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Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:25 pm

haha yeah, i'm just about to turn 25, first bug, and we're probly on the same budget :shock:

Believe it.

Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:08 pm

i was a foolish teen who took my 69 and 72 bug to a shop for EVERYTHING
then in my early 20s i did the same with my 68 ghia.

when i turned 30, after i let a beautiful notchback go for 400 bucks, i swore that the next VW i owned would be not see a shop unless it was absolutely necessary.

im 36 now and wish i still had them all!

but now i have my baja, albeit a pain in the ass, and i'm loving it.

keep it up, it will pay off in the end

Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:31 pm

welcome. i started my first bug when i was 17 6 years later i finally finished it. its a sickness and you will never want to stop working on them

Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:47 pm

I had a couple in high school . . . been back into them for about 7 years now.

Clocked 40 in September and I am finally getting my first full, pan off resto put together. Nothing like it.

Good work, keep it up ;)

Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:53 am

so nobody knows what year the motor is i looked for it in the technicals but couldent find it huh

Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:20 pm

im looking for a set of either some single ports or dual ports any body know where some cheap runners are

Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:46 pm

this makes me feel good
i got my bug when i was 14 too, gonna fire it up tomorrow :)

keep at it kid, by the time you're 15 and a half you're gonna have the coolest car out of all your friends
also you'll have a basic understanding of how cars work, which is worth more than all ive spent on my car.

Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:31 am

ya i think a black on black bug would be the coolest car around my town [well my bug and all my frien aarons vws]. does any body know where i can find some single or dual port heads runnable or rebuilt for less than 100 bucks

Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:42 pm

hey im 15 and i bought a 68 1600cc single port and im rebuilding it from the ground up like you are.
[img]nates bug 2!!!!! 001[/img]
[img]first bug 037[/img]
[img]nates mottor 001[/img][/img]

Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:44 pm

slammed sickness wrote: ya i think a black on black bug would be the coolest car around my town [well my bug and all my frien aarons vws]. does any body know where i can find some single or dual port heads runnable or rebuilt for less than 100 bucks

The junk yard is your best friend..I'd go ahead and take a look at some junk yards, and pick yourself up some engine solvent and have at it! It worked wonders for me.

Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:56 pm

im gonna go ahead and do that theres this old junkyard about 20 miles from where i live my step dad and his buddy goob used to run till goob passed away he passed it on to his son. and my step dad thinks there might be some old vw parts from back then wso im going to go look

Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:41 am

well i didnt get to go to the junkyard i might go today :D ive been doin a little bit of wrk on my motor (fitting more parts) next time i go to the shop ill take some more pictures and post em on here

Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:32 am

we need a thread for young v-dub lovers. My daughter is doing the same with her 69. Shes swaped out front end for a disc brake adjustable beam, resealed trans shafts, tore down engine(waitn for heads) lowered the rear down. All while werking part time at the local v-dub shop for parts.

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p140/rmarchi/VW/

Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:08 pm

can you post more pics im intrested in seeing more of the car sounds like a nice one

Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:57 pm

click the link below the pic. hers is the 69 bug

Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:53 pm

marchi wrote: we need a thread for young v-dub lovers.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=274590&highlight=youth

Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:40 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/engine_letters.php

heres a guide to letter codes. stick with sigle ports on this one if you come across a good pair. nothing wrong with SP heads

Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:55 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=274590&highlight=

This is why I should use the search engine.......thansk Levi

Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:38 am

the link didnt go through didnt det the pic

Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:57 am

went to the junk yard the other day my step dad said i would have had almost every part i needed but goobs dumass son crushed everything there was 3 bugs and a bunch of parts :cry: sucks wish i would have got into vws like a year ago massed out