Dirty_Vinylpusher

If you ever do make it to Australia be sure to look me up.
I think we could kill an afternoon over a beer or 10

The_Shark

well, i guess if you have the money and willing to take the time, why not? (i guess mother nature will be pissed though) I go every 2k with synthetic oil in my baby, and it comes out pretty clean when I drain it.

but honestly, I don't think too much good would come from changing it once a week vs every 2K miles, the oil filter is able to filter out pretty much everything during that time.

The_Shark

can do, little by little I will make it there, I'm going to save almost every red cent and take out a student loan. I have to find out where I will locate though.

elven wizard

Here's pictures of the Hyundai's Accent's. On the second page I said about the one Hyundai was nearing 500,000 miles. I checked the odometer and it needs another 50,000 miles more to reach that. All these Hyundai's have the original engine's.

98 Hyundai Accent



odometer



dash



Engine always kept clean. Everything else around the engine has been replaced. Starter, alternater, belts, spark plug wires, chassis - 2 sets of shocks, radiater, battery, hoses, fuel pump ( was still working at 400,000 miles changed for safe keeping) fuel injectors are original. once a week oil changes !


a well pitted hood - that hood has seen lots and lots of miles



2005 Hyundai Accent - my other driver



barely broken in, it has baby miles still. Around 200,000 this car will start to be broken in




2005 have a slightly bigger Hyundai engine than the 98


97 Hyundai Accent



196,374 runs like a bat out of hell !



Jack in the box antenna ornament. Been 3 years on there. Longest lasting Jack ornament that hasn't been stolen - kinda nice



Beanie still intact after all the hard weather conditions. Sun, rain, high winds amazing !



My other VW. 1974 VW 412

I really get looks in this car.
One old guy I know calls it the "Hitler car" another old guy starts talking in German, he really gets emotional when he see's it, like old world German talk. Wish I can understand what he says.
Another person says here comes the Panama Noriega car. People literally stop and stare when I drive it in town. Sometimes when I come out of the store there's always people standing around it.
I am always asked "can I see the engine" ? When I lift up the front hood the shock I see on there faces. [X(] Then I take them to the back of the car, point to the cargo area and say "were is the engine" ? There in awe like "were is the engine that powers this thing" ?? A lot of people don't know about these cars.

This car has a Eberspächer gas heater.

Engine's in these are also a Porsche 914.



Like my paint job. This was from a box of paint cans. No orange peel by the way. Ewwwww hate orange peel. Also no runs

lee172

I dont know about the US, but in the UK, VW guys have crappy taste, i actually like VW's but when some pleb sticks a bonnet bra on his pride and joy it makes me laugh.

I therefore dread to think what abominations would appear at a VW event, sticking the 'wrong' engine in is the least of their problems.

suburban_hooligan

not calling you a lier, but given the evidence, i find that very hard to believe.



wow, you don't see those everyday. im not even sure they sold those in the US. cool
and props on the heater

suburban_hooligan

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you say that know. but when you show up at avw event.

I dont know about the US, but in the UK, VW guyshave crappy taste, i actually like VW's but when some pleb sticks a bonnet braon his pride and joy it makes me laugh.

I therefore dread to think what abominations wouldappear at a VW event, sticking the 'wrong' engine in is the least of theirproblems.

we don't allow bad taste. well aside from those volksrod idiots. we just kind of roll our eyes or *facepalm* at those things. 99% of them would be better used as scrap metal. some of them probably aren't even safe to be driving.but when it comes to the main scene we keep sheet metal stock or as close to it as possible. we typically only use original or original repop accessories. we typically stick to traditional one or two color paint jobs. we typically stick to traditional wheels. we typically run stock interiors (with aftermarket stereos, but usually don't get to crazy withthem). engines are where we get crazy. if you're not going to roll it stock maybe with original performance parts keeping it era correct, then you want something with mega power and a set of duel IDA weber carb's. or maybe even a turbo.
things have gotten kinda strict as far as modifications. cutting the factory hole in your dash to use a modern head unit almost nominates you for a dumbass award. vw guys out here tend to stick to tradition and build with traditional parts. not a lot of weirdness or strange alterations. the credo seems to be "if you can't turn it back to factory stock with basic hands tools, don't do it."


the V8 scene is kind of the same way out here.i guess "resto mods" are popular elsewhere in the country, but if you hit a show out here in so cal you'd never know it. you see it every show. somebody will see a car they seem to like. they walk up, check it out, notice it has 17" wheels, a modern stereo in the dash, disc brakes a modern engine. they then turn up there noses and walk away wondering how someone could defile a chevelle like that. seems the thing to do here is build the cars era correct cars. traditional is the style all car cultures seem to stick to out here. been that way for a while now.

the vintage import guys are even getting in on it.

elven wizard

suburban_hooligan yup it's a one of a kind. The 412 drives very smooth on the highway. You might say a comfy kind of a ride. Steering is fun being so light up front. Seats have a heavy well made feeling to it. These were fantastic cars.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

My mum used to have one of these way back in the day.

I put my elbow through the front guard where it had rusted out around the aerial.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3RD-hG4nbc[/youtube]

Love these old car commercials.





Here's another cool one.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB0lb401ZU[/youtube]

elven wizard

That video saying the VW is covered with 13 pounds of paint. I still see VW's around town with the original paint and still holding up. Also VW's famous vacuum sealed door shut sound. Like's it's air locked inside. Amazing how sealed tight these cars are.

The_Shark

daaaaaamn elven, making a hyundia last almost 500K??? thats a mixture of easy driving, great maintenance and luck. did the sub-frame rust out yet?

yes I know suburban Hooligan, hard to believe, I'm a rare breed where I actually like intellectual music, small cars, and respect women and still remain the way god intended. my mother IS my father figure and nurturer, my father is a living warning, he is weak, he is deceptive, he is lazy, I can only think of a handful of times he didn't disappoint me.

elven wizard

Yup Shark talked to the Hyundai company to put it in a commercial. They checked the vin, and smog tests and they said yup it's got the original engine. They got really excited. It's driven close to 100 miles a day. Can't wait till it hits 500,000 miles. It's runs fantastic. Were just going to keep running and running and running it. People said it would die at 150,000 cause it's a Hyundai engine, nope then they said 250,000 nope now it's at 452,041. Remarkable !

About the rust there's not rust underneath, just were area's like the bolts around the engine. Plastic parts like the speaker cover in the back of the hatch have cracked and disintegrated and other small plastic parts. Some plastics just tend to fade and dry out were sun hit's it the most.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

2 more pics.


The fist one is a creation we came across on our travels.
I guess the old bus was beyond repair so they stuck it on the back of that truck....

The second is from some newspaper around the time when the new Beetle was being released.

elven wizard

There's a VW Bug around town were the guy chopped the body were back seat was and put a flatbed. It's a VW bug truck now. It looks something like this

eddieC

My Feedback: (2)

Elven, PLEASE, it's 'where', not 'were' . Big difference, especialyy for a pseudo-intellectual.

Saw this at the airport just yesterday:

elven wizard

eddieC, I didnt do to good in engish class. I was alseep That Squareback looks like a 73 or 74 version. If you havent had a chance to drive one there unlike any other car out there. At certain speeds The Squareback just floats and is so smooth. Smoother than the Cadillac I use to have. This is because it's so light. It's quite an amazing feeling.

eddieC

My Feedback: (2)

You were better than me. I was just high.   

A buddy had a squareback in HS, a great car.

elven wizard

Ha, in my High school seems like everyone was high on something. Man those were wild years !

hsukaria

Shark, you've got issues man!!!

It's amazing what doctors can do with medications these days.

But seriously, get yourself a '63 Karman Ghia, it will solve your "issues". It worked for me.

elven wizard

Karman Ghia is one of the most beautiful cars ever made

suburban_hooligan

^^^ hacked rag!

kaiser01

TYPE 34 ghia, the ugly duckling, but cool as heck.

suburban_hooligan

i think this thread needs race cars

hsukaria

Oh Yeah!!! Bring them on!!!

Looking at the original post...comfortable seats... The '63 Ghia I had many years ago had been sitting abandoned for a few years before I bought it from the owner. Everytime I sat in it before the restoration, I would get skin itching all over my body[:@]. The old seats had STRAW over metal springs, no foam in those days. The straw must have got something nasty in them from rotting that caused my skin to itch so bad. Needless to say, the seats were not re-used for the restoration.

elven wizard

Very nice pictures. My BMW 320i had that seat problem. I was told it was horse hair in those seats.