Re: OT any of you have or play with old VW buses

Posted by notjustair on February 02, 2017 at 13:49:32 from (184.191.48.136):

In Reply to: OT any of you have or play with old VW buses posted by jocco on February 02, 2017 at 11:38:17:

I drove a bus in college. I bought it at the Mennonite Relief Sale auction. At the time it had well over 200k miles on it (I think it was 270k), had been on four continents, and was on its fourth engine. By the way it hemorrhaged oil, I decided to build a new one and giving it its fifth.

Ah, the times. We would pile in 9-10 people and some coolers and drive to Wichita for concerts. At the end of the concert we would go through Newton to hit Driers Donuts just when they came out of the grease at 3am. With all that beer and a dozen donuts in every gut I ended up driving in silence listening to the screaming motor all the way home.

I was really poor. In the winter I would hang plastic behind the front seat and close off the back so I could get a little heat up front. I had to replace the front wheel bearing but didn't have the cash to pay someone to press out the race so I used the old one. It had such a vibration at highway speed that if you drove farther than an hour it shook everything down and you had to stop and find some toilet paper. I should have kept some with me. A mooch friend asked for a ride in college (it was two hours one way). I was never asked again.

There are so many stories - blown master cylinder and flying through a light with my eyes closed and the horn blowing. Throttle sticking cresting a huge hill and the ride down the other side. Everyone in town using it when I didn't have money for a new ignition tumbler - it had a toggle switch and button.

Those were good times. I still have a 69 hardtop and 77 convertible Champaigne Edition beetle that I show and drive on nice days. I have the '67 bug I bought in high school that needs to be redone. It's in original shape but I just want it spiffy like it was new. I also have a '69 Karmann Ghia I bought from a family friend - the original owner. His daughter drove it to high school so it has a little road rash so it won't be left original. It has 112,000 miles on it I believe. I drove it up until about 10 years ago when it barfed out a spark plug chugging up a hill. It's an auto stick.

I also have shelves of parts from body panels to heater boxes. It's kind of an addiction. I've branched out a little into just meaningful machines so I'm not sure I will buy any more. I don't really have rom in the sheds anyway!

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