GeoJack Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I wasn't in the market for a car but when I saw this come up on a local Facebook page I couldn't resist. $1500 and she runs like a champ. Needs interior and a few other items but should be on the road this weekend. Fun times. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Dang, I LIKE IT ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Sweeeeeet! Funny, I never gave the old vw's a second thought. Until I bought the buggy...now I love them and all their quirky weirdness. I hope to find a bug someday to fix up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I had a Super Beetle back in the late 70s, one great little bug!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azdigger Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I used to have a VW trike, I worked on it so much...If I walked towards it with wrenches in my hand it started loosening up. Loved the trike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Forgot how much fun they are, have owned four, 2 1959 panel vans (wish I still had those) 1 - 1959 bug with cloth sunroof and a 1972 Super Beetle I drove off the show room floor in San Jose in '72 just before I went to Vietnam. My whole family owned bugs. Great remembering all the tuning tricks and how friggin easy they are to work on. Now to sell my TR6. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Jack, have you named it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Karma 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Sweet find!!! They are rarely seen on the roads anymore. I remember how many were out there back in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Bombing around the sub-division now in it. Had the bypass air valve missing and the auto choke was off about 180 so it was running with the choke on. Got my side rails and roof rack coming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 (edited) Now I've gone and done it, Facebook is such a bad place to hang out, saw this post yesterday and I couldn't help myself. Fully rebuild 1910 with 20 hours on the motor. Should make that 1500 coming out feel like a law mower engine. Now I have to worry about the tranny. Will definitely get me to the desert faster. Edited March 5, 2019 by GeoJack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Missed all this while I was on "vacation.." Nice.. Bummer about the TR6, but like all things automotively neat it needs driven or turns into a money pit.. I need to make the same decision real soon abt my scoot.. Haven't been riding lately cos of this con sarn newfangled balance problem I've recently been blessed with, which is really kinda silly since I feel safer riding these days than I do walking.. The issue though isn't so much about riding as it is about what happens after I dismount..? Purt weird walkin' around on inch thick uneven rubber blocks that can't be felt through the numbness, lemme tell ya.. Swamp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 Well it turns out the seller wasn't truthful. Wanted another $500 to drive 3 hours to meet up with me. Tosser. Al, Neropapthy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondmn Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Thats alot of cash for a meeting...... maybe something will work out. remember I had to put a camber compensator on it to help the rear axles on my 58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 4:34 PM, GeoJack said: Al, Neropapthy? I tried to PM this to you.. Guess you either have a full thing or have it turned off.. That's ok though -- when I hopped back onto the forums I'd said I'd write an explanation to all about my absence.. Never did.. Well, here's the Cliff's Notes version: Yo, Haven't been logged on for a while -- since that post, actually.. Thought I'd told you about this..? Oh, it probably "got lost" when the Polymyaliga Rheumatica (sp) hit I bet; that's what I talked about in the forum.. I'd had the tinglings & minor numbness for a couple / few years prior to the Polymyaliga BS but it was sooo minor I didn't even try to find out what was going on.. That all changed a year ago November.. Within a matter of weeks I went from my big toes being numb sometimes to everything below my ankles being numb.. It was kinda a last straw for me at that time.. I could hardly walk without feeling like I was gonna fall over.. I stopped all online activities.. I stopped detecting cos I couldn't trust my balance along with the no feeling.. Got major depressed -- had a really great pity party goin' on for a while.. Thought I'd snapped out of it when I got back into the forums around December.. Started hittin' the beach again.. Thought the walking & detect was helping.. I don't think that's the case.. A couple days after I go out things get worse than they had been.. Hasn't stopped me from goin' out, yet, but the issue now is I'm getting the "creep"crap they talk about.. The numbness is moving up my legs.. It's almost to my knees.. I'm trying to ignore it, but don't know how long I can.. I think it's starting to come back in my hands too, which is where it started back when but then 'fell' into my feet -- which wasn't an issue there either until just over a year ago.. Hey man, I'm well aware of all the dumb crap I did to myself with chemicals & toxins back during my indestructable-worker days, and I did have a purt good head / back injury that could be responsible for this too.. Guess I figured I'd never live long enough to have it all catch up with me.. I sure fooled all of 'em, including myself -- HA! That's the story.. I just have a real hard time being inactive against my will is all.. That's what gets me down the most.. L8r, Al 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Al, CBD's. Been working for me. Back to the baja, new tires and rims. Motor being done and ready about the end of the month. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Looking good! What size engine did you have built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Thanks Dave. 1915, being built later this month. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 If you are looking for some nice tires at a nice price, Federal Couragia M/T Mud-Terrain Tire- LT235/75R15 6 PR through WalMart for $111.00 free freight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Dave Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 39 minutes ago, GeoJack said: If you are looking for some nice tires at a nice price, Federal Couragia M/T Mud-Terrain Tire- LT235/75R15 6 PR through WalMart for $111.00 free freight. I will need new tires this year. I have some knobby 31's on the rear, but I need something less aggressive for the front. With no fenders on Patches I throw stuff all over myself A 1915 is a nice step up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 She should be looking like a golden nugget flying down Rye Patch Rd. or spinning donuts on a playa later this year. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 On 4/9/2019 at 12:09 PM, GeoJack said: Al... PM me, 'k.. Swamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 The engine build begins this week, pick up in two to three weeks. Can't wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) Fresh motor in, but as things go, I put the wrong pressure plate in it (grrr) and I have to pull it back out to change it. Neighbors are not going to like me for awhile as I break it in. I have the muffler tip for the exhaust but took it off until I go off road. Nice sound. I'll get a video before I pull it out today. Tight fit and I had to move the oil filter to the firewall upper right behind the air filter (not shown). She's a monster at over 100 bhp. Edited May 2, 2019 by GeoJack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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