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whobba Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2002 Posts: 871
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:50 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Dude! I've been walking by your house on my daily commute for years, wondering who the fellow VW nut was! Randomly browsing TS, and the mystery is solved. Ha!
And home
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Epilog79 Samba Member
Joined: June 04, 2009 Posts: 217 Location: Tigard,Oregon
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:27 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Whooba, that is so funny, I drive thru that same neighborhood on my way to work at Providence. I too was always curious who the VW aficionado was who lived there. Then the epic trip in the white bug appeared and the mystery was solved. What a great story. Enjoyed the adventure. Xevin, good luck with the rebuild. Its getting close. |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:00 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Epilog79 wrote: |
Whooba, that is so funny, I drive thru that same neighborhood on my way to work at Providence. I too was always curious who the VW aficionado was who lived there. Then the epic trip in the white bug appeared and the mystery was solved. What a great story. Enjoyed the adventure. Xevin, good luck with the rebuild. Its getting close. |
That’s awesome Always wondered if I would stumble upon some of the local ACVW owners in the neighborhood on The Samba. Lots of good ACVW and water cooled folks in our town for sure. _________________ Keep on Busin'
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Damn that Xevin... |
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I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13382 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:24 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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whobba wrote: |
Dude! I've been walking by your house on my daily commute for years, wondering who the fellow VW nut was! Randomly browsing TS, and the mystery is solved. Ha!
And home
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Let me know Kevin's address. I could use some parts off his VW's. Ya know, the ole "midnight auto parts" place. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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Wasted youth Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2012 Posts: 5134 Location: California's Hot and Smoggy Central Valley
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Great read! Looks like you’ll come out way ahead and have a solid engine. Cool you made it home before the problem left you stranded and pissed. |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Got my refurbished carb from Tim today and all I can say is........
Link
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67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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This is going to pair nicely will Bills SVDA. Tim went the distance with this carb to match up with Bills (aka wcfvw69) distributor. This was an OEM DVDA carburetor that Tim refurbished and set up for SVDA. Didn’t know that was a thing until I contacted these two guys. Man they do good work.
Out of the box and unveiled with the local bus boys at our weekly meet up at the Lucky Lab in Portland,OR. NOT A CLUB! Just beer and whatever. All VWs welcome or whatever you driving that day.
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67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:23 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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If you interested in The Lucky Lab. Check this out. Don’t worry buses don’t bite
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...2d072305f5 _________________ Keep on Busin'
67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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More type 1 porn. Many of you know Tim does amazing work. The pictures do not do it justice. But holy shit it’s bad ass.
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67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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sunnydog Samba Member
Joined: September 17, 2012 Posts: 621 Location: SW WA
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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stuartzickefoose wrote: |
Dude! Is that your house?! I've been throwing Gatorade bottles full of pee onto your lawn for years! Randomly browsing TS, and the mystery is solved. Ha! |
_________________ '71 Westy w/ a 1776 singleport, 34P3 & 205Q. Points.
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I appreciate the effort, but this could be the worst video in the history of videos. |
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Stuartzickefoose Samba Post Whore
Joined: February 07, 2008 Posts: 10350 Location: SoCal for now...
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Excellent day to hang with the fellas for a cookout.
And to find a suitable OEM crank for the build. Went through a few
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67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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wonder Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 4 Location: San francisco
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 7:22 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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That's one sexy garage you got. I could do some serious damage in there. |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 8:39 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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My buddies garage is very cool. It’s like being a kid in a candy store.
I finally made it to Avery’s Air-Cooled parts (Kelso,Wa) annual VW gathering. This was its 5th year and I hear it’s getting bigger every year.
Xatie couldn’t make it. But next year we will take her bug. Lots of great people hanging out gawking at eye candy. No awards at this show. It’s just for fun A little plug for the great team at Avery’s.
https://www.averysaircooled.com/
Meet up with the boys at my house and “Carabused” up.
It was packed inside. Two rows of VWs jammed along sidewalk.
And then this
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67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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67rustavenger Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2015 Posts: 9663 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 8:52 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Well shit. I walked right past your westy yesterday. Lol
Total car count was 161. Up from 146 last year.
Jason and the avery's gang put on a great show with lots of give away's and contests.
In one of your pics above. I can just make out the roof line of my 67 next to the green DKW Auto Union van.
Engine blow went 4:37 before it gave up the ghost!
All in all. A good day for friendly conversations with seldom seen friends.
I'll look for ya next year Xevin.
Maybe at the PNW Bug Run. _________________ I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!
There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 9:53 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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67rustavenger wrote: |
Maybe at the PNW Bug Run. |
Yes indeed. We shouldn’t be hard to find _________________ Keep on Busin'
67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:27 am Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Ok Ok. This might be taking much longer of a build then anticipated. Some progress. Xatie not so happy. But in the long run. A quality build that doesn’t cause her issues on the road will be golden. I’m doing this for her. Because she deserves a care free fun bug. Things are balanced and ready for first assembly.
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67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7597
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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These pictures aren’t to exciting. Just more of a progress report.
Dear Journal,
this was a productive week for Mullet. Projection on long block, Thursday 8/23/18.
Geeked out in the solvent tank far to long. Rubber gloves, cleaning tools, and classic rock. Gotta get every nook and cranny right.
More prep. Getting ready for paint. I know powder coat is the way to go. But the money I saved went towards the distributor.
I thought the PO painted over a blue coil to make it look cool. Was pleasantly surprised, it was a black coil. Cleaned up and shot it with a bit of black paint.
Cleaned off the POs overspray from the alternator.
Time to go through the heads.
Touch up the lifters.
Getting really close now.
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67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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67rustavenger Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2015 Posts: 9663 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Who did the balancing work?
I use Steve's in Tigard.
Keep up the good fight brother! _________________ I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!
There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13382 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: “Mullet The Bug” a bugs story. |
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Manufactures date stamp on this Bosch coil is April 1973. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
Follow me on instagram @sparxwerksllc
Decades of VW and VW parts restoration experience.
The Samba member since 2004.
**Now rebuilding throttle bodies for VW's and Porsche's**
**Restored German Bosch distributors for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored German Pierburg fuel pumps for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche fuel pumps or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche distributors or I can restore yours** |
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