GeoJack 639 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
homefire 2,511 Posted August 21, 2018 Dang, I LIKE IT ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArcticDave 1,670 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 2,426 Posted August 21, 2018 I had a Super Beetle back in the late 70s, one great little bug!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azdigger 1,354 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoJack 639 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArcticDave 1,670 Posted August 23, 2018 Jack, have you named it yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt 111 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoJack 639 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoJack 639 Posted March 5 (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 by GeoJack 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,327 Posted March 5 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoJack 639 Posted March 5 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pondmn 224 Posted March 5 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,327 Posted March 15 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 1 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
