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labmission
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 Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 11:52 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| finster wrote: |
| Dare I ask - is your wife on-board with this project yet? |
She drove with me to get the matching engine |
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labmission
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 6:53 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| Pruneman99 wrote: |
| Nice save! Even if they just end up being parts cars they will help save other VWs. At $400.00 you will be in the black no matter what. If you get titles, even better. |
got the title on the 58
The vin doesn’t fit in the states department of revenue computer systems if you ask nicely and tell them you don’t want to know who owns it some office people will tell you if it’s in the system. The 58 wasn't. Then we petitioned (sued, they have a form for it) for a title at the County courthouse and payed a fee. The DOR didn’t show up for the court date and the judge rescheduled. We went to the court house clerk’s office and got the DOR email address. We never got an email reply but they sent a copy of the DOR directors decision stating that the state police reported the bug not stolen after a vin search and that the DOR had no record of any liens etc on the title. I went to court with my wife in support and the judge asked how I came into possession of the bug and how long I’d had it and if anyone tried to claim it and I got a smile from The judge when I told him that I was trying to keep it from being crushed. I also told him I had appraisals of the worth. The recorder wrote a judgement on the spot and I revived copies signed and sealed. I took it to the local DOR license office and payed fees and taxes and they are sending me the title in the mail. |
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labmission
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:50 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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What do you think the PO put thes holes in the bug for?
Passenger side foot well
Rear of drivers’s front fender
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iowegian 
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Joined: February 16, 2005
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Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| labmission wrote: |
What do you think the PO put thes holes in the bug for?
Passenger side foot well
Rear of drivers’s front fender
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Gas heater? |
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labmission
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| iowegian wrote: |
| labmission wrote: |
What do you think the PO put thes holes in the bug for?
Passenger side foot well
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Gas heater? |
That’s what I was thinking
Maybe the head for a S/W radio ?
WTH the finder hole for a wip antennae? |
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labmission
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| Did a gallery search and all the gas heaters are on the drivers side |
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thomas.
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Location: South West (Pa.)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| Those holes fit a Stewart Warner gas heater that fits on the right pass.side. The Eberspacher gas heaters fit on the left driver's side. |
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labmission
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:58 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| thomas. wrote: |
| Those holes fit a Stewart Warner gas heater that fits on the right pass.side. The Eberspacher gas heaters fit on the left driver's side. |
Winner winner chicken dinner👍👌✌️
More holes
Looking around at pdf files of manuals on the samba but not finding exact fit for the holes
Any further information?
Could I find a heater that would fit? What are the odds?
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rsthj
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labmission
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:33 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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Doesn’t have intake hole maybe a slightly different heater or just not as thoroughly installed
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thomas.
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Location: South West (Pa.)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:16 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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You can eliminate cutting that hole by turning the intake to face the interior of the trunk. That's what I did and probably what your previous owner did. Also, you can find these heaters cheap (50 bucks or so) . I paid 15 dollars for mine in 2010 and it's still working good. What usually goes wrong with them is the fuel pump. It's an easy fix by installing a relay and substituting an electric fuel pump and you're in business. The S/W heater you're looking for would be model 8345B. It's the third photo from the bottom on the left side in this link. The same one as in the photo you posted.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/stewartwarner_7_63_servicemanual.php |
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rsthj
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| labmission wrote: |
Doesn’t have intake hole maybe a slightly different heater or just not as thoroughly installed
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Yeah, these things came in a bunch of slightly different variations and they were dealer installed. Often very poorly. I removed one from my 63 and there were an unreasonable number of holes to patch. |
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labmission
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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Turn signals on front fenders are 1958 year only
Are semaphores more obtainable?
Maybe I have semiphores installed and covered up?🙄😳
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labmission
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| A refrigerator magnet does stick so no bondo |
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Keith
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Location: Brodheadsville, PA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:09 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| labmission wrote: |
Turn signals on front fenders are 1958 year only
Are semaphores more obtainable?
Maybe I have semiphores installed and covered up?🙄😳
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‘58-‘63 are the same turn signals.
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labmission
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| Keith wrote: |
| labmission wrote: |
Turn signals on front fenders are 1958 year only
Are semaphores more obtainable?
Maybe I have semiphores installed and covered up?🙄😳
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‘58-‘63 are the same turn signals. |
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=...ls#5186115
Sharp edge one year only
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labmission
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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No bumper support bar holes on front.
But they’re in the back
This makes me think that if I find semaphores I should get a birth certificate to see if this was a gray market car
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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Canadian car?
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labmission
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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Is this a semaphore wire? Brown
Looks to be going up over the drivers door
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57BLITZ
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: Drama! Saved from the crusher! Only minutes to spare! |
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| labmission wrote: |
Is this a semaphore wire? Brown
Looks to be going up over the drivers door |
Interior light wire is brown . . . runs from the light to the switch in the door jam.
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