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jinx758
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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Also ...
Have heard good things about Fluid Film but only if applied by owner as some shops miss areas. Heck - not their car.
Nasty, dirty job too.
Glad yo enjoy the drive & are taking care of the ride.
Food for thought ... stay safe
jinx
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OldSchoolVW's 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:41 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| baldessariclan wrote: |
| The car worked so well in the snow and cold though -- really wish I could use it as a winter car! Would be a pretty big effort to thoroughly "corrosion proof" it to point where I'd be comfortable driving it in the salt all the time, though - *sigh* |
Perhaps you could acquire a "winter Bug" ... something to bomb around in during the winter months. Wouldn't need to be pretty, just structurally and mechanically sound. An excuse to built a Class 11 if that appeals to you. 
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baldessariclan
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| OldSchoolVW's wrote: |
| Perhaps you could acquire a "winter Bug" ... something to bomb around in during the winter months. Wouldn't need to be pretty, just structurally and mechanically sound. An excuse to built a Class 11 if that appeals to you. |
Yeah, that's something I've thought about in the past -- and I am a fan of Class 11 bajas as well! One of my old college buddies has on he runs in Colorado, which I really like:
That said, unfortunately the need & desire for lifted off-road rigs is fairly minimal here in KS (i.e. the only state where you can watch your dog run away for two days...  ).
Still something to consider for the future, though, whenever I get some more spare time, room, and $$$...
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Cusser
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:47 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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I drove my 1971 Convertible yesterday, went nowhere special. I'm in Arizona, weather was great, so I drive it routinely.
I think I'll stop posting in this thread unless I go somewhere noteworthy....
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alex857
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Took my Mexicans out in the sun on this beautiful sunny weekend:
My 1983 Special Bug to the Solitude Race Track near Stutgart
My 1983 Selvas Green anticipating nature´s colors in about 8 weeks:
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alex857
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Today, it was the 1984 Velvet Red Beetle´s turn:
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jinx758
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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@ Alex857 ...
Nice herd !
Glad you're enjoying 'em.
Best to you ... stay safe
jinx
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" It's not valuable unless you learn something from an experience. " Henry Ford
It's not unlike the same difference
You can't push a rope
VALVES (cold)
POINTS
TIMING
CARB (fully warmed engine)
SCRAPE ALL GROUNDS
My Craigslist rescued 100 footer :
1971 Standard Bug
1776cc dual port
034 distributor
38mm EGAS Carburetor |
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2ezzy
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:09 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| i drove mine to the beach, then a couple flea markets, put her back in the shop |
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OTTO 1303
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Early morning stroll through “downtown” Lafayette
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Gr0unded
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Drove the '76 a bit this afternoon to stretch its legs. It bogged down and shut off about a 1/3 of the way through the drive....figured it was some bad gas. It ran fine the rest of the drive, the four large tip Rally exhaust sounds great!
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chinny22
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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This has been my daily driver since about July last year. Doing roughly 100KM round trip to work and back.
74 Superbeetle L mum's owned since new and promised to me when I was about 5.
Friday got a wave from young bloke on a Honda 250 and thumbs up from a 70's Ford F250 in very nice condition. |
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Cusser
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vamram
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| chinny22 wrote: |
74 Superbeetle L mum's owned since new and promised to me when I was about 5.
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It's a beauty! Gotta ask - what are you expecting to hit w/that front railing setup??
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kpf
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| vamram wrote: |
| It's a beauty! Gotta ask - what are you expecting to hit w/that front railing setup?? |
I'm guessing Kangaroo.
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chinny22
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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[quote="vamram"]
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74 Superbeetle L mum's owned since new and promised to me when I was about 5.
It's a beauty! Gotta ask - what are you expecting to hit w/that front railing setup?? |
Parents were sick of being cut off back in the 70's. After the roo bar people took the VW more seriously, it worked! |
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MountainBeetle
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Drove to a dog-friendly Argentinian restaurant in Edinburgh called Gaucho for my mum’s birthday. Good weather but parked in a nondescript multi-storey. |
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vamram
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Nice! Hope you had a couple of empanadas and a churrasco con chimichurri.
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Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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MountainBeetle
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| I love empanadas but didn’t spot them on the menu (they are there though as I saw after). I did however indeed have Churrasco de lomo with “Firecracker chimichurri”! |
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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My wife and I took off on a cruise after fixing a fuel leak. We got it all wound up to 65 mph and 35 miles of mixed city highway driving. We stopped to get a quick pic and I felt just like a stranger in a strange land. Zoom in.
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vamram
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:14 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Great song, wonder if he ever imagined his lyrics would ring even more true 50 years later. Oh nice car too!
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Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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