> > Hmm, sounds kinky. I can sort of divine that a "splitty" would probably > be a split-window bus of some sort, and a "loaf" would have something to > do with the fact that it looks like a loaf of bread.
yeah, splitty refers to 49-67 split windshield buses and loaf (bread loaf) refers to 68-79 buses >But WTF is a crotch cooler? Do I even want to know?! here's a little blurb I stole from http://www.unaids.org/kabrioletts/gallery/kseume/1950s.html As far as the body was concerned, several changes were made throughout the 1950s, some small, some of greater significance. One of the first was the inclusion of opening vents in the front quarter panels intended to aid ventilation. First seen from chassis number 1-0221638 (January 1951), these vents were soon nicknamed 'crotch coolers', and not without reason! The problem was that, when open, they allowed a substantial draught of air to strike the occupants where they least wanted (or expected) it! These vents were dropped in October 1952, when opening quarter lights ('wind wings') were first introduced on all models, including the cabriolet, the latter again starting with body number 10969. I tired to find a pic of some, but they're REALLY hard to see when closed and I couldnt find any pics of them open, but if you look at this drawing, you can see where they were located. You'd push a lever inside the car and they'd swing out to open up to vent air in. http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/isaac/51beetla.html > > > > just a few things to consider. Sorry for all the air cooled lingo. > > Man, you guys must sound like a bunch of surfers when you're talkin the > talk. ;) > "oh man, did you catch old man's at sundown last night? Epic brah, evening glass off, shoulder high peelers, even spent a few minutes in the green room a few times" Matt 92 8V GTi Los Angeles _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
