Currently VW corp is #3 (might have changed since their software frauds..they will be paying out mucho bucks). They also run Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini and Porsche auto plants. Dr Porsche designed and built the first VW bug. He was also a Nazi, big time.The make superior products, which includes Audi is very underestimated car. But here in America, the old VW bus was referred to as Hitler's revenge for losing WW2. Toyota remains #1 in world sells. Side Bar: I drive a Ford F150 duel cab..2012.
Yes....25 HP engine or whatever size that sewing machine engine was. Just took 4 bolts to remove the engine. If ever caught behind a VW bus, driving on a even slight mountain grade or have one driving in the fast lane, going 45mph you would understand.The older ones did make a excellent surfing wagon. All the weight in the back made it easier to go through sand, etc. If headers were added and the timing gears adjusted...much improvement. Went to baja a few times for surfing, a 100 miles from nowhere.. Had to push or lift the back end up a few times.....but worked fairly well. And easy on gas than.
vw stinks!
They upped the power as they went, but the original engine was 25 hp, so I can imagine it would suck finding one ahead of you on the road. Even with the later ones, I think about 60 horsep was highest they could spare.But they can be made to have very respectable power w higher displacement and the rest (esp. type I). I like them.Type II:
Safari windows rule!My late brother had a '57 Oval Window Bug with pull back rag top and a tubed radio. 36 HP. Have always wanted a Ghia or Square-back or a Thing or Camper or a bus like that shown or...Well, you get the idea. VW's are sweetness.
Bad. Ass. Love VW buses, dig Ghias, too.
I love this little KG a Japanese guy did:
Japs do vintage American culture better than vintage Americans. You see what they do with ratrods and choppers?
I want a bathtub Porsche. I also wouldn't mind a 914/6 (but would still take a four banger). One of my cousins had a 914/4 in Black Imron. I wouldn't be able to drive either though as I am unable to operate a manual anymore.
What do you mean by this part?
I cannot drive a stick shift transmission anymore due to an accident a few years ago and early cars such as those mentioned are stick. Dammit!
Is it the clutch that does it? Or trying to stay coordinated with clutch and shifter?
The latter of the two. My right leg is turning into a fiddler crab looking dinky claw thing.. I have a sense of humor about it though... I have to!
