Subdeacon Joe Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 It can’t be a lacewing, no wings. Lacebody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Prettiest roll cage I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 A lacey VW? Herbie does not approve. (My son and I own this one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 How did you get it back together? I remember it coming apart in the middle, on a mountain road, in the second Love Bug movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 TOO COLD !!!! Don't keep da Snow out nor da Heat In !!! Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 said: TOO COLD !!!! Don't keep da Snow out nor da Heat In !!! Jabez Cowboy Not much snow in most of Mexico.... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Alpo said: How did you get it back together? I remember it coming apart in the middle, on a mountain road, in the second Love Bug movie. JB weld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 12 hours ago, Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 said: TOO COLD !!!! Don't keep da Snow out nor da Heat In !!! Jabez Cowboy They don't have heat!! That's why we all carried a Firestone scraper to keep the inside windshield frost free!! If you lived in New England, heat was a definite misnomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 22 hours ago, Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 said: TOO COLD !!!! Don't keep da Snow out nor da Heat In !!! Jabez Cowboy Herbie is sleeping right now, covered with a nice blankie, in a heated storage facility, while he dreams of spring, car shows s, rallies, and drives with his buddy Ian, AKA Big Red.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 What year is it, Cold Lake? At one time I owned a new '70, and then later a used '71 Super Beetle. Wasn't a big fan of those early McPherson suspensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I have had three of Germany's exports. I bought a 1949 from a fellow worker. One day I woke up to a snow storm with about two feet of snow. Got in crancked it up and when I tried to pull away from the curb, the snow piled up under the front wheels so I couls not steer. Took the bus that morning. Had a 1972 I bought used, near new. That thing would go anywhere. Sold it for a vw bus to haul my daughters and their friends around. That thing would climb a tree if you asked nicely. Easiest driving car I have ever owned. BUT, there is always that ugly but, only thin sheet metal out in front so if you had a head on, big ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I still got a gasoline heater for one. Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 if i had found one of those gasoline heaters for my 77 kombi i would still have it , nut inside scraper and no heat did not work up here - but i loved that chartreuse camper ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, watab kid said: if i had found one of those gasoline heaters for my 77 kombi i would still have it , nut inside scraper and no heat did not work up here - but i loved that chartreuse camper ............. Was that the one called the Wild Westerner or something like that? I had one in my in my bus. Girls loved it. It was blue, green, and a vile green or yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 22 hours ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: What year is it, Cold Lake? At one time I owned a new '70, and then later a used '71 Super Beetle. Wasn't a big fan of those early McPherson suspensions It's a 1962. It was originally registered in Delaware, then moved to Montana, where, because of an oil leak, didn't get put back on the road and was used in fields, pushing cattle. We imported it to Canada and steamed about 12 inches of oil soaked mud off the engine etc. (They didn't change the oil, just kept adding.) We took the car apart, gutted it, cleaned and painted it, repairing any rust holes. It wasn't in too bad condition given it's age how it had been used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 The front ends on the original design beetles was almost bullet proof. Picked up a book about them called "Small Wonder". It even had some hints in it about how to get the heat distributed in that non-liquid cooled system. My '70 was a dark green color with black leatherette interior. The super was a light yellow with black leatherette. I later got a Rabbit that was very quick for it's size. However, it kept getting homesick for the dealer ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Once upon a time I had a 411 fastback. Heater burned gasoline from the same tank as the engine. Never was brave enough to see if it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 14 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Once upon a time I had a 411 fastback. Heater burned gasoline from the same tank as the engine. Never was brave enough to see if it worked. I had one in the '66 Beetle I had, when I got married. It worked great and could almost cook you out, (No thermostat, just ON/OFF) and that was in a cold Canadian winter including winter exercises at Garrison Petawawa. Main trouble in cold weather was always the 6 volt battery always going flat in cold weather. I put carry a carry strap on it and used to bring it into the building in winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Wonder when they went 12 volt systems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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