So don't do a General Lee with a Bug....
Nice cars other than x-fire
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Yes. They had amazing traction. My dad built me a set of bolt on wheel spacers for the rear and mounted dual wheels on it. I had to bury it in a swamp to get stuck.....which I was still able to do occasionally... lol...
Dave91TM
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Tales of Volkswagens, everybody has one.
Dad bought one for my brother and I to drive. Lesson learned, when your kids get to driving age, get them an I don't care car.
No defrost in freezing rain, just open the window and stick yer hand out and scrape.
Alternator light on, stop, accelerate flat out in 1st, hammer it into 2nd and , bingo, alternator light out.
Heat at feet, melts snow off boots. Overnight melted snow freezes, so "ice breaking" the clutch and brake pedals is part of the start routine.
Tires that flat spot. Go bump bump backing down drive, then get out of sync and the bug would waddle like a duck for the first few blocks.
Couldn't stop it in deep snow, it just plowed on.
My brother killed it trying to drive across a newly plowed field, perpendicular to the furrows. Not saying anything about sobriety.
Dad bought one for my brother and I to drive. Lesson learned, when your kids get to driving age, get them an I don't care car.
No defrost in freezing rain, just open the window and stick yer hand out and scrape.
Alternator light on, stop, accelerate flat out in 1st, hammer it into 2nd and , bingo, alternator light out.
Heat at feet, melts snow off boots. Overnight melted snow freezes, so "ice breaking" the clutch and brake pedals is part of the start routine.
Tires that flat spot. Go bump bump backing down drive, then get out of sync and the bug would waddle like a duck for the first few blocks.
Couldn't stop it in deep snow, it just plowed on.
My brother killed it trying to drive across a newly plowed field, perpendicular to the furrows. Not saying anything about sobriety.
Better than the heater on the exhaust. lol
Had to be a 1970 or newer to have the gas frunk heater. My 72 had one. They worked good. The exhaust manifold heaters worked fine for the first couple years. After a little rust made an appearance they seized up and you had to hay wire the flaps open. Been there done that... lol
Wheelie wheel trying to hide..... Wouldn't think he'd need it with that extra 300 pounds on the engine....
Dave91TM
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A old friend used to pick us up for hockey in his VW van. Only heat source that worked was a vent at the rear seat. He attached a flexible clothes dryer hose to the vent and whoever rode shotgun also became responsible to hold the hose such that it provided a defrosted front window. The result was a clear window, one guy with warm hands and 4 guys complaining about the cold in between jokes and laughter. Good Times.