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Check out my new toy.
Check out what I picked up this weekend!
A $200 Vanagon....Get this it runs but needs a little work. Typical Vanagon engine stuff. :roll: Anyway..this van is solid...no, ROCK solid and for 200 bucks i had to buy it. Heck even if I have to replace the engine, I think it's worth it. I thought maybe I'd try out a Subby conversion with this one. I spent the weekend and this evening cleaning it up.......That's all it really needed, except for brakes. I replaced those this evening and cleaned up the wheels. Next I'm going to fix the few surface rust spots and add a little fresh paint here and there. Should make a cool daily driver. I'll post better pics later. Cheers Chris |
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It looks like the one I had -- only a year, possibly two, newer. It was one of my favorite vehicles and I would own another one in a heartbeat.
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Painted the nose today...
The color is off just a bit... |
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Do you ever have the feeling that you're being followed?
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Until the bug is done I'm calling the van "That damn thing I'm mowing around"! You can follow me anywhere! I want to go GL with the Van too! If I find the motor to be trash, I have a good source for a used Suby engine....Heck I've seen one on the web that somebody grafted in a V8 Audi engine! Well I doubt that I could ever afford that, but something is going to happen, even if it's wrong! |
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[****iness] And uhhh I knew what his name was...I was trying to get you to admit that I single handedly named BOTH of your VWs! hehe! How the heck did that happen? Is it maybe because I'm just good like that? [/****iness] /me follows Cheech to the next thread.....
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hey hey hey so have you played with your new toy yet?? how's it going
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I moved the van around the drive! The power is awesome! Who am I kiddin?!...I pushed that SOB around! Weighs about 4 times what the bug does! Hehe, I guess you could say that right now the van is One Chris power! But before I could move it I had to pull the left rear wheel off and free up the "Frozen" brakes. You know a little preventive maintenance wouldn't have killed the guy who had this van before...But I got it for 200 bucks, so I ain't complaining' too much. NOW I'M GONNA COMPLAIN!!!! The PO apparently had an issue with the ignition switch...So he repaired it the correct way...Yeah, and in a valley, by a river is a town called Perfect.....I live no where near Perfect! In fact, I'm so far from Perfect that the light from the sun takes like 6 years to get there! Let me tell you what this guy did! First, instead of replacing the offending part, he gets the idea that a starter button and duct tape would suffice. Second, rather than using the duct tape, which was found under the back seat, he took the liberty of drilling a bunch of holes in the dash. So now I have this art deco "perforated" dash! Third, since he bypassed the ignition switch, he needed an alternate way to turn on the accessories...You guessed it... A plethora of unmarked toggle switches! If I had that dude in my hands today, I would have beaten him to the point of nonrecognition, after I shoved the van up his arse! So rather that getting it running, like I had hoped to do yesterday. I spent all day (dawn til way dark) tearing out the fire trap and trying to find a van at the bottom of the pile! Today, I finished cleaning up the dash. I found that the whole reason he put the starter button on, was that the ignition lock cylinder had snapped off where it goes into the switch. And I learned something today!!!!! The ignition lock cylinders on most VW's from 72 to 99 are the same. I salvaged the broken part from a spare I had from my old 72 standard Beetle, and Bob's yer Uncle, IT WORKS!!!! |
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hey dude haha that's sweet but I'll come and help ya fit that van up his a$$ if ya need help well I hope that things get better with this project and send some pics in of the things you do
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Well it appears that the van has either a broken crank or broken connecting rod. Looks like it's time for a Subaru or other conversion!
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aww to bad about the motor but yaaa for the new one
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I guess this would be the way to go!
1105BHP! and 1300NM of torque!! http://www.vwbus.no/Lindvall.html
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