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Jeckler Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2005 Posts: 2718 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:56 pm Post subject: The first time seeing a VW engine out of a car.... |
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Was around 1980. I think it was my mom's friends son, and he was taking the engine out of one Bug and putting it in another that my mom had at the time.
He had the back end off the ground and was getting ready to install the engine when I walked in and was looking at it. I think it was probably the first time I'd seen one and definately the first time out of a car.
The really wierd part is that I can remember the feeling I experienced when seeing it, and the way it looked to me at the time, but I cannot recreate it when looking at an engine now, 30 years later. It was.... bulbous. _________________ Andy
'63 Bug rebuild here.
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j8bug Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008 Posts: 1700 Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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I'll catch that sensation every once in a long while. Its unexplainable. It was about 1980 and i was about 12yrs old and ive been hooked ever since |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31362 Location: Hot Arizona
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My first time was my 2nd day as mechanic assistant. The guy would tell me what to do, like crawl under and disconnect the two lower nuts with a 17mm box wrench, then to plug fuel line, etc. I was amazed it went so quickly. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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thewalkingdude Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2008 Posts: 152 Location: where am I now?
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:50 am Post subject: The first time seeing a VW engine out of a car.... |
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First time for me was helping my brother-in-law swap the transmission out of his 60 Beetle in 1966! _________________ the other Joe |
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mos Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2010 Posts: 219 Location: location location, ventura CA
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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at a VW junkyard |
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LeviMan2001 Samba Post Whore
Joined: April 11, 2009 Posts: 3855 Location: Alaska
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flatfour Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2003 Posts: 688
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:00 am Post subject: |
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1995 - watching some friends work on theirs. Since than I have had motors and transmissions in and out more times than I can count. _________________ '68 Bug
'74 Ghia |
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wbrown45 Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2008 Posts: 1318 Location: ada, ok
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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My shaping moment happened in 1967, when I was four. My Uncle Greg had the engine out of his red Bug ('65). He also had a brown '62 Corvair that he had the engine out of. I crawled into the engine compartment of both, staring around in amazement. The colors, smells, and textures had me mesmerized. They have been my two favorite types of cars ever since! _________________ OK Thang |
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VOLKSWAGNUT Fastest VW Belt Changer
Joined: October 14, 2007 Posts: 11055 Location: Flippin' a Belt........ .... Off-n-On ... NC USA
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:08 am Post subject: |
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I was 10. The car a 1964 sunroof Beetle purchased for $100. It was to be my first car after years of mechanical experience and repairs. It needed a clutch. My Pop a "Learn by doing" promoter, purchased a manual for me and told me to "read". I decided it was time, and removed the engine on my own in the back yard. I remember looking at this thing thinking it sure looks like my dirt bike engine with all the cooling fins. I decided to remove the flywheel to replace the front crank seal, as Pop said it was probably a good idea. The flywheel slipped out of my hand and dropped straight to my left big toe and broke the toe. An experience to never be forgotten. _________________ aka Ken {o\!/o}
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Sidbus Samba Member
Joined: January 12, 2011 Posts: 731 Location: Miami
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90volts Samba Member
Joined: August 10, 2005 Posts: 2637
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this past year with friends from the OCOD, and my son to help, so it was a great experience. |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17970 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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In 1969 in Sacramento. My high school buddy helped me put a new clutch in my girlfriend's Beetle. We were all done in 1/2 day! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
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Lahti35 Samba Member
Joined: May 18, 2011 Posts: 351 Location: Always the wrong side of the drawbridge in Bay City, MI.
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17970 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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They look perfect stripped down on the nose of a kit plane! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 24059 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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It was when I was a kid, around 1970. I was already a VW freak, and I remember a neighbor had his engine completely disassembled and scattered across his garage. I remember wondering how he could ever get it all back together again.
We also had another neighbor who ran a VW in mini stocks. I remember thinking a VW race car was the coolest thing ever, and the roar of the engine was incredible! That thing must have had 12:1 compression! _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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tattoo_5678 Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2005 Posts: 115 Location: Basel, Switzerland
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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I was 16 and trying to find my skateboard. I looked everywhere excpet outside where my dad was working on our 69 westfalia. When I started to walk closer to our westy I had noticed my dad had pulled the engine out and what would you know......there was my skateboard. That was the 1st time I had ever seen a vw engine out and I solved the mystery of the missing skateboard. |
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peluke Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2011 Posts: 6 Location: San Carlos
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:46 am Post subject: bic saves the day |
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Quite a few years ago; around O'Dark thirty at night and somewhere north of lostville a friend and I where bored and driving around when the engine quits.
wasnt long before we figured out that the points where broken. the plastic rider had broken off and was grounding out.
not having a spare we where stuck. and cell phones where a few years off yet.
My buddy had the brillant thought of using a lighter to melt a pen and shape it onto the points to form a new rider, after a few attempts it worked fantastically and saw us home.
one of many amusing adventures. |
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Jon65 Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2012 Posts: 2417
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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It was when I was about 10 and my dad was rebuilding the motor out of our '65. I didn't even rememeber this until several years later when I saw a photograph of me with the engine. |
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bandi Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2005 Posts: 1064 Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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After having this Ghostbusters toy when I was 4,
I thought VW engines were actually monsters...
But I helped pull my first real VW engine at age 8 with my dad, out of our '73 Super. _________________ '60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, another '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '69 Sunroof Bug, '69 GT3 Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '85 Cabrio, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S, '03 New Beetle VR6. And some Fieros. |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17970 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Randy, who knew about VW's, helped me put a new clutch in my girlfriend's bug in the parking lot in 1/2 day. We were both heroes that day! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
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