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Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:27 am

Glad to hear there's some "experience" around here. Now pass the Advil.

13!! Wow!! I bet Thanksgiving and Christmas is like Grand Central Station at your house. You are a blessed man.

Our little Lola is 4 months old and is just now learning to crawl. Oh the things you will buy just to hear them laugh and squeal.

Dexter Mo.? You ever make it out to Little Sahara in OK? Maybe we can get together sometime?

Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:24 am

Not sure where that is in Ok. We were just out and drove the panhandle and back this way through Bartlesville. Are you in that area? We do I-40 across to Tx. a good bit also.
Dan

Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:35 am

If you were in the OK pan handle you drove right by. They are here

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=safar...CAoQ8gEwAA

There are some other dunes further out in the pan handle too but I've never been to them.

We are near Tulsa.

Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:42 am

My name is Weston and I'm 24 and live in Denver, CO. Picked up my first VW and first Baja for $500 at a local tow yard. Drove it around for a while then went off to boot for the Army. Now I'm back and have just dropped a mean 2110cc into it. Has really turned the bug into a beast. I started off as an american V8 nut, and have been converted over to the aircooled VW!

Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:47 am

jakeddy wrote: If you were in the OK pan handle you drove right by. They are here

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=safar...CAoQ8gEwAA

There are some other dunes further out in the pan handle too but I've never been to them.

We are near Tulsa.

Yep, dropped down out of Co. at Liberal and grabbed 64. Was towing the baja behind the motorcoach. About 6 weeks ago. Had been out to Pueblo.
Dan

Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:18 pm

Hey, I'm Shawn. I'm 28 and live in St. Louis Mo. I bought my first vw ('71 super) at 16. My early addiction got me a job at Archway Import autopart ("buggy shop"). Until I realized I'd rather turn wrenches as a hobby.. I am now a plumber (living the dream, I know!) :shock: . I've had 4 other bugs since then, three of them being '66's. One was an awsome cal look custum that was stolen a week after completion :cry: . The two other '66 projects never saw the road, and my most recent is my '73 baja (War wagon!) . Or as my 4 year old daughter calls it "DOC" 8) . Nice to meet ya!

Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:38 pm

Hey Shawn, good to see another Missourian with a baja.
Dan

Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:34 pm

Hi, I'm 55 and reside in San Marcos Ca, I own a machine shop, my wife is a Psychologist, been here since '68.. you do the math. That was the year I saw Glamis for the first time. It was the most magical place on earth. (I always liked sand boxes). I fell in love. I had to have a buggy. So my first car of any kind was a '57 beetle in immaculate condition that my Dad paid $75 for.(It needed a tranny) I promptly removed the body and cut the pan up for a "Pan Buggy". Hey what can I say I was only 15. I advertised the body in the Pennysaver and sold it for more than I paid for the car, and repaid my Dad with a little left over. ( I'm glad at least the body didn't go to waste) It had a blown up splitbox tranny that I took apart and replaced second gear with one from the junk yard. That thing made so much noise. It only had a 40 horse motor that I tore apart, did a valve job on at high school and lovingly put back together with only a Chilton's manual and the VW for Dummies book. I worked all summer cutting lawns and pulling weeds to save up for a set of those grooved drag slicks and 15" wide wheels. they were $350.. alot of money in those days for a 15 year old kid. I had the front tires "buffed" and reversed the wheels. I traded my ten speed for a "teepee" exhaust, (the neighbors hated that thing, they were Sierra Clubbers). My buddies and I looked high and low for a roll bar in all the scrap yards in sd county (no craigslist in those days).
We finally found one at a locally famous place called Roger's in Santee. Some of you local guys might remember that place. They could have had junkyard wars there, it had everything... but I digress. So I put a rattle can orange paint job on it and I was ready for the dunes. I borrowed some guys "t trailer" and with a bumper hitch on my brother's beautiful '67 21 window deluxe bus we headed for Glamis for the first time since we drove through it on the way moving from St Louis. It was over the Chistmas and New years holiday. The car ran good except for having a rear tire come wizzing by our heads after not tightening the lugs enough.. what a great time so many Christmases ago. I've never lost interest in off roading. My Dad sold that old pan buggy to help pay for my college tuition along with my 59 bus but I came back to it a few years after school and have had 14 buggies and bajas since, that I can remember. Things have really changed since that Christmas but the desert itself pretty much remains the same. Merry Christmas everyone Dave

Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:10 pm

Seems like I posted in this thread before, but after just reading/skimming all 14 pages, it appears I have not.

Name's Tony, I live and work in Mesa, AZ for an air ambulance company (I'm an airplane guy, not helicopter) as a pilot/check airman/manager on a cool plane called a Pilatus PC-12. I have three munchkins- boy 17, girl 15, and another boy 2.5. I've had a few bug/baja projects in the last four years or so but never got anywhere with them. The only one I now have is a '59 mid/long travel that I hope to Ecotec sometime soon.

Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:50 pm

Hey all. New to the forum. I just recently purchased an old sand rail. Have lots of questions. It is an old rail and needs some love. I am willing to give the love but will probably have a million questions.
Here is what I know of it:
Spindle mount front wheels (only rear brakes)
Leaking master cyl
no gauges or dash at all :cry:
two toggle switches (battery, lights) and a push button starter
dual handle cutting brake
shifter (stuck in first gear)
1600 CC VW engine (AH engine code)
Single Carb with dual port heads
Dual exhaust
31-10.5-15 rear tires
the rearend has a hell of a tow-in problem :?:

Haven't had too much time to dig into it much.It does start and run (sound good too). Will try to post pictures of it soon. It is an unusual looking cockpit. Haven't seen any that look like it. They guy that I got it from didn't know much about it either.

Thanks

Ryan

Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:14 am

Disregard that subject header, I'm from the wrong part of Texas for all that. I'm James, 24, proud resident of Niederwald, Texas. Sort of a farming suburb of Austin, population 586. I've been lurking around here the last couple weeks, as Ive decided to get started on this dune-buggy/roadster/scrapheap project I've been trailering around the last few years. (I'll post a link to the pictures in a minute once I start a thread over in the Readers Rides section.

Most of my professional experience lies in providing technical support for video games. My personal time also has a certain percentage devoted to supporting video games in a more consumerist sense... I also enjoy working with my hands. Carpentry, cabinetry, "working the land", I have a particular love of operating farm tractors. I get quite a bit of enjoyment from working on older classics, the kind with plenty of space for your hands, and no plastic panels in the way... My first (car, as well as restoration project) was a 1948 willys jeep my grandfather left me.

This will be my first air cooler, though. I rode in a Type 2 bus for about 15 minutes once... Otherwise my only other dealing with VW was a 1982 Rabbit that I sold in disgust after throwing about $1200 at it over the course of a year, and still only being able to get about 100 miles between catastrophic breakdowns. I think I only put about 600 miles on it during that year.

Anyhow, I'm excited about the simplicity of a Type 1.

edit: As promised, link to pictures.

Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:40 am

welcome to the site, what kind of vdub are you looking for/to do

Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:34 pm

Hi,
i'm Shaun from down under, down under (Tasmania, under mainland Australia)

my love of dubs came from an unusual like of hovercrafts, aircooled engines are easier to rig up on these and VW's have air cooled engines, from there i looked into the simplicity of dubs then offroading aspects and from then on ive always wanted one!

after selling my first car and turning 18 and made a poor financial decision and bought a 1302 super with the autostick tranny and gard-rubbing mags.
was a heap of fun! did an engine change cause i couldn't afford to fix the 1500 motor so i put in my spare 1600. took it off-roading stock and was sooo happy.
sister decided she wanted that bug so i sold it to her and picked up a pimp bug, 1974 1500 bug with a porsche body kit and stock 1600 motor.
ive set about turning it slowly into a class 11/baja bug for cheap off-roading.

dislikes: cosmetic prettyness, paint jobs, fake hair colour
likes: PC games, RC off road racing, watching off road on TV and VW's of course.

end result, i own a bug in good condition and i'm still 18 :D

Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:45 pm

Well, saw this is a who and what we are deal, so here it is. My name is Kevin and I am a married 33 year old father of three. I am a roofer by trade, but have spent some time in hotrod shops building overpriced stuff for the rich. I got into Volkswagons when I was 18 and built a mid-engine sandcar. I built a 64 bug for my wife when she was in college doing her student teaching. We sold that car last year, and now I'm on the hunt for Baja stuff. Next project: Family friendly 5car :twisted: Being the quickest up a dune is no longer realistic(financially or medically..) Just want to play in the dirt with my kids.

Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:50 pm

hello, names eric. I live in glendale, az. and i just picked up a 70 bug, got a good deal on it. Working on turning it into a baja. Need to find a cheap motor since mine is toast.

Sat Dec 25, 2010 5:32 am

Hello everyone
My name is Anthony, and i am 20yrs old from Lincoln, NE. Currently a student at the Univ. of NE. My interest in a baja bug was just recently ignited. A buddy of mine has a 69 for sale, and I am really interested. I have yet to go look at it tho. This would be the first VW that i would be working on, but not the first one i would drive. I learned how to drive on my father's old Super Beetle. Also i am somewhat mechanically inclined. I recently did a complete motor build/swap in my mini cooper.

I look forward to learning a lot while i am here. so much information on this board. I already have the bible on order(baja bugs and buggies)

The bug i have my eye on is this:

this is it before being painted flat black:

he is asking 1500, and so far what i know is that it has a 1600cc dual port engine. Also with one piece fiberglass front and rear kit. He did tell me that the floor pans NEED to be replaced. I plan on offering him quite a bit less.

Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:59 am

Wecome aboard. The baja should be worth 1500. Offer him whatever you think it will take to get it. If it has a good title and is running you will be getting a good deal.
Dan
merry xmas from Arizona

Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:39 pm

hello

im jason im 18, my first car was a 85 vw jetta, pretty much turned it into a baja jetta and took it off road and through mud. i currently own my first bug a 72 std and am working on making it a baja. i have gone to the local collage for auto body repair and welding tech classes and passed them both. im currently married. my wife and I are expecting a little girl in february

Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:24 pm

Howdy im Kenny From S.C. i am 16 and am building a 64 baja. i currently drive a 85 nissan. but i am ready for the baja!!!!!! i help out at a dairy farm when im not on a football field or pole vaulting. (or turning wrenches). my girlfriend isnt fond of the vw. caause it takes time from her :lol: im just a farm boy working on a baja so ha. 8)

Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:58 pm

Hello all, my name is Doug. I'm 38 (damn that seems old seeing it in writing). I'm an automotive technician,mechanic,grease monkey...whatever you prefer.
My dad was a used car lot owner...but now he is just pushing up daisies...
Miss ya dad...