Mystix VW Phoenix (New video)

[Timelessvehicles]

[Timelessvehicles]

[vwracerdave]

Timelessvehicles, Brad issued a public apology for his mistake and you have no reason to bash him.

I would like to remind both you that The Samba has a dedicated video section to promote your video art and adventures. It is in the General/Chat Forum as a stickie "Video Clips". This would be the correct place to post your video's and adventures about your Phoenix. There will be far more views of your video over on the other forum than here. This forum should be used for technical advise to actually ask questions and seek help about your VW.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=202157
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[slave1pilot]

Not all were destroyed (but you said that LOL)
Gene Winfield has one at his shop.
I stopped by there and checked it out one day on my way home from work.

BTW, the car above and all of the Johnnycabs were built on a bug chassis

and also this one came up for sale a while back
https://www.carscoops.com/2017/05/custom-car-from-total-recall-is-up-for/


and another VW based Taxi is at the Miami museum (is this the one you mentioned?)

https://www.themiamiautomuseum.com/1990-volkswagen-taxi-total-recall-movie-car-c-471.htm
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[slalombuggy]

[Gary0302]

[calebmelvin]

Nice civil thread here. How long until it’s locked?
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[EverettB]

Moderator noted:
It's fine for her to post videos and updates in this thread dedicated to her vehicle.

Some posts with personal insults were removed, this is against the rules.

Let's get back to the topic of the actual vehicle.
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[calebmelvin]

Back to the vehicle...I really like it! Keep working at it and learning, it will be a very cool ride. I'd love to have one.
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[Timelessvehicles]

[Timelessvehicles]

[Timelessvehicles]

[Timelessvehicles]

I wonder why the Mod doesn't just allow us to block other members. Surely This whole shit show would have never happened.

Thats why I NEVER start threads on this website. Its full of trolls who hate on anything that showcases information in a photo or video. Its like people on here don't want to advance in life. Yet I Bet they sit at home all day watching Youtube videos.

[EverettB]

[slave1pilot]

yeah, I initially posted and stated that not all were destroyed, then I reread you post and realized that the second half of your sentence stated that.
I went back and edited later , but apparently it wasn't that clear.
Either way, I wasn't trying to get you worked up into the current tizzy you are in.
I was only trying to give some facts regarding the movie cars.
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1968 Beetle
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[MystixVintageCruisn]

Honestly, this is something I deal with every-time I want to update everyone on my build. As I have said before my ethnicity and demeanor really puts me in positions where I receive a lot of aimless hate and passive aggression. Being someone who grew up during the technological revolution I have always documented myself to take advantage of how far us as humans have evolved.

My happy carefree demeanor is not because I am rich, not because I know what I am doing but because it's what keeps me alive. I work everyday to save up money for my build, and other things I invest my time in. I'm not using any-ones money or waiting for a handout. Do you see a gofundme link or ads on my videos? I don't have a following, I don't make money from this, this is something I am doing as a documentation of my experience as a newbie. I want to share my story with others just like others have shared with me.

I find it comical that although I was appointed this thread to update, share and ask questions about my build earlier someone still had the nerve to try to tell me what to do. This is the passive aggressive behavior I talk about, what is the need to tell me that without being an active part of the thread? Thanks to those that responded to the person. People find it easier to hate when it's a lot of people against one person and it's hard to be the one to stand up, so thanks..

Everyone tells me to share my story with the folks from here. To be honest, there are a lot of good people here and sometimes I spend hours lurking reading posts about other people builds and lives up to the build... I might not comment because I am not mechanically-savvy but I do read.

Just like everyone else posts on here.. I want the right to post here without having my whole thread go to poop.

My vehicle was made in front of someones driveway just like the kit was advertised in the original magazine it was featured on. From my knowledge there aren't many of the movie cars around, I like the movie a lot but my fascination with it isn't about that.

It's nice that someone found photos! I really enjoy seeing things from the 80s. I feel people were way more creative in that period of time. I feel like a lot of people in my generation don't have many original ideas.

Lastly, I was insistent on doing the things the original owner suggested but the mechanics diagnosed something different and told me it was more important to focus on my carburetor. I came ready but was misguided the whole way through, pretty comically sad.

Thanks again to everyone who responded for me. I honestly rather come here and see that my post with an update about my build was ignored instead of responses that are irrelevant to the topic and detrimental to the growth of the site.

I'm a young new owner and I sort of am a representative for my age group and demographic, soon more people my age will retire early and indulge in classics and some of us do things differently but all still want guidance. Keep an open mind. <3
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[MystixVintageCruisn]

[calebmelvin]

[Cammie]

Maybe under out names there should be written health warnings. e.g.
"Posts may contain crankiness, irritability, arrogance or downright rudeness" or "Don't drink and type".

Most people are here to help and learn from each other, though I'm sure there are egos at play. I don't think there is any hate here for you, in fact regarding your gender, ethnicity and demeanor I think people here really don't care and consider it irrelevant. I know its an important part of who you are, but here you're "the one with the Crazy VW Phoenix Bus" and that's just great!

I must admit that on reading Slalombuggy's post I immediately thought "Oops! Thats not what you meant to type!" I believe it was a simple mistake, and easily done especially on a phone with predictive texting enabled.

Generally I have found VW people to be just too damn nice.

So ...back to getting that bus running well. You have our support and hopefully someone local can help out or advise on a decent garage.

Cheers,
Iain

[didget69]