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| Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2014 01:07 pm |
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pipopak
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The last one on Bernd's posting looks like a Heisler "rebodied" chassis. Jose.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2014 04:07 pm |
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It's the "Great Hippie Invasion" of 1963!
Hey, for those motorcar/speeder clubs, wouldn't one of those Microbus/motor cars be a gem to have. You wouldn't even need a vehicle to tow it.
Too bad I've never seen a Chartreuse microbus in operating condition. I heard those things are an SOB to repair.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27th, 2014 06:37 pm |
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jtrain wrote: Too bad I've never seen a Chartreuse microbus in operating condition. I heard those things are an SOB to repair.
--James
Not really. My dad owned two. I think it was a 62 or 63 and a 80 something Vanagon. Had to pull the dash from the Vanagon camper to replace the blower fan. Was pretty simple. Been driving VW's since 1970. Rebuilt the engine on a few and built a dune buggy. I'd say they are pretty easy to work on, but you need metric tools.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2014 01:28 am |
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Herb Kephart
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One thing that Berne omitted--
If you were used to working on ordinary cars and you bought a VW, you darn near needed to forget how you did things in the past, to fix your new auto.
Seemed like all the stuff you remembered, didn't work!
Herb
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2014 01:47 am |
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Maybe that's why I haven't met a mechanic with anything good to say about the microbus.
But regardless, I still like it's design and the Iconic-ness of it.
--JamesLast edited on Mon Apr 28th, 2014 01:47 am by jtrain
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2014 01:51 am |
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Maybe the mechanics didn't like them, but VW sold as many as it could made in several countries. Never heard that they had to crush unsold stock.... Jose.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2014 11:22 am |
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Herb Kephart wrote: One thing that Berne omitted--
If you were used to working on ordinary cars and you bought a VW, you darn near needed to forget how you did things in the past, to fix your new auto.
Seemed like all the stuff you remembered, didn't work!
Herb
Ah see Herb I never started with an ordinary car, so I had no idea.  Ya, you had to be a skinny contortionist to get at the spark plugs on the Bus, but they had more room than the back seat of a Chevy.  Know hat I mean? 
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2014 03:36 pm |
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Herb Kephart
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Yeah, I get the picture.
All the heat was back there !!!!
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