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Blue Baron
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| Stock Steve wrote: | | You can build it as a boring old stock version ... or as a totally wild altered drag racer with a big-a** American powertrain (yeah baby). |
As you can see from the photos above, I did both. (But I would never call either one boring.) |
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Blue Baron
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To give credit where credit is due, the stocker was built by my friend John Kellestine of St. Catherines, Ontario.
I had wanted a kick-butt version of the IMC gasser for awhile, so I built this one. I upgraded the wheels and tires to something a little more aggressive than what came with the kit, but otherwise built it pretty much box stock.
Maybe we should start a thread on VW model builds.
Greg Carr (remember me?) |
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Stock Steve
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buggdude67
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Maybe we should start a thread on VW model builds.
That is a good idea, unless there is already one started. |
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Blue Baron
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It's good to see you posting too, Steve. I still have my "Common Gear" newsletters stashed away.
| buggdude67 wrote: | Maybe we should start a thread on VW model builds.
That is a good idea, unless there is already one started. |
After a quick topic search, I couldn't find anything, so I'll go ahead and start one. |
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Dustin B
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:12 am Post subject: Re: Complete Dune Buggies & Hot VW's Magazine Collection |
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| 1-4-3-2 wrote: | | I just completed my Dune Buggies & Hot VW's Magazine Collection. From the first issue to the present (February 2012), and including the 8 specials throught the years, my count is 511 issues. I wonder if Hot Vw's know that their March 2011 was their 500th publication? |
Congratulations on completing your collection of hot vw's.
I have a faver to ask. If its not to much trouble can you look up an article and give me the month and year it was printed?
The article was about converting a 4 cylinder 1600cc to a 2 cylinder 800cc. I believe the article was in the late 70's possibly 78.
Thanks dustin
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buggdude67
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:45 am Post subject: Re: Complete Dune Buggies & Hot VW's Magazine Collection |
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| sixty7bugin wrote: | | 1-4-3-2 wrote: | | I just completed my Dune Buggies & Hot VW's Magazine Collection. From the first issue to the present (February 2012), and including the 8 specials throught the years, my count is 511 issues. I wonder if Hot Vw's know that their March 2011 was their 500th publication? |
Congratulations on completing your collection of hot vw's.
I have a faver to ask. If its not to much trouble can you look up an article and give me the month and year it was printed?
The article was about converting a 4 cylinder 1600cc to a 2 cylinder 800cc. I believe the article was in the late 70's possibly 78.
Thanks dustin |
Recently I was thumbing through some of my early issues looking for Sac Bug O Rama and So Cal Bug In info and I remember that article. It is in the Apr 78 issue on page 52. Not sure why this would need to be done, but it looks like if you had the means to do it, it would be cool when completed. |
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Blue Baron
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| There was a similar article in Volkswagen Greats magazine in the late '70s. It was about a college team that entered a contest to build a vehicle that could go 50 mph and get 50 mpg. While other teams had big budgets and built fancy machines, this one team built a 2-cylinder Volkswagen on a shoestring and placed very well in the competition. |
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Dustin B
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Complete Dune Buggies & Hot VW's Magazine Collection |
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| buggdude67 wrote: | | sixty7bugin wrote: | | 1-4-3-2 wrote: | | I just completed my Dune Buggies & Hot VW's Magazine Collection. From the first issue to the present (February 2012), and including the 8 specials throught the years, my count is 511 issues. I wonder if Hot Vw's know that their March 2011 was their 500th publication? |
Congratulations on completing your collection of hot vw's.
I have a faver to ask. If its not to much trouble can you look up an article and give me the month and year it was printed?
The article was about converting a 4 cylinder 1600cc to a 2 cylinder 800cc. I believe the article was in the late 70's possibly 78.
Thanks dustin |
Recently I was thumbing through some of my early issues looking for Sac Bug O Rama and So Cal Bug In info and I remember that article. It is in the Apr 78 issue on page 52. Not sure why this would need to be done, but it looks like if you had the means to do it, it would be cool when completed. |
Thanks, im not planning on building one but I like the stuff you don't see every day.
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