My first car was a 1951 beetle, deluxe version (aluminum trim and hydraulic brakes. My second car was another '51 VW, standard version with cable operated brakes. I maintained Mom's 1958 Deluxe bus, the one with all the windows. It had the 1200cc engine and she hated it because it was so slow. Dad bought a new 1965 beetle. I later bought a wrecked 1974 or 78 bus with the FI 2000cc engine, repaired it and drove it for several years until I got tired of the cold and my wife never did learn to drive the stick shift. I rebuilt a couple of my engines, which led to a job while in college doing the VW engine work for a local foreign car garage. I now work on and with aircraft air cooled engines.
On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 9:44 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes, fun picture! > > Wonder how many of us have air cooled engine experience? I've driven and > worked on 63 beetle, 71 or so super beetle, 66 van, and a 69 wagon. Only > had one engine blow up and shove a valve out of the head. Rebuilt one > engine. > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > > Dec 5, 2020 5:48:57 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
