my friend got a 71 super beetle 1302 and i wanna look for forums, parts sites and resto-modding stuff for them since i want go get me one now. know of any such things?
You know when your windshield wipers reliability depends on your spare tire pressuere your buying a quality product. All kidding asside i dont know of any fourms but in taking to 2 or 3 people who have owned them they are a fun car like our fieros.
You know when your windshield wipers reliability depends on your spare tire pressuere your buying a quality product. All kidding asside i dont know of any fourms but in taking to 2 or 3 people who have owned them they are a fun car like our fieros.
thats for the WASHERS, not the wipers themselves....there electric.
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11:16 AM
Monkeyman Member
Posts: 15833 From: N. Wilkesboro, NC, USA Registered: Nov 1999
And that was only in the very early ones. I don't know what year they changed that but my '75 Super had an electric w/w pump. I would guess it was changed sometime before about '62 or so as that was about when they changed to the 12 volt system. Lots changed with the coming of the "modern" 12 volt electricals.
The samba will be one of your best resources, from lowering to brake upgrades. Also do yourself a favor and look into the fuel filter mod. Tell him Congrats on the fat chick purchase, I have a 72 fatty, post up some pics of the 71. Whats his plans for it? restoration, sport it up a bit, DD, just a toy?
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1986 Fiero GT Member
Posts: 3383 From: Eden, NY USA Registered: Mar 2005
my friend got a 71 super beetle 1302 and i wanna look for forums, parts sites and resto-modding stuff for them since i want go get me one now. know of any such things?
I had 9 of those beetles and got to do a 1/4 mile in 13.5 seconds in the baja bug
I've had two Beetles, a 66 and a 68, and my dad had a 66. Most of them had ductwork to pull hot air off of the cylinders and route it into the car. Needless to say, they didn't get very warm in the winter. My dad's 66 had an optional gas heater in it. It kept the inside of the car warm, but it always had a funny smell when the heater was running.
A picture of my 68. It had flared fiberglass fenders, and aluminum "slotted" mag wheels. The inside was pretty much stock, except for the woodgrain trim on the dash and glovebox door. I really liked the car, but it developed a crack in the block near the oil cooler, and I got rid of it.
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Oct 1st, 2009
$Rich$ Member
Posts: 14575 From: Sioux Falls SD Registered: Dec 2002
I had a camper van I customized. It also had the gasoline heater. It worked great. In winter months cruising the drive ins, everyone packed into it to hang out. It would run all nite on a gallon of gas. No matter what the temp, the heat blew in just seconds.
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82-T/A [At Work] Member
Posts: 25082 From: Florida USA Registered: Aug 2002
I've owned an air cooled VW Bus now for about 6-7 years, and hands-down, the best website is www.TheSamba.net, but AirCooled.Net is also good.
I think they're great cars, and there's certainly plenty of them around. There are LOTS of upgrades for these cars because they continued to make them well into the early 00s in Mexico. You can basically buy a complete engine w/ perfectly working A/C system for these on the cheap. They also have slightly improved braking systems for the Mexican ones as well. You'll want to upgrade to disc brakes too.
Parts are definitely cheap. I bought my 73 VW Bus for $1,200 and dumped a mere $800 into it and it's pretty much immaculate.
reminiscing old times when i saw the kombi. i did lots of crazy things with my kombie
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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
I've owned an air cooled VW Bus now for about 6-7 years, and hands-down, the best website is www.TheSamba.net, but AirCooled.Net is also good.
I think they're great cars, and there's certainly plenty of them around. There are LOTS of upgrades for these cars because they continued to make them well into the early 00s in Mexico. You can basically buy a complete engine w/ perfectly working A/C system for these on the cheap. They also have slightly improved braking systems for the Mexican ones as well. You'll want to upgrade to disc brakes too.
Parts are definitely cheap. I bought my 73 VW Bus for $1,200 and dumped a mere $800 into it and it's pretty much immaculate.
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Capt Fiero Member
Posts: 7657 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2000
Not really by choice, but I grew up around the air cooled stuff. Had a 68 bug at one time, and a VW Squarback. If the thing has a 1300 in it, the first thing I would do is yank it out. Find a well done 1835 Dual Port and stuff that in. Same size externally IIRC as the 1300's just twice the power.
My Dad still has 2 early 70's and late 60's bug's and a stock pile of Buss motors and trans axles. He won't sell the bus stuff for anything. His personal Bus has a fuel injected 2.0L Flat 4 Porsche motor. Its a huge upgrade from the stock engine, but still tops out around 100mph. There are a few places around here that are doing serious hotrod bugs. Turbo Charged, Nitrous threw the Turbo, 10 sec bugs, and aside from the sticky tires out back, they look darn near stock. They don't need huge tires, as there is so little weight its not hard to get it moving quick.
If I were to have stayed in the Air Cooled crowd I would have got a Ghia personally. However I came across an 85GT and went WOW, engine is still behind me, with the bonus of 6cyl, Fuel injection and heat that is not supplied from a hot exhaust pipe, woo hoo. (For those that don't know, Air Cooled motors don't have water, hence no heater core, so they have heater boxes that take waste heat from, IIRC the exhaust pipe, to heat the cabin of the car) I'll see if I can dig up some Photos. There was nothing wrong with them, I just wanted something a bit more modern.
------------------ 85GT Soon to be 87GT,93 Eldorado 4.9, 5spd Dual O2 Custom Chip, Custom Exhaust. MSD Everything Capt Fiero --- My Over View Cadero Pics Yellow 88GT 5spd Full Poly Suspension, Lowered 1/2" in front, Corner Carver.
I literally nearly froze to death going over the rockies from Chicago to Calif in one of Hitler's Revenge back in the mid 70s. Stopped at some little "trading post" and bought a Coleman fueled catalytic heater, and then nearly suffocated from the gasoline fumes. Got out of the SOB in San Diego and never set foot in one again.
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1986 Fiero GT Member
Posts: 3383 From: Eden, NY USA Registered: Mar 2005
Didn't they use magnesium engine blocks in those in the 70's? They had a rep like the Fiero for engine fires but those couldn't be extinguished with water.
The older ones had the battery under the back seat. That also caused a few fires after the seat springs broke down and touched the battery terminals.
I liked the reserve gas tank feature on the older ones. Put a Baja kit on one once.
Way back I had to replace a Wolfsburg vibrator in a 6 Volt radio with a U.S. part. That was fun!
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americasfuture2k Member
Posts: 7131 From: Edmond, Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2006
im thinking its the stop light switches on the MC that are bad. but imnot exactly sure where the MC is. i did read that u need to pull off the drivers side wheel to access it. hope thats it. i need to bust out the DMM and get a crackin!
