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Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:23 am

The wife and I took our split out to breakfast, then enjoyed a three hour tour of the northern California countryside. The 25hp ran flawlessly, thanks in part to a freshly restored Glenn Ring distributor. Enjoy the video.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:56 am

Cool video ! Nice car ! Thanks for sharing.
Alex

Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:08 pm

That's pretty neat! Good choice for some old style music too. Fun video--good job!

Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:08 pm

Awesome video. The car came out great!

I love the whine of that tranny! I gotta get mine up and running again and stretch her legs.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:11 pm

Thanks guys. With everything involved in the resto, I can say that I am 100% happy with the finished product. Especially since this is a car that gets driven to local shows/shopping/etc, not a trailer queen that drives 100 feet/year. I just can't decide whether I want to add glove box doors or not.

That, and whether or not to slam it on earlies. 8)

Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:15 pm

Its nice to see the old Splits still driven for the pure joy of it.

And i am glad to contribute to it.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:16 pm

My vote is no on the doors. Keep it just as it is...

Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:34 pm

Wiggy wrote: My vote is no on the doors. Keep it just as it is...

That's how I'm leaning Kev. I just really like the look of the glove box clock, but not enough to put doors on.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:21 pm

oldsplitvw wrote: Thanks guys. With everything involved in the resto, I can say that I am 100% happy with the finished product. Especially since this is a car that gets driven to local shows/shopping/etc, not a trailer queen that drives 100 feet/year. I just can't decide whether I want to add glove box doors or not.

That, and whether or not to slam it on earlies. 8)

i vote for the way it is. :) slamming it would ruin it.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:55 pm

mightymouse wrote: oldsplitvw wrote: Thanks guys. With everything involved in the resto, I can say that I am 100% happy with the finished product. Especially since this is a car that gets driven to local shows/shopping/etc, not a trailer queen that drives 100 feet/year. I just can't decide whether I want to add glove box doors or not.

That, and whether or not to slam it on earlies. 8)

i vote for the way it is. :) slamming it would ruin it.

X2 8) Its came out nice and i wouldnt change a thing about it...........

Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:00 pm

Really cool! The music seems to work for setting the mood. :D

Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:15 am

Wiggy wrote:
I love the whine of that tranny!

The sounds of the car really struck me also (including the whirr of the starter, etc.). Made me realize what a unique & fun driving experience the really old VWs like these provide. I also thought about some Sunday driving we've been able to enjoy recently here in southern CT:

Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:32 am

I too went on a LOOOONG Sunday morning cruise, but with a cousin.

Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:31 am

Wiggy wrote: I

Wow, Kevin...sure got lucky with that Antique tag number! Is there a story behind that?

Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:47 am

My '50 is still engineless and missing 1/2 of the interior, but I did take a drive in my '57 Sunday, and it.......

OOOps, wrong forum.... :roll:

Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:53 am

javabug wrote: Wiggy wrote: I

Wow, Kevin...sure got lucky with that Antique tag number! Is there a story behind that?

Just luck!

I need to figure out what I can say the S stands for!

Kevin's 57 >>>>>?

Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:44 am

I took my '52 for a drive as well - it's first outing with the newly rebuilt 25hp. It ran great except for a stalling problem, which turned out to be a piece of sand in the jet (thanks ///Mink) - once that was fixed it ran great. It starts as fast as you can push the button. The voltage regulator is still kaput, so I'm just running off of the battery.

Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:02 am

Nice how you edited out the gear grinding on the downshift at the end and used the music instead........ :wink:

Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:10 am

johnshenry wrote: Nice how you edited out the gear grinding on the downshift at the end and used the music instead........ :wink:

I'm surprised it took someone that long to figure that out :wink:

Actually John, I was really hoping to have the music much more subtle and in the background, with all the sound of the shifting, whirr of the 1st and 2nd gears, semaphores clunking, etc. When we got the video home, all the clips had the worst wind noise due to the ragtop/windows all being wide open. I had to just give up and cut the sound out completely. Believe it or not I'm actually getting really good at downshifting. I wouldn't say I'm anywhere close to perfect, but I can hold my own.

We used our Pentax pocket digital camera for all the video, and the microphone on it, well, sucks.

Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:20 am

oldsplitvw wrote: johnshenry wrote: Nice how you edited out the gear grinding on the downshift at the end and used the music instead........ :wink:

I'm surprised it took someone that long to figure that out :wink:

Actually John, I was really hoping to have the music much more subtle and in the background, with all the sound of the shifting, whirr of the 1st and 2nd gears, semaphores clunking, etc. When we got the video home, all the clips had the worst wind noise due to the ragtop/windows all being wide open. I had to just give up and cut the sound out completely. Believe it or not I'm actually getting really good at downshifting. I wouldn't say I'm anywhere close to perfect, but I can hold my own.

We used our Pentax pocket digital camera for all the video, and the microphone on it, well, sucks.

I did a similar video a while back driving my car, but I didn't have a "cameraperson". I know what you mean about the mic's on those digital cameras... no chance of capturing the essence of those split sounds...

I have the perfect song I found on an old CD to use, will make a vid later this summer.... a song called "Ragtop Deluxe" what could be better?

Was just surfing airfares and travel options for Solvang in the Sept, will your new split be there???