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Post by billhammond on Mar 29, 2015 17:59:36 GMT -5
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Post by dradtke on Mar 29, 2015 18:07:56 GMT -5
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 29, 2015 18:27:01 GMT -5
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Post by jdd2 on Mar 29, 2015 18:35:33 GMT -5
If I was doing 140+ on dirt I'd keep both hands on the wheel.
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Post by millring on Mar 29, 2015 18:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by Doug on Mar 29, 2015 18:51:44 GMT -5
 The first race was a little wonky. My 67 will make it to over 60 in a quarter mile. But getting from 60 to 80 requires pedal to the metal for about 2 miles after you get to 60. To make it more sproting they should have run a '65 356 vs a '65 bug.
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Post by billhammond on Mar 29, 2015 19:02:21 GMT -5
The first race was a little wonky. My 67 will make it to over 60 in a quarter mile. But getting from 60 to 80 requires pedal to the metal for about 2 miles after you get to 60. To make it more sproting they should have run a '65 356 vs a '65 bug. Bitch, bitch, bitch ... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 20:33:51 GMT -5
The first race was a little wonky. My 67 will make it to over 60 in a quarter mile. But getting from 60 to 80 requires pedal to the metal for about 2 miles after you get to 60. To make it more sproting they should have run a '65 356 vs a '65 bug. I always like it when they make it more sproting. |
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Post by drlj on Mar 29, 2015 20:49:24 GMT -5
My 1st car was a 1967 Beetle. I loved that car.
It is the only car I have ever owned that I sold for more than I paid for it.
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Post by billhammond on Mar 29, 2015 21:33:49 GMT -5
My 1st car was a 1967 Beetle. I loved that car. It is the only car I have ever owned that I sold for more than I paid for it. My first car was also a Beetle, the first year they went from 36 to 40 horsepower -- wooo weee!!! The motor eventually gave out and I was at a loss as to what to do. At that time, during my senior year in high school, I spent a lot of time hanging out at a gas station near school that was the only place in town that specialized in working on foreign cars. A buddy had an A-H Sprite and we spent so much time at this gas station that we were practically on the payroll -- we would pump gas and do other grunt work in exchange for free lift time, etc. So the owner of this place, Chuck, came across an Offenhauser adapter plate that would allow my Bug to be converted to Corvair power, and I located a junk Corvair motor and bought it, amounting to a ONE HUNDRED HORSEPOWER increase. One wrinkle was that the Corvair motor spun in the opposite direction from the VW's, so we had to swap the transaxle tubes from right to left to make the pinion gear work correctly. One other problem was that the bonnet lid would not close properly because the Corvair had an alternator in the way, so we just rigged up a bracket to keep it ajar without damaging the alternator. For a few weeks, I had the fastest Beetle in Wisconsin, but the Corvair motor was ill, too, and finally succumbed. Before it did, I had some mind-blowing rides, though. I remember that first gear was useless -- I started in second and could wait until 80 to shift into fourth, at which point the front end started coming off the ground. Freaky. So when that motor blew up, I ripped it out and put an ad in the paper for a motorless VW, and whaddayaknow, some guy bought it whose high school shop project had been to rebuild a VW engine. I guess I forgot to tell him about the transaxle tubes, and he was mightily pissed when he called to tell me he had put the motor in and he had four speeds in reverse. He did not seem amused, either, by my suggestion that he just turn the body around. |
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Post by millring on Mar 29, 2015 21:36:46 GMT -5
One wrinkle was that the Corvair motor spun in the opposite direction from the VW's, so we had to swap the transaxle tubes from right to left to make the pinion gear work correctly. I am SO reminded of the time I repaired my bathroom faucet and accidentally switched around the hot and cold handles. I was TOTALLY flummoxed for weeks. I eventually adapted. |
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Post by frazer on Mar 29, 2015 21:43:43 GMT -5
My 1st car was a 1967 Beetle. I loved that car. It is the only car I have ever owned that I sold for more than I paid for it. My first car was also a Beetle, the first year they went from 36 to 40 horsepower -- wooo weee!!! . Hey! My first car was an orange '73 Beetle with a woefully underpowered 1200 cc engine. It got me through college though, by some miracle. In all honesty, it was a crappy car, though I loved it. |
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Post by Doug on Mar 29, 2015 23:24:40 GMT -5
My first car was also a Beetle, the first year they went from 36 to 40 horsepower -- wooo weee!!! . Hey! My first car was an orange '73 Beetle with a woefully underpowered 1200 cc engine. It got me through college though, by some miracle. In all honesty, it was a crappy car, though I loved it. In US he 73 was up to 60 hp 1600. First year of the 40 hp was 61. I don't remember when the 25hp went to the 36hp. 1200 40hp from 61-64 then 1300 66, 1500 67 1600 single port 68-70 1600 duel port 71 on. |
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Post by RickW on Mar 30, 2015 0:48:26 GMT -5
My second car was a 67 beetle. It got me around, but, well, stranded me at times. I got in once, and the welds that hold the pedals up broke off from rust, a common problem, and fell to the floor when I put my foot on the brake. Fortunately, I was in a parking lot.
Then I had a generator problem. I replaced it. That evening, I was driving over a bridge when I heard a thump, and the generator light came on again. Cursing, I pulled over on the far side of the bridge, and found that the generator belt had broken. A local gas station actually had one, and I brought it back, and tried to wrestle it on. I thought it might be easier somehow if the car was in neutral, as I'd be able to turn the pullies by hand. So I got in and pulled on the emergency brake, prior to taking it out of gear. The brake cables broke, also rusted out, and the break handle was left pointing straight up at the roof. After more cursing and swearing, I went back to engine, and wrestled the belt on, ( I had no tools.) I climbed in, and went to put my key in the ignition. The ignition block fell backwards, into the dashboard. I had to open the hood, reach in and grab it, then reach in through the window and turn the key. I actually got it started, and drove away.
I eventually crashed it into the back of a Volvo, (at a much later date.) The bug crumbled like a paper towel. Volvo had a scratched bumper.
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Post by Marshall on Mar 30, 2015 5:57:48 GMT -5
. . . , and I located a junk Corvair motor and bought it, amounting to a ONE HUNDRED HORSEPOWER increase. . . . , As a former Corvair owner, the conclusion of this story was inevitable. . . . , but funny. |
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Post by drlj on Mar 30, 2015 7:51:24 GMT -5
As I recall, the 67 Beetle was the first to have a gas gauge, too. My brother had a 65 or a 66 and all he had was a lever under the seat that he would flip when the engine started to chug. That gave him a gallon of gas and told him to get to a station. He viewed my Beetle as very modern.
I froze in the winter because the heater was rigged to the gas pedal. If you took your foot off, the heat stopped flowing. At stop light it went into neutral so I could keep the gas pedal down.
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Post by fauxmaha on Mar 30, 2015 7:59:08 GMT -5
My first car was a '70 Beetle. Total rust bucket. I pop-riveted pieces of old road signs into the floor to try to keep it together.
It really is amazing how much more durable cars have become. When I had the '70, it was a 15 year old car and it was shot. Today, there are countless thousands of 2000 model year cars out there that are still in perfectly good shape.
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Post by Marshall on Mar 30, 2015 9:40:09 GMT -5
. . . , I pop-riveted pieces of old road signs into the floor to try to keep it together. . . . , <purloined> |
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