- 1. VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:40:30 -0400
- Not sure what to make of it, but #1 son (age 17) just bought himself a 1968 VW Micro Bus... "with shovels and rakes & implements of distruction." It's actually in really good unrusted shape. This is
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00462.html (7,319 bytes)
- 2. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:57:42 -0700
- Not to give your son any ideas, but... I did see in an issue of VW world someone who transplanted a Porche 911 flat six into a microbus. Made quite an interesting custom. -=Chris <--Original Message-
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00463.html (8,310 bytes)
- 3. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:24:08 EDT
- Not to give your son any ideas, but... I did see in an issue of VW world someone who transplanted a Porche 911 flat six into a microbus. Made quite an interesting custom. . Probably easier than the f
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00465.html (7,771 bytes)
- 4. RE: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:28:27 +0100
- I once assisted in mating a 'breathed on' MGB engine to a VW Microbus gearbox for a mid engined single seat circuit racing toy. Beware - they can be mounted upside down - don't ask! Guy R Day Not to
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00466.html (8,879 bytes)
- 5. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:36:43 EDT
- I once assisted in mating a 'breathed on' MGB engine to a VW Microbus gearbox for a mid engined single seat circuit racing toy. Beware - they can be mounted upside down - don't ask! Guy R Day . So yo
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00467.html (7,943 bytes)
- 6. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:40:46 -0700
- Hi George, I had a VW Micro Bus, think it was a '56. It was absolutely unfazed by any snow in the winter! Would go anywhere, plowed or unplowed roads. Of course, the heater had 50% more output than t
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00468.html (8,957 bytes)
- 7. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:14:08 -0400
- When I was in college a friend of mine owned a mid-sixties VW bus. He quickly tired of the anemic power output of the stock VW drivetrain. So.....he pulled the VW engine and transaxle and installed
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00470.html (8,083 bytes)
- 8. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:38:14 -0700
- Oh, worse than little-to-no heat... ... buddy of mine had one of these in my early college years when I lived in Michigan. That thing had it's own micro-climate and even with 3 or 4 guys in it, you s
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00471.html (9,231 bytes)
- 9. RE: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:34:16 -0500
- Ahh... but y'all are forgetting about the optional gas heaters.... Seriously good heat. A little scary in theory, but, functionally, very good. A VW bus has the skillof a mountain goat as far as deep
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00474.html (9,713 bytes)
- 10. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
- Boy, I bet that handled like .. . er .. a vastly overpowered brick that would make today's SUVs look like bastions of stability the first time it hit a corner or a 50 mph crosswind ;-) OTOH, the whee
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00475.html (8,769 bytes)
- 11. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:09:02 -0400
- Actually with all that weight located down low in the center of the vehicle the handling was better than stock. Stopping was a whole 'nuther can of worms though..... :-) Check out the new British Car
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00476.html (9,128 bytes)
- 12. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:20:02 -0400
- Once we started having kids, we had VW busses from 72 thru about 86. First one had dual carbs on a PorcheWagon pancake engine. Next we got into injection. The worst of the bunch was the Vanagon -- le
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00478.html (9,156 bytes)
- 13. RE: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:39:15 +0100
- So you never owned a Land Rover. Guy R Day --Original Message-- From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of gerard Sent: 23 August 2004 17:38 To: George
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00482.html (9,182 bytes)
- 14. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:38:54 -0700
- I had a 1968 Porsche 911 with that optional gas heater. Never had the guts to light it :-) Larry Miller Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumI
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00486.html (8,181 bytes)
- 15. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:05:17 -0400
- Ah yes, we stuck a 389 Potiac motor in a bus once. What a ride, we had a ball almost all day ;) -- Frank Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumI
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00489.html (8,232 bytes)
- 16. RE: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:03:09 -0700
- I had a 68 Camper in the good old days, it almost could keep the windows clear in the winter without the gas heater. I read a lot of these me too, fun car, put a blown chevy in it storys. How about t
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00496.html (8,972 bytes)
- 17. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:08:34 -0700
- Especially if her father reads the bumper sticker "If Its a Rock'n Don't Come a Knock'n" (& remembers his VW bus!) Jim Rogers San Juan Capistrano, CA '70 VW bus in college, barely made over the hill
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00497.html (8,427 bytes)
- 18. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:02:39 -0400
- My step-son just returned from a cross country trip, including California and Mexico. He bought a 90 Westphalia just before he left. Apparently ran greeat and they had the proverbial blast. No word y
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00524.html (9,249 bytes)
- 19. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:40:09 -0700 (PDT)
- I would have figured you for a VW bus somewhere in your past with a mandatory Deadhead decal ;-). Saw one a few years ago with a bunch of later-day tie-died Deadheads with a "Gone Phishin'" sign in
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00526.html (8,565 bytes)
- 20. Re: VW Micro Bus (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:45:41 -0400
- My VDub was a Beetle Convertible. Loved that little boonie bomber. Why I hardly remember a number of trips to the boonies, Sitting on the back of the seat, steering with the toes, (at idle of course)
- /html/spridgets/2004-08/msg00527.html (9,683 bytes)
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