Anybody Remember Back When?

[oosik]

Yeah - I remember back when - your folks told you something or asked you to do something. No back talk, no questions as to, "why" - - you just DID it. As a young fellow, somewhat rebellious - I knew, well, what the back of my father's hand felt like.

I think our family dentist took his internship from Dr Hannibal Lecter - back then. A trip to the dentist was to visit Hades.

 

[Garandman]

The WWII Tiger tank had a Maybach aircraft engine. It had a 24 V electric starter. But inertia starters were common in aircraft engines of the day, so the Tiger also had an inertia flywheel - starter.

 

[Garandman]

What I do remember about our mid 70's VW buses was that they were absolutely GREAT in snow with studded tires! :thumbsup: Cold as heck inside, but we never got stuck.

You could purchase an oil pan heater or dipstick heater to start them in extreme cold. But pretty common to see frost on the windshield in cold weather.

We had a 1969 SAAB 96 V4. It was one of the first FWD cars, and unlike VW’s of the day we’re quite cozy: the heater was about the size of the engine.

The engine was a Ford Taunus 1500cc V4. The column shifter had four speeds. A remnant from the earlier two stroke models was a free wheel: you could back off the throttle an coast while still in gear.

Before Subaru hit the market, it wasthe state car of Vermont, as well as most of the rest of New England.

 

[k0ua]

The WWII Tiger tank had a Maybach aircraft engine. It had a 24 V electric starter. But inertia starters were common in aircraft engines of the day, so the Tiger also had an inertia flywheel - starter.

I bet that hand cranking ability came in handy more than once.

 

[QRTRHRS]

LOL, remember when the aux linkage would get a bit worn and you got sloppy down shifting and instead of making perfect 90ｰ moves you tried to cut the corners? I did that so many times. I used to carry a car jackhandle beside the drivers seat, just for when the linkage would lock up in a gear I really didn't want to use.

LOL! Just like the cheap three speed shifters that we used to retrofit to go from the tree to the floor. I think they cost like 9 bucks from JC Whitney?

 

[QRTRHRS]

Living in north eastern PA, two of my best snow drivers were a 66' flat windshield Chevy van and a 56' Chevy wagon. Both six bangers with a three speed. I had a 67' VW that I thought was good in snow to a point but snow could pack under it and start to lift it. Then there was the time I found it sitting a couple of feet off of the ground on a snow bank. Hey, what are friends for? LOL!

 

[ultrarunner]

Got a 62 Bug and 74 VW Thing... don't get out much but always generate comments.

At one time I swear the official vehicle of Berkeley was VW... they were everywhere!

Lots of VW in the SF Bay Area and now rather rare to see a bug on the road but occasionally I do.

 

[dragoneggs]

Got a 62 Bug and 74 VW Thing... don't get out much but always generate comments.

At one time I swear the official vehicle of Berkeley was VW... they were everywhere!

Lots of VW in the SF Bay Area and now rather rare to see a bug on the road but occasionally I do.

When I was living in Berkeley ('79-80 on Haste street), I used to drive by a purple house every day a few blocks away, that had a VW bug that was still parked on the street with its top cut off and filled with dirt. They turned it into a large flower pot.

 

[ultrarunner]

I believe I know the vehicle and one of those only in Bezerkeley kind of things...

The SF Bay Area seemed to always draw the foreign car market and the VW was embraced early on.

 

[Garandman]

“How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot” was great. I owned two 69’s and a ‘64.