Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:36:48 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Talking about tools and side of the road :-)
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Of course you can't get motivated; I wouldn't be building a 160 horse motor
for my kids' rides either! As a parent, 40 HP would be plenty good
enough. :)
I had thought that all Canadian VWs got the 1300 after 1967 with the 1500
available on some. My Mom's brand new '65 had the 1200 of course, my Aunt's
'66 had the big motor. Her previous car, a '61 convertible, had hardly any
floor in the back. Us kids would peer down at the road whizzing beneath us
as we pounded down the road. Five cousins in the back, long before "Safety
Belts" were popular.
Pix would be good.
Jake
On 1/31/07, Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Actually Jake, it has the correct engine for the vehicle. This is a
> Canadian
> Standard model, which was not available in the US. It is the same as the
> European standards, 1200 CC, no chrome at all, swingaxle tranny, no flow
> through vents like a 70 bug should have. I'll send you pics if you're
> interested. They are a CalLook bug without doing any mods. :-) The bug is
> all stock except for a ghia disc frontend, lowered, and with Porsche alloy
> rims. There is a 2276CC 160HP engine sitting in my workshop for it, but I
> can't get motivated to finish it. :-)
>
> Take care,
> Courtney
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Talking about tools and side of the road :-)
>
>
> > Shouldn't that have a 1302cc or maybe 1500cc motor?
> >
> > Just asking.
> >
> > On 1/31/07, Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> So my daughter phones me on her way to work and explains that her car
> (a
> >> very minty mint non-deluxe 70 bug) has decided to rev like hell, so she
> >> pulled over and shut it off. I had just rebuilt the 28pict-1 in it as
> it
> >> had
> >> a massive flat spot, and when you only have 1200CC's you need it
> running
> >> well. (You just have to LOVE Berrymans carb cleaner, totally evil
> stuff,
> >> banned in many states).
> >> What had happened believe it or not, is the accelerator pump nozzle had
> >> not been staked in enough by me, (I'm a big fan of not using
> >> sledgehammers
> >> etc. on delicate parts) so it fell out and went down inside to the
> bottom
> >> of
> >> the carb and jammed the linkage open! Instant 3000 rpm !!! There I was
> on
> >> the side of the road with the top off the carb (carb still sitting on
> >> manifold) fishing out the nozzle with needlenoses then staking it
> FIRMLY
> >> into it's hole in the carb body. Sheesh.
> >> Got to admit though, it's running GREAT now!
> >> I smuggled the Berrymans Carb Cleaner across the Canuck border home
> here
> >> on Vancouver Island and man it's good. Stinks like hell due to all the
> >> mega
> >> nasty chemicals in it, but the dip pail inside makes it very easy to
> use.
> >> That carb was clean as a whistle in 1 hr. soaking, then blown out with
> >> air.
> >> Moral of story; sometimes your Leatherman is the only tool handy, and
> >> yes, I
> >> did it all with just the Leatherman and an old nail I found on the side
> >> of
> >> the road as a punch.
> >> Regards,
> >> Courtney
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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