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EnjoyNukaCola Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 491 Location: Santa Clarita
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Ah McStevie! _________________ "when i go to drive it i get to like 5-10 mph it is at high rpms and gets higher the faster i go when i shift up to second the rpms drop is this normal or what and this is my first vw please help" |
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EnjoyNukaCola Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 491 Location: Santa Clarita
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ "when i go to drive it i get to like 5-10 mph it is at high rpms and gets higher the faster i go when i shift up to second the rpms drop is this normal or what and this is my first vw please help" |
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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EnjoyNukaCola wrote: |
Ah McStevie! |
Steve McQueen was quite a guy. Pretty serious desert motorcycle racer and road racer in cars. Not only does he appear in the docu-movie "On Any Sunday" riding his Husqvarna, I used to often Tech Inspect his Porsche 910 Spyder he raced in the Can Am class of SCCA racing. At the races he was pleasant to deal with and seemed to always be having a good time, not worrying about how well the car would do or nervous about driving or worrying about crashing. Just havin' fun. He often arrived at the road races in his VW Bug convertible with a Ford 351 in the back seat. He loved to offroad race cars as well, including racing the Baja 1000 in the famous Baja Boot with an Olds Toronado V8 and front wheel drive in the back. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet. |
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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PS: Steve is also the guy who designed the poly seat. Originally sold under the brand name "Solar Seat" His movie production company was named "Solar Productions" which made the movie Le Mans, along with many others. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet. |
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Mal evolent Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2009 Posts: 2912 Location: San Antonio, Nuevo Mexico
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ 73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats
Baja Bugs for Volkswagen Virgins: Index |
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71StandardReduction Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2012 Posts: 707 Location: Louisiana
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Mal evolent Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2009 Posts: 2912 Location: San Antonio, Nuevo Mexico
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ 73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats
Baja Bugs for Volkswagen Virgins: Index |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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The red one & the green one look like the same car with different paint. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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earthquake Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2008 Posts: 3984 Location: SANDY VALLEY, NEVADA
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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You can still get sparkplug tire pumps...
http://www.aerostich.com/review/product/list/id/1664/
That picture of the red "T" buggy with the blond looks like it was shot in Red Rock just outside of Vegas in the 70's
Casey _________________ 74 CLASS 11 LOOK-A-LIKE
69 DUNE BUGGY
79 INTERNATIONAL SCOUT II
05 SCION XB SERIES RELEASE 2[#437]
95 Chevy C3500 dually
98 Ford E150
Link to Kelly J. Nolte 3/20/53 - 11/6/08
https://time-zonelabs.blogspot.com/p/about-kelly.html
DEATH TO CHINGERS!
[From a military recruitment poster in the novel "The Stainless Steel Rat" By Harry Harrison] |
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
The red one & the green one look like the same car with different paint. |
I DO believe you're right!!!!
AND I think it IS Valley of Fire north of Vegas. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet. |
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Looks just like the one I bought in the early 70s! And the price isn't much more either. Better bargain now, although I would wager if you bought one now, it won't still be usable and in good shape in 40 years like mine is. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet. |
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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Because when I bought mine, $30 was more than a day's wages for me. It was nearly 10 tanks of gas in my VW. McDonald's was advertising "...And change back from a buck!" for a meal of a burger, fries and Coke. Now it's more like change back from a Ten. But I didn't pay $30 then, it was more like $20. But still, it was pretty expensive. The current price of $30 is a hell of a bargain compared to what it cost then. And I really doubt that the quality now is as good as it was then. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet. |
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Mal evolent Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2009 Posts: 2912 Location: San Antonio, Nuevo Mexico
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ 73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats
Baja Bugs for Volkswagen Virgins: Index |
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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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I think most of those are from the MINT 400.
How's this for for a pan buggy?
_________________ Wash your hands
'69 Bug
'68 Baja Truck
'71 Bug
'68 Camper
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terryly Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2012 Posts: 309
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Man I dig it when this when this thread comes up. That there pan buggy shes a little sparce. Big tires no body brace the ole steering shaft- done. lets ride honey
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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My old friend Dennis Sletten and his boys. They still make Class 11 style cage kits in their own design out of DOM or 4130. Not cheap, but current SCORE legal.
That car above has an old Chenowth CREW mild steel cage kit they added onto long ago. Still rockin' and rollin'! _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet. |
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Mal evolent Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2009 Posts: 2912 Location: San Antonio, Nuevo Mexico
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ 73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats
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Brian Samba Moderator
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Mal evolent Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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like owning the carnival, without paying the carnies. tilt-a-whirl ain't got nothing on an off road VW, ferris wheel ain't got nothing...
_________________ 73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats
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