. Those are the shit. |
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| Mr. Electric Wizard |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:26 pm |
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If I can ever get off my lazy (broke) ass I will start to build my dream, or maybe I can just start printing my own money... 
Eventually going to go with a Oxyboxer 2110 block, megasquirted efi, IRS tranny. Will be able to get 250 hp easy with this setup.
The wife wants to get a late model Vanagon Westfalia, so it'll be a while before I'm able to drop anymore money on my '66. |
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| fatoldskater |
| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:01 pm |
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I had to settle for a 1700 with dual carbs and a mild cam.
Still plenty quick for a bus. |
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