TheSamba.com :: View topic - I'm going to look at my first bug today :D

Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:48 pm

bill may wrote:

Bill that bug in your avatar (yours?) kicks ass. I love the all black look.

Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:30 pm

yes that is my oct.66-1967 i drive everyday $800 with $820 brms :roll: usually never dives below 40 deg. F in san diego,no snow ever so it really does get driven 365 days per year.

Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:46 pm

She's alllll mine now :D The owner is going to fix the floor pans and in a month she's mine.

Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:52 pm

OiOiOi wrote: She's alllll mine now :D The owner is going to fix the floor pans and in a month she's mine.

Whoohooo!

Pictures?

Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:02 pm

It's this one.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=82879

I can't wait till it's sitting in the drive way :D It needs some rust work, and probably a little engine work to get it running really well, but the breaks were good and we got to drive it around the block. I'm thrilled.

Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:11 pm

OiOiOi wrote: It's this one.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=82879

I can't wait till it's sitting in the drive way :D It needs some rust work, and probably a little engine work to get it running really well, but the breaks were good and we got to drive it around the block. I'm thrilled.

I love it! I just bought my six year old one that looks just LIKE it! A 1967, blue and everything!

OK, it's a toy...but it looks JUST like this one! Very detailed! Paid $1.99 for it! I know it's a 1967, because it says so on the bottom.

Congratulations! You're so lucky!

Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:48 pm

OiOiOi wrote: She's alllll mine now :D The owner is going to fix the floor pans and in a month she's mine.

What exactly is wrong with the floor pans, and how exaclty is the current owner going to fix them? Valid questions considering that there are all sorts of quickie solutions for 'fixing' floor pans, some more damaging than others. Also, while you fix some problems it is always best to go the extra mile and strip/coat everything around. An option could be to ask for a discount and dealt with the floor pans yourself.

What kind of look are you after? I got a set of stock rims for that year stashed in the garage.

Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:55 pm

Hey Bill,
When was mine built....haven't got the birth certificate yet. SN117364408. A 67 only forum would be nice.
Thanks,
Jeff

Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:05 pm

Yeah, I love it, I feel in love with it the moment we rounded the corner and I saw it's little butt sticking out. I guess that's a bad way to buy cars, but I'm in this for the long hall.

I think he was planning on cutting them out and replacing them. I'm not sure what look I am after yet. I just want to see it, hug it, and figure out what it really needs before I decide it's future. My goal is to get it running and de-rusted before I make any disitions. I'd like to get it painted someday, because it was used as a "practice" car for people learning how to paint. The rust is bubbling up in a few places.

Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:05 pm

Congratulations. After all of this you finally got a Vw! Good to hear.

Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:40 am

thanks :D

Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:43 am

knt=== 117 363 980-117 422 503 built december 1966..

Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:40 pm

When your driving the car and let go of the steering wheel it vears to the left. Is that normal? How is it normally fixed?

Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:55 pm

OiOiOi wrote: When your driving the car and let go of the steering wheel it vears to the left. Is that normal? How is it normally fixed?

It needs an alignment, and/or brakes are dragging, and need adjusted.

Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:05 pm

Is that difficult?

Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:15 pm

OiOiOi wrote: Is that difficult?

I would take the car to a shop for an alignment, you can easily adjust the brake shoes yourself at home.

Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:42 pm

I'm going to be the parade rain.
I think you should know what the heater channels are before you buy one. I may not be the most trusting soul around but I wouldn't depend on the seller to tell me everything that is wrong with the car he's trying to get rid of. The less rust the better. Patients and knowledge is more dependable than luck. Rust is cancer.
Then again... My reasoning for buying a bug is for a project car. I don't need a car. I'm looking for a foundation to build a bug that I may keep for the rest of my life. If I needed a car tomorrow and didn't care if it was in the junk yard in 2 years my attitude might be different. Heater channels and floor pans can't be cheap if your paying someone to do the work.
Anyway... I am not an expert, I just started looking myself.
There is some guess work going into this response so please correct and forgive me if I'm wrong.
The heater channels are the beams that run under the doors from the rear of the frame to the front. They also get the heat from the heat exchangers to the front of the car so it can warm your toes in the winter. I think it is safe to say they are structural ducts. If they rot out completely the car will split in two like Herbie did at the end of the big race where his rear end came in first and the front end came in second.
If rust causes the structure to start failing the first place it would be noticed would be in the doors not closing correctly.
Am I close?

Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:05 pm

I do know what a heater channel is now. I reasearched them. I got the car I wanted. It runs and drives, but it still needs work, I want to learn this car and make it mine. I already have a daily driver, this is for fun, a car that I can learn and love. It does have rust. I don't know of the heater channals are rusty, if they are, they are. I know it's expensive to fix. But if I don't fix it...who will? These cars are special and disapearing, I'd hate to see this little car I've fallen in love with get chopped up, so I'll sacrifice some money to save it.

Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:05 pm

I can't remember the commercial that said, you can't just have one. I have setting in my 2 car garage a 67 beetle, 72 ghia vert and the wife's 73 beetle vert, and to put the iceing on the cake, my 2001 toyota tundra and wifes 2001 Suburban, set out in the cold wishing they could be in the garage. I am all for a 67 only forum. I had a 64 beetle( and not knocking any other years) that I put alot of money into, but was never satisfied with it and sold it and only had the ghia, until I found the 67. Good luck on the find OiOiOi and Bill, since your lending your services on birthdates, what's my 67's B-day- 117437298. Thanks for info.

Shannon "The iceman"

Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:37 pm

hey Iceman- 117 422 504 thru 117 505 826 janurary 1967 is yours... any 67 questions on 67 ask me.