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VW BUGS - 6/12/2012 2:38 PM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/12/2012 8:43 PM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/12/2012 8:48 PM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/12/2012 9:25 PM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/12/2012 9:46 PM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/12/2012 9:50 PM   
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I have a small collection of VW bugs and vans which I add to whenever I find something interesting.
I like the unofficial ones best as they're usually a bit different and not quite right.











































We also used to own a rattly old campervan which we travelled and lived in for 3 years.
With our dog.



The upright driving position in that was great, and we often covered 500+K per day.













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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 2:07 AM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 2:30 AM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 2:30 AM   
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I will have one some day, put a roll cage in it and a subaru H-4 turbo.

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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 3:12 AM   
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I will have one some day, put a roll cage in it and a subaru H-4 turbo.


waste of time and money.  won't be any faster or reliable than a built up air cooled engine with a turbo.  and vw guys are becoming purists, show up at a vw show with a subaru engine in there and your balls will get busted.  stick that motor in an early car (67 and earlier) and it will end up in the abortons thread on thesamba.



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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 3:33 AM   
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the bug- the car that can have only 30hp and still be cool.



The Bug and the Kombi are the most awesome cars ever made.
Instantly recognisable by generations and most people either love them or hate them.

I bet just about everyone in the world has owned a VW or knows someone who has.
And has a story to tell about one.


The aircooled flat 4 is a brilliant little machine when maintained and driven properly (which means slow)
A bit hard to get to, especially in the vans/pickups, but so easy to remove and put on the bench.


We used to have a Kombi van for a school bus when I was a kid.
Every morning (and afternoon) we'd put put along windy dirt roads through the forest.
Happy days.


I don't think I'd buy another one any time soon unless it has a fully reconditioned motor, and it'll just be a weekend cruiser in that case.







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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 3:39 AM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 4:00 AM   
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the bug- the car that can have only 30hp and still be cool.



The Bug and the Kombi are the most awesome cars ever made.
Instantly recognisable by generations and most people either love them or hate them.

I bet just about everyone in the world has owned a VW or knows someone who has.
And has a story to tell about one.


The aircooled flat 4 is a brilliant little machine when maintained and driven properly (which means slow)
A bit hard to get to, especially in the vans/pickups, but so easy to remove and put on the bench.


We used to have a Kombi van for a school bus when I was a kid.
Every morning (and afternoon) we'd put put along windy dirt roads through the forest.
Happy days.


I don't think I'd buy another one any time soon unless it has a fully reconditioned motor, and it'll just be a weekend cruiser in that case.







i wouldn't say that.  my friends 67.  1776cc engine.  car is a daily driver




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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 5:03 AM   
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That one seems to have been fiddled with a bit...





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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 5:27 AM   
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Nothing more fun to drive than a bus. In '69, I had a '63 Kombi panel in Dove blue that was my first RC transporter. In '80, I had a '74 bay window in the same color. The Type 4 in it was warmed up a bit, would do wheelies in 2nd and just over 100 on the flat. I'd give my left one for a '67 or earlier panel or single cab.  

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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 5:57 AM   
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Nothing more fun to drive than a bus


Agree.


Unless it's going uphill against the wind.....





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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 4:24 PM   
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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 6:38 PM   
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Yeh I was more referring to a stock motor.
That one seems to have been fiddled with a bit...





bumped the CC up to 1776cc.  bumped the compression ratio up a bit (i think it's 8:1), bigger cam, reworked aftermarket heads, duel 48IDA weber carbs.  
reworked?  just a little. 
still a daily driver though

mine's got a stock engine in it (for now) with aftermarket exhaust.  and i used to thrash on that thing.  60hp and i was doing doughtnuts and burnouts and speed runs.  "street raced" another friend who had a 67 bug at the time.  both of us had stock engines with aftermarket exhaust.  about a 3 mile stretch we were racing off every light, hitting speeds in excess of 45mph!  lol  that was a fun night.


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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 6:52 PM   
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74 std, 1915cc, straight cut & welded gears, fast little bugger.

the seats are kind of comfortable, until you take a turn, it's hard to stay in them. lol

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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 10:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have built a couple VW's when i was young putting 327 chevy motors in them and a rolls front end kit. When the new style bug came out i tried putting one backwards on a chevell frame and using to new big tail lights for head lights in the middle ,my parents got wind of it and stoped me saying i would have gotten to many tickets. I moved on building old willys jeeps and never returned to the VW's. I still think it would have been cool getting passed by a VW on the exspressway at 70 mph going backwards. joe

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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 10:16 PM   
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the only vw i have left:



74 std, 1915cc, straight cut & welded gears, fast little bugger.

the seats are kind of comfortable, until you take a turn, it's hard to stay in them. lol



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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 10:19 PM   
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I miss some of those old-schools cars today...

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Yeah, it was too easy wasn't it?
Pull the body off and put whatever you want on it.





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RE: VW BUGS - 6/13/2012 10:24 PM   
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I have built a couple VW's when i was young putting 327 chevy motors in them and a rolls front end kit. When the new style bug came out i tried putting one backwards on a chevell frame and using to new big tail lights for head lights in the middle ,my parents got wind of it and stoped me saying i would have gotten to many tickets. I moved on building old willys jeeps and never returned to the VW's. I still think it would have been cool getting passed by a VW on the exspressway at 70 mph going backwards. joe



HAHA that would be hilarious! I can picture it


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RE: VW BUGS - 6/14/2012 2:32 AM   
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I have built a couple VW's when i was young putting 327 chevy motors in them and a rolls front end kit. When the new style bug came out i tried putting one backwards on a chevell frame and using to new big tail lights for head lights in the middle ,my parents got wind of it and stoped me saying i would have gotten to many tickets. I moved on building old willys jeeps and never returned to the VW's. I still think it would have been cool getting passed by a VW on the exspressway at 70 mph going backwards. joe



They did that in Sweden with a Saab many many years ago.
Twin V4 motors in the front.... although in this case, in the back, as it was meant to drive backwards....
I'm not sure if it ever drove but it was featured in a couple of magazines, and my dad reckons he saw it once at some car show.

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Also found this..... which I'm not too sure about









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RE: VW BUGS - 6/14/2012 2:34 AM   
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I will have one some day, put a roll cage in it and a subaru H-4 turbo.


waste of time and money.  won't be any faster or reliable than a built up air cooled engine with a turbo.  and vw guys are becoming purists, show up at a vw show with a subaru engine in there and your balls will get busted.  stick that motor in an early car (67 and earlier) and it will end up in the abortons thread on thesamba.



I don't give a crap about anyone else's opinions, its my car, its my tastes. I will put a dodge engine in my vette if I had the dough.

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