The Lightning Bug rides again!!! - Page 2

DCB · 12-31-2006, 10:00 AM

Old school Bugs rule!

Nice

Layman · 12-31-2006, 11:11 AM

well after taking through the neighborhood I am going to need a new carb. After shut down it has a slow drip of gas down the throat of the carb. Float/valve has a problem... It still felt good to drive it again though. Maybe I should just carry a big fire extinguisher...

Target · 01-02-2007, 09:33 PM

I love old Bugs!

I had a 71 Super Beetle with a baja kit in ' 88.
Unfortunatly, they are not too practical with two kids and living in snow country. They are also a tad slow. Mine would hit 70mph coming down the mountain (everybody sing!) in Denver, CO. 40ish going up- slower still as the altitude increased.

I'l like a double cab Transporter, 21/ 23 window bus with Safari windshields, a Bug with the ragtop sunroof, a "Thing".....

I get a " Hot VW's " magazine a couple of times a year and enjoy how people trick out their rides. Parts and upgrades are not too expensive for them. They're just not too populuar in the NE, it seems.

One of these years....

Layman · 01-02-2007, 11:25 PM

That's slow man. Mine would (and I assume still will) go 90 on flat road. I have payed more attention to the carb now and all seems good. Right after shut-down it trickles some gas into the throat, but slows quickly enough that I assume it is designed to do that. Plus it was rear downhill, and the amount coming out could have been the excess above the valve, running out. Rear uphill it doesn't do it. I pulled out the driver's side window because the regulator was rusty and screwed (gear slipping), so now it has no window in it. Only a forty something dollar fix. So... anyone want to buy a paintball gun to fund a Beetle in need?

Ratzo · 01-03-2007, 09:31 PM

Still wish I could have put my 72 Super on the road when I had it.
Too much work to be done for a 16yr old with no job, traded it a couple years later for some work on a 78 MonteCarlo.

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12-31-2006, 11:11 AM	#12 (permalink)
Layman Active Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Durham, NC	well after taking through the neighborhood I am going to need a new carb. After shut down it has a slow drip of gas down the throat of the carb. Float/valve has a problem... It still felt good to drive it again though. Maybe I should just carry a big fire extinguisher... __________________ It's bad when you use a 12v Revvy to load your 10 round tubes...

01-02-2007, 11:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
Layman Active Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Durham, NC	That's slow man. Mine would (and I assume still will) go 90 on flat road. I have payed more attention to the carb now and all seems good. Right after shut-down it trickles some gas into the throat, but slows quickly enough that I assume it is designed to do that. Plus it was rear downhill, and the amount coming out could have been the excess above the valve, running out. Rear uphill it doesn't do it. I pulled out the driver's side window because the regulator was rusty and screwed (gear slipping), so now it has no window in it. Only a forty something dollar fix. So... anyone want to buy a paintball gun to fund a Beetle in need? __________________ It's bad when you use a 12v Revvy to load your 10 round tubes...

01-02-2007, 09:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
Target MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY	I love old Bugs! I had a 71 Super Beetle with a baja kit in ' 88. Unfortunatly, they are not too practical with two kids and living in snow country. They are also a tad slow. Mine would hit 70mph coming down the mountain (everybody sing!) in Denver, CO. 40ish going up- slower still as the altitude increased. I'l like a double cab Transporter, 21/ 23 window bus with Safari windshields, a Bug with the ragtop sunroof, a "Thing"..... I get a " Hot VW's " magazine a couple of times a year and enjoy how people trick out their rides. Parts and upgrades are not too expensive for them. They're just not too populuar in the NE, it seems. One of these years....

01-03-2007, 09:31 PM	#15 (permalink)
Ratzo Active Member Join Date: Apr 2006	Still wish I could have put my 72 Super on the road when I had it. Too much work to be done for a 16yr old with no job, traded it a couple years later for some work on a 78 MonteCarlo.