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['76mintgrün'02]

Rube Goldberg is alive and well in the Pacific NW! Very clever!

 

Thank you!

 

I also appreciate the lack of scolding for taking this thread so far 'off topic.'  

 

It was self indulgent and I will try and behave myself in the future.  At least they're vintage German cars....

 

(I'll bet a lot of us come from a VW background)

 

Tom 

[schoir]

Tom:

 

Please don't behave yourself!  That is part of what makes this forum so worthwhile and so enjoyable at the same time.

 

Regards, Maurice.

['76mintgrün'02]

Tom:   Please don't behave yourself!

 

 

                                                                                                     BMVW!

Edited July 2, 2014 by '76Mintgrun'02

[jgerock]

Tom - like you I have a VW background.  Even though I don't own one anymore, it is hard not to still be interested in them.  I have several Bentley workshop manuals in excellent condition for the Type I and one for the Type III.   PM me if you are interested.

['76mintgrün'02]

I have several Bentley workshop manuals in excellent condition for the Type I and one for the Type III.   PM me if you are interested.

 

 

Thank you!  That would be cool.  I have collected a few books over the years, but have never run across a Bently Manual.  I have never even seen one actually.  I would be interested in the crustiest Type 1 copy you have, (because it would best match the condition of my collection). 

 

 

 

Even though I don't own one anymore, it is hard not to still be interested in them.

 

 

I struggle with the same thing.  I look at three needy ones in my yard and a box van FULL of parts and sometimes imagine how it would free up my future to let it all go away.  The 02 is plenty of project car.  Add to that an 84 Subaru and a 72 Suburban and my wrenching plate is already full.  And yet I maintain my VW appetite?  

 

One drive around the block and my interest is renewed.  'It is more fun to drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow', as they say.  They are hard working little engines!  Over the years the knowledge and insight  adds up and the affection grows accordingly.  So much of it is manipulating my mindset towards appreciation, as opposed to obligation.  As long as I do not have to move... I appreciate seeing them in my yard/future.

 

They are such a basic car that I sometimes find it hard to believe 'the powers be' that be allow them on the road.  Talk about a raw driving experience!  People have expressed concerns about the safety of the 2002, but when you have driven VWs, the 02 feels safe by comparison.  The VW made me into a very defensive driver, as well as an avid tinkerer.  

 

PM sent!

[OriginalOwner]

Since I am the OP of this thread, I hereby declare "VW" as suitable fodder for this Maintenance Planning thread.

 

VW the day away !!!

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

[JohnS]

The VW idiot book is such a classic.  I also come from a VW background.  My first car was a 62 ragtop bug.  Over the years I owned a 67, 68 and a 73 bus.  Enjoyed the heck out of all of them.  I no longer have any VWs, but I've held onto that VW idiot book

['76mintgrün'02]

I hereby declare "VW" as suitable fodder for this Maintenance Planning thread.

 

 

VW-D-40 thread now.  thanks Carl!

 

 

The VW idiot book is such a classic

 

 

Truly!  Muir wrote that book in such a way that it is as much entertainment, as it is instructional.  He gets into the mindset behind the maintenance, as he walks you through it.  The artwork is wonderful too.  If I ever let the 'hobby' go, I will also keep that book. 

 

Edit: if it is 'really wrong' to post these images here, will somebody let me know?  I just want to share, for those who have not seen the book.

 

Edited July 2, 2014 by '76Mintgrun'02

[OriginalOwner]

do I sniff some Robert Crumb "stoner" influence in those great pictures of that era ??

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

Edited July 2, 2014 by OriginalOwner

['76mintgrün'02]

You could be onto something Carl.  Ya' ought'a sniff out a copy of this book.  I think you'd  enjoy it.

 

I'll bet that's not WD-40 in that oil can... or could that be a hookah?  

 

[OriginalOwner]

I detect a rather sympathetic vibe .....  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Aschwanden

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

['76mintgrün'02]

according to that wiki page, he died at sixty-three 

that evokes sympathy in me

 

(you are perceptive) 

Edited July 3, 2014 by '76Mintgrun'02

[jgerock]

Here is what the buyer of my 71 received (now in NJ).  Green file folder included every scrap of paper I had going back to April 1993.

 

 

Surprised you don't have this in your collection

Edited July 3, 2014 by jgerock

['76mintgrün'02]

Is that your engine on the cover?!i!?

 

(don't worry, I see the bumpers and tail lights and lid-size differences)

 

the only visible differences between your '71 and my '69 are the double vented engine lid, vents behind the pop-outs and the reflectors you shaved off the tail lights... along with the belt line trim.  (ignoring, of course, the paint, chrome, rubber, rust... differences)

 

Beautiful car, and a lucky new owner, receiving such quality reading material.

 

I have this book in my collection, minus the jacket.  

Until just now, I did not know what I was missing!  

 

(it is more my $peed)

 

that's got to be a sixty-eight on the cover... unless they neglected to draw the defroster.

[jgerock]

My engine bay.  Body was '71 with '69 fenders and '68 tail lights. Front end had shaved fenders with Mexican bumper and turn signals.

Edited July 3, 2014 by jgerock