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my1973vw
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 Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: Rail Fan? here's your VW fix |
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Here ya go: A VW hard at work...at least traffic isn't a problem....
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joescoolcustoms
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Bet that bus could drift it through a corner with the "steelies" on asphalt.
Wonder what country that is in?
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my1973vw
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:02 am Post subject: |
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| Hmmm RHD....compare with countries having a rail guage width that matches the wheel width of that bus.... |
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Type 5 Joe
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:19 am Post subject: |
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You can tell by the way the rails are fixed to the ties that it is a European track for sure...
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coad 
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Kubelwagens had railroad capability in WWII. Just remove the wheels, install the discs and replace the wheels.
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drscope
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I wonder how difficult it was to get that kubel off the tracks if a train was coming.
So did kubels have lug bolts, or studs & nuts? I would think trying to put the disc and wheel on with lug bolts would be a real pain.
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foxtail1
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Looking at the photos lug bolts.
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coad
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You notice that to fit the width of the rail they had to install the wheel backwards:
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foxtail1
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Damn I even looked at them and didn't even notice....
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Dakota Bug
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| That is an excellent picture of the bus. I have never heard of them being used for such things, but it makes sense, they were used for everything else. |
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Glenn
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Long Island had its share of them in the 60s.
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fig
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| Hmmm RHD....compare with countries having a rail guage width that matches the wheel width of that bus.... |
Where do you get RHD? Actually those didn't have any steering. That one belongs to the Bullikartei in Germany; apparently they have access to 24km or something of private rail track.
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I love those type of VW's...
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Russ Wolfe
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Long Island had its share of them in the 60s.
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Is that where the Jersey Lookers came from with the cut rear wheel wells, to get the reversed rims on them?
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