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kimbill Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2006 Posts: 288 Location: FL and MN
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: Auto Stick |
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Were auto stick transmissions ever available on Things?
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bmwloco Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2006 Posts: 1093 Location: Asheville NC
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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From VW?
No.
But that's not to say someone didn't install one at one time or another. |
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c.davis419 Samba Member
Joined: May 18, 2003 Posts: 506 Location: Vista,CA
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Thank God, no! _________________ 1967 beetle
1974 Thing |
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Towel Rail Horizontally Opposed
Joined: April 15, 2005 Posts: 4622 Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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If you really want one, I'd recommend finding an AS Ghia and doing a pan swap. _________________ 1974 Thing -- under the knife
1967 Beetle -- spring/summer/fall driver
1996 Subaru OBW (EJ22, 5-speed, AWD) -- winter car, 3-seasons "don't feel like biking today" car
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kimbill Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2006 Posts: 288 Location: FL and MN
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: Auto Stick |
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c.davis419 wrote: |
Thank God, no! |
Folks, you don't understand .....My bride of 52 years says I can buy one after her new kitchen, but it must be an automatic so she can enjoy it too! What would you do?
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markie61 Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2005 Posts: 583 Location: Northern Virginia
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Auto Stick |
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kimbill wrote: |
What would you do?
Bill |
Buy one with the promise of teaching her to drive a stick. Then break the promise...
Mark _________________ Whut is that-there Thang!?
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Chicks dig my Thing - so what if it's little and yellow...!? |
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Towel Rail Horizontally Opposed
Joined: April 15, 2005 Posts: 4622 Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:12 am Post subject: Re: Auto Stick |
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kimbill wrote: |
c.davis419 wrote: |
Thank God, no! |
Folks, you don't understand .....My bride of 52 years says I can buy one after her new kitchen, but it must be an automatic so she can enjoy it too! What would you do?
Bill |
What I've never understood is why stick is supposedly harder for females. Do they lack limbs? Brainpower? Coordination? Of course not! _________________ 1974 Thing -- under the knife
1967 Beetle -- spring/summer/fall driver
1996 Subaru OBW (EJ22, 5-speed, AWD) -- winter car, 3-seasons "don't feel like biking today" car
049 > 070 > 053 > 009 |
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Ian Epperson Samba Member
Joined: January 12, 2005 Posts: 2262 Location: Alameda, CA
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:35 am Post subject: |
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When we were dating, my wife learned to drive a stick with my Thing. (get that mind out of the gutter! ) The nice thing about learning the clutch on an old aircooled VW is that it's easy to replace the clutch plate afterwards. |
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c.davis419 Samba Member
Joined: May 18, 2003 Posts: 506 Location: Vista,CA
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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I suppose you could retrofit a full automatic drivetrain from a Type 3 as well, but I'm sure that would take some crafty workmanship. _________________ 1967 beetle
1974 Thing |
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bmwloco Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2006 Posts: 1093 Location: Asheville NC
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: |
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I waited until 40 to wed. I woke up at 15 and thought "why bother before then".
Over the years I was picky. I knew "she" had to be able to drive a stick and ride a motorcycle.
I scored on both counts. |
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lowsquare Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2004 Posts: 287 Location: Queen Creek, AZ
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Did they have automatics 52 years ago _________________ PRAISE THE LOWERED.
1973 THING |
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markie61 Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2005 Posts: 583 Location: Northern Virginia
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: |
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lowsquare wrote: |
Did they have automatics 52 years ago |
Yes, they did! But we didn't...
Mark _________________ Whut is that-there Thang!?
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bciesq Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2005 Posts: 495 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Auto Stick |
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markie61 wrote: |
kimbill wrote: |
What would you do?
Bill |
Buy one with the promise of teaching her to drive a stick. Then break the promise...
Mark |
I think we should assume that Bill wants to make to 53 years with his bride.
ACVWs are actually easy learn to drive a stick on (except down shifting if the syncros are bad), and replacing the clutch is a lot easier than retrofitting an auto-stick. _________________ '73 Thing -- making 45 mph exciting again. |
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Towel Rail Horizontally Opposed
Joined: April 15, 2005 Posts: 4622 Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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bmwloco wrote: |
I waited until 40 to wed. I woke up at 15 and thought "why bother before then".
Over the years I was picky. I knew "she" had to be able to drive a stick and ride a motorcycle.
I scored on both counts. |
Wise man! When I was about halfway through college, I made a deal with myself that I'd wait until 30, unless someone truly exceptional came along. While I'm getting dangerously close to 30, I trust that my VWs are keeping the "wrong ones" away. _________________ 1974 Thing -- under the knife
1967 Beetle -- spring/summer/fall driver
1996 Subaru OBW (EJ22, 5-speed, AWD) -- winter car, 3-seasons "don't feel like biking today" car
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Thingggg Samba Member
Joined: June 30, 2004 Posts: 353
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:30 am Post subject: |
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Folks, you don't understand .....My bride of 52 years says I can buy one after her new kitchen, but it must be an automatic so she can enjoy it too! What would you do?
Tell her to stay in the Kitchen
seriously do you know an autostick is really not an automatic. It would make a doggy care, (Thing), REALLY doggy. They were popular in Ghias because the car is very light. I have the Ghia and my wife loves it and so do I. You don't have to move the stick it from high to low because the car is so light.
So I would consider a convertible autostick Ghia. |
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Towel Rail Horizontally Opposed
Joined: April 15, 2005 Posts: 4622 Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: |
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My mom and sister both enjoy driving stick. And my brother's girlfriend sought out one when buying her first car. Therefore, I submit that not only can females drive stick, but they also enjoy having more control over their cars. _________________ 1974 Thing -- under the knife
1967 Beetle -- spring/summer/fall driver
1996 Subaru OBW (EJ22, 5-speed, AWD) -- winter car, 3-seasons "don't feel like biking today" car
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howiesfamily Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2004 Posts: 858 Location: Panther City, Texas
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:55 am Post subject: |
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I bought my wife her first car while we were dating. It was a 70 Beetle vert. Then I had to teach her how to drive a stick. She loved it. The only problem she ever had was when the battery went dead once. I was at work so she called my brother to help her push start it..... with a Ford F-150. It caved in the decklid. It didn't occur to them that the car was on a flat surface and a 5 year old could push it _________________ member of: Fort Worth Aircoolers Gang |
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oasis Samba Member
Joined: December 12, 2002 Posts: 2168
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:09 am Post subject: |
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I knew a fellow swimmer who was in an accident and could no longer handle a stick. He owned a Thing and didn't want to give it up. So he converted it to an autostick. (I think he did the Ghia pan swap, too, but this was back in '98 so I am not sure of the details.)
I drove it with its 1776 after the conversion and it was quite nice in traffic. Then, he took me offroading ... and I do mean offroading. He was nuts. But we never got stuck. He said at the time between the Thing's general lightness and the real low gear, he hadn't gotten stuck anywhere -- even places heavier 4x4 Jeeps would have. And I believe him.
I may never own one but it cured me of poo-poohing the autostick. _________________ Now: 2003 New Beetle Turbo S / 1990 Single Cab Transporter / 2014 Tiguan R-Line 4motion / 2013 Tiguan S / 2002 Golf GLS TDI
Past: 1974 Thing Acapulco / 2009 Eos Komfort / 1997 Jetta GT / 2002 Cabrio GLX / 2002 Passat GLS / 1971 Super Beetle / 1993 EuroVan MV Westfalia / 1981 Pickup LX / 1985 Vanagon / 1986 Jetta GLI |
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norcalmike Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 4784 Location: Marina, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Auto Stick |
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kimbill wrote: |
c.davis419 wrote: |
Thank God, no! |
Folks, you don't understand .....My bride of 52 years says I can buy one after her new kitchen, but it must be an automatic so she can enjoy it too! What would you do?
Bill |
Buy it anyway |
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weisswurst Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2013 Posts: 233 Location: south florida
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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oasis wrote: |
I knew a fellow swimmer who was in an accident and could no longer handle a stick. He owned a Thing and didn't want to give it up. So he converted it to an autostick. (I think he did the Ghia pan swap, too, but this was back in '98 so I am not sure of the details.)
I drove it with its 1776 after the conversion and it was quite nice in traffic. Then, he took me offroading ... and I do mean offroading. He was nuts. But we never got stuck. He said at the time between the Thing's general lightness and the real low gear, he hadn't gotten stuck anywhere -- even places heavier 4x4 Jeeps would have. And I believe him.
I may never own one but it cured me of poo-poohing the autostick. |
he's right our thing was converted and it does great off road (pretty much all its used for anyway)
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