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Acab77 Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2015 Posts: 104 Location: Edgwood, WA
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Nice! You are a badass.
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I am driving it as much as possible. That is when I do not break it.
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12858 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:21 am Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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toxicavenger70 Samba Member
Joined: July 28, 2019 Posts: 871 Location: CO
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Acab77 wrote: |
Nice! You are a badass.
toxicavenger70 wrote: |
I am driving it as much as possible. That is when I do not break it.
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I don't know about being a bad ass but I do drive 2 hours a day back and forth to work. |
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supercub Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2010 Posts: 358 Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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We had a pretty mild winter here in southern Wisconsin. A hard rain about a week ago washed the bulk of the salt away so I'm back in the '66 again. I went out this morning before work thinking I would snag the current VW Fun Challenge picture but it turns out I misread "radar antenna" as radio antenna so I'll use the picture here instead. The VW by a defunct Bell microwave transmission antenna retrofitted as a cell phone tower.
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far rider Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2005 Posts: 773 Location: Rutland, VT
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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toxicavenger70 wrote: |
I am driving it as much as possible. That is when I do not break it.
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That picture brings back some great memories- I’m old enough to have bought a bug, new, in 1967. We went skiing all over the northeast in that thing. I loved the muffled sound of the engine driving with a heavily snow covered bug. Good times and good memories. Never got stuck sand always had enough heat:-) _________________ 67 zenith blue sunroof
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toxicavenger70 Samba Member
Joined: July 28, 2019 Posts: 871 Location: CO
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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far rider wrote: |
toxicavenger70 wrote: |
I am driving it as much as possible. That is when I do not break it.
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That picture brings back some great memories- I’m old enough to have bought a bug, new, in 1967. We went skiing all over the northeast in that thing. I loved the muffled sound of the engine driving with a heavily snow covered bug. Good times and good memories. Never got stuck sand always had enough heat:-) |
Glad I could help with the memories. I was born in 1970 so this is a old one for me. LOL |
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Ceckert64 Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2015 Posts: 1963 Location: Manitowoc, WI
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TonyB Samba Member
Joined: December 11, 2018 Posts: 173 Location: Kansas
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Not every day but nice days whenever I can!
car ‘62 ragtop Baja
engine 1800 mini-stroker
trans Stock
tires Frt 185/15 rear 235/15
Edit to complete ...
mpg 24
miles 212
satisfaction level 7
Wish list Steering & Suspension, next winter I'll be changing my beam to an adjustable, with new steering box, tie-rod's springs and shocks
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Tellurius Samba Member
Joined: December 24, 2019 Posts: 93 Location: Cyprus
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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I tried to but got some issues which unfortunately have been difficult to resolve due to issues with mechanics _________________ Aircooled
1971 Volkswagen Beetle 1200 RHD (Euro-spec) delivered to Cyprus |
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VdanielW Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2008 Posts: 414 Location: indio, ca
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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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My daily. Currently though it is torn down getting some tranny work and will be upgrading to fuel injection. 2276 turbo and drive it everywhere.
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T-F-E Samba Member
Joined: September 17, 2019 Posts: 68 Location: Norway
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:00 am Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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The old lady in red is a daily driver from the snow goes away in March/April until it comes back again sometime in November. She was parked on the streets in Oslo for most of her life so her paint is very worn and faded. But she is very solid and is in much better shape than she looks. She was produced in late 1963 but is really a mish mash of various parts from 1961-1966. She is still 6 volt and has a strong 1200 engine from 1965. I don't know how many engines she has gone through, but I suspect that she is on her second or third. She came with 2 blown engines from 1963 when I bought her and I put in the current one. We drive everywhere. To work, car shows, and various daily trips. But we also go on vacation in the summer. Then I rip out the passenger seats and convert her into a one man camper. I have 3 other vintage cars. Two of them is registered and is also driven regularly, but the red lady is driven the most.
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Silver65 Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2020 Posts: 137
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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cb1990s wrote: |
I daily drive my UK 67. It is completely stock running a reconditioned 1200 engine (it's a Sparkafer or base model). I drive about 50-100 miles each week. It lives outside (I wish I had a garage!). Touchwood it has been super reliable so far and starts in the button. I get about 20 UK mpg in the city and 30 on the motorway (about 25 US).
My wishlist is for a full strip and respray as the current paint job is fine, but could definitely be improved upon (it has had one respray 15 years ago).
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7951 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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L633 vw blue.... _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect... |
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EODTECH* Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2020 Posts: 142
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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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My fully restored 63 Typ 1 I drive everyday. It's a 365er. My theory/logic being...when ppl bought these...they couldn't afford a (winter) beater. This was it. $1600 brand new...as opposed to the average American car...$2200+. They're basic, reliable and cheap to maintain. My dad bought a 60 and as he said..."it cost a dollar a pound. $1650." It's all he/we could afford for the first 12 years of my life. But now, w/POR 15 and modern restoration techniques...no requirement for "dealership undercoating" anymore. Among many other things. But I'm a purist. So that applies to "time travel". When I'm in the car...it's 1963 again. Mediocre Bendix Sapphire I, old school SWF wiper blades that only wipe 2/3 of the windshield...the only modern mod I made for safety was 6V LED lamps in the headlight housings. But pure vintage....right down to the looooong gone dealership repro license plate frames. I live on the WET coast...and it barely snows....and when it's stops snowing....it's gone in 30 mins. So I drive it everyday!
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AlteWagen Troll
Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8503 Location: PNW
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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Wow, ten years later and the thread is still going strong! Glad to see the enthusiasm still there but will admit seeing a VW being driven around is down to 1 a month and that was before the pandemic. Seems since times are tough more cars and parts were on the market so maybe in the future there will be a small resurgence of vintage vehicle commuters.
Im sure someone is doing it, any electric conversions out there doing the daily grind?
edit: forgot to put the next in line for daily kid and market duty.
Vehicle: 1956 Type I
Engine: 1585cc dual DRLAs custom 1 3/8 exhaust
Trans: Tunnel 4.37 trans stock gears
Tires: 165s on stock smoothies
mpg: unk no gauge or working odo
Commute: 10 miles round trip to town
Satisfaction: So happy to be driving this thing after 29 long years!!!
Wish list: 2L, 3.87/.89 trans, 2 1/2 dropped spindles and install the top
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Big Bill Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2005 Posts: 1782 Location: Santa Rosa, Ca
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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Hey AlteWagen, you know us we are going to need pictures.... |
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hopkin Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2012 Posts: 2480 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:22 am Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Pretty rare that I get the car out in December, but Santa washed the road salt away with 50 mm of rain on Christmas Eve.
I got the car out of storage (in my garage) to go for a drive. Counting the days until spring....
_________________ 1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
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AlteWagen Troll
Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8503 Location: PNW
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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Big Bill wrote: |
Hey AlteWagen, you know us we are going to need pictures.... |
She aint pretty, but well worth the effort!!!
Little more on the jalopy, engine is a mystery GEX 1600 that was given to me for free, $100 set of dells from Pomona and the experimental equal length high clearance exhaust . The trans was also free due to no first gear. All brakes are new as are the tires.
Should be able to enjoy this spring for a long trip, CANT WAIT!!!!! _________________ Grapes of Wrath $200 Engine Rebuild
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Big Bill Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2005 Posts: 1782 Location: Santa Rosa, Ca
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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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Nice has a lot on potential, I would like to get a Convert. VW someday. Ha ha my last Bus had a mystery GEX engine in it when I bought it and I thought oh crap I will be changing this engine out sooner than later....I was wrong I ran it for the 5 years I owned the bus and it ran great. Honestly one of the best VW engines I have ever owned. |
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AlteWagen Troll
Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8503 Location: PNW
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone still driving their VW daily? |
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quickly realizing a vert with no top is not going to work DD in WA so the bus has stepped up. Putting a few hundred miles a week on it since January moving stuff from storage, picking up hay/feed/shavings for the livestock, construction materials for the new place and regular treks to local nature zones.
I know its not a beetle but it has a type I engine and is being driven daily!
getting only 20mpg these days on the worn out 1699. 205/55 BFG still holding on and cruising nicely on the back roads with the 4.12/.82 combo.
Wishlist: Better wipers, new link pins or bay front beam, get the 2180 in there, diesel heater.
Update on the 1960 bug which started this thread has fallen victim to the areas worst....barn mice. Little bastards chewed right threw the main loom and had a huge nest on the ignition switch which is beyond wasted. Replacement far down on the farm list these days but will be back!!!!
Dont know whether to put in the filler panels or if they would cause more damage. Its pretty easy to wash out the mud with them out for sure. Anyone have any large bus mud flaps they are getting rid of??
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