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I don't know, when the heater levers actually moved, those old VWs would cook food in the back seat. Only on the highway, of course. I used to crack the drivers vent window, that would greatly increase the heat flow. needless to say, ours were pretty rusted up, my sister drove it at Purdue

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True - I never saw one installed however. Dad's airplane, a Cessna 195, had a Southwind gasoline heater under the rear seat. It could keep the cabin at short sleeves temps when it was -30°F outside! When properly maintained and operated they are safe - not sure how often that happens in a car

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The only way those old VWs ever had real heat was if they had the gas heater option. This was essentially a small gasoline-fueled furnace used to heat the interior. Always seemed like either a carbon monoxide or fire risk (or both) to me. Allan On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, at 7:32 PM, OK Don via

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Our '74 Microbus type II had a 2.0 liter FI engine. The one time I had trouble with it, I cleaned every electrical connector I could find in the engine compartment and never had another bit of engine trouble. I finally sold it after too many winter days commuting to work with next to no heat and

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As I recall, which is a dangerous thing for times so long ago, FI didn’t appear in VWs until the early 70s, and it started in the Super Beetle and Type IV (fastback/squareback/411). -D > On Sep 15, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > A friend of mine in high school had

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A friend of mine in high school had a clapped-out Scirocco that he had removed the FI from and installed a carburetor. I gather was a pretty common home-mechanic approach to dealing with FI problems before engines got so computerized that it was no longer possible. Neighbors growing up had a

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I had a 71 Fastback that was the requisite VW orange. Great car after I yanked the Bosch FI and installed dual carbs. In fairness, the PO had boogered up the FI somehow and it was beyond my budget at the time to resolve, so I went the way of dual carbs. -D > On Sep 15, 2021, at 2:50 PM,

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Rode in one of these in Mpls. back when they first were sold. Very sprightly yet also cheap and inconsequential car. On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 2:44 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > In 1973, I was 13. My friend’s father bought a 1968 Squareback even though > he had

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In 1973, I was 13. My friend’s father bought a 1968 Squareback even though he had never driven a manual transmission before (he didn’t even get a DL until he was 35). That summer I taught him, his wife and several other people in the neighborhood how to drive a manual in that Squareback. I love

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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/581135949912790/ Interestingly both Angie's and my mother had VW Type III fastbacks when we were born. In realizing that Angie has decided it'd be cool to have a Type III. I've always thought the wagons were cool.I've never seen one that wasn't wicked