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hobbybob517
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 Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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See my sig below,
also almost everything Mark Tucker said,
no offence this guy knows his stuff, but the humor cracks me up.
Also this:
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| Gex called and wants that back. |
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3 million rpm? Well there's your problem! No wonder it blew up! |
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mark tucker
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Joined: April 08, 2009
Posts: 23937
Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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is dat one of dem newfangle offset stroker rods???  |
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EVfun
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Joined: April 01, 2012
Posts: 5475
Location: Seattle
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| mark tucker wrote: |
| is dat one of dem newfangle offset stroker rods??? |
Yea, offset from the crank a couple inches. 
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| As a general rule, cheap parts are the most expensive parts you can buy. |
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60ragtop
Bonneville Belt Bitch
Joined: March 13, 2006
Posts: 7800
Location: Big Wonderful WYO 82401
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| If we all do go at least I'll get into heaven because I never converted my autostick bug |
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Certified Mechanic by the State of Michigan in 1977
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I've restored a large number too, but I don't toot my horn quite as loud.
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maybe he just snapped cause his car sucked  |
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TDCTDI
Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013
Posts: 12850
Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:23 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| Tram wrote: |
Do me a favor... seriously. Could you measure the ID of your tailpipe? |
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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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TDCTDI
Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013
Posts: 12850
Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 4:29 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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ps: yes it's lubed and no, mines normal |
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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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sb001
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Joined: May 19, 2011
Posts: 10406
Location: NW Arkansas
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| Mal evolent wrote: |
| Brazilian Solex. compares to German Solex like Caitlynn Jenner compares to Sandra Bullock. similar appearance, many of the same parts inside, but there is something a little off in the end |
But from personal experience working with her,
Robbie |
Did she hit your van with her bus?
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H2OSB
Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2013
Posts: 1291
Location: Modesto, CA
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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Good gawd, I found this thread while bored on my break at work. I laughed out loud enough times people were checking on me, thinking I'd finally gone off the deep end. Some of you effers are damn funnay!
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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: Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:06 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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You already posted about this sort of thing at least 4 times.
Continue one of your original topics if you still have questions.
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There are other examples as well but it happens from time to time and you won’t go to hell for not following what the VW gods have decreed. |
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subhuman
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:01 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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skills@eurocarsplus wrote:
that fucking thing looks like it drove through a J.C. Whitney catalogue and hit everything on the way out
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TDCTDI
Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:50 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| vamram wrote: |
Dirtkeeper, can you post a picture of your speedo? |
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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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Jakebob
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Joined: August 03, 2007
Posts: 181
Location: Taylor Mill, KY
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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See below. Pretty sure this was from the 2nd gen Rants and not the Rants of Yore.
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| coW wrote: |
It was the rumor he was a gerbler.
He vehemently denied it and gerbils don't talk much.. |
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TDCTDI
Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| hitest wrote: |
The knob is a super-common item. But still neat. Easily made nice again with a beer in front of a good movie on tv. |
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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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EverettB 
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Joined: April 11, 2000
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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This is old and I'm not sure if this was the first guy to post it but I think of this line whenever I see anything crappy:
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| Congrats, that looks like shit. |
Possible original:
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| Congrats, that's going to look like shit. |
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TDCTDI
Samba Advocatus Diaboli
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| photogdave wrote: |
| Manfred58sc wrote: |
| CL is just for old folks who don't know how to use their smart phones. Its dying fast |
...and FB is for people too self-absorbed to realize they are making a very small number of people very rich by giving them free content. |
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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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Joey
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| I will murder you, skin you, and wear you like a human suit in order to assimilate myself seamlessly into your lifestyle, and thus obtain that car. |
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62DoKaGuy
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:02 pm Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| Joey wrote: |
| Nid wrote: |
| I will murder you, skin you, and wear you like a human suit in order to assimilate myself seamlessly into your lifestyle, and thus obtain that car. |
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Well, when true happiness is only skin deep...
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
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calvinater
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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It rubs the lotion on its skin
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Jim Bear
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| subhuman wrote: |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote:
that fucking thing looks like it drove through a J.C. Whitney catalogue and hit everything on the way out |
This one definitely has stuck with me since I read the fresh original post. Too funny...
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TDCTDI
Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Samba member post lines that are quote and signature worthy |
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| danfromsyr wrote: |
| and another snowflake melts from the heat given off by the old farts in the bay forums... |
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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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