I found this on another forum. It's a website with lots of surplux car parts. The only catch is you have to buy
unbelievable quantities. They do list aircooled VWs and some of the prices are pretty good, if you buy hundreds of some
of the parts! http://surplusparts.com/

I need a head.
I am in Sacramento, California.
If you know of any good reapair
shops, let me know please.

The engine in my '73 Super seems to be running hot.  When I pull into
the garage I can smell the engine.  Also, I can hold the dipstick for 2
or 3 seconds before it starts to burn.  I drive it to work a few days a
week which requires 20 miles of highway (I do 65mph tops)and always

Hi, all.  I recently got (as a gift -- pesky wife!) a super-duper cool
'79 Superbeetle.  I'm really psyched, but there are a few things that
need attention.  While I could take a stab at it, I figured I'd ask the
pros on here, first, before getting up to my elbows in grease:

I am new to the vw thing and am considering building a custom dune buggy.
Someone gave me a swing axle transmission, however I would like to build the
new buggy with an IRS suspension. Is there anyway to convert the swing axle
transmission in to a IRS style transmission?

I thought I'd shoot some pictures of tools I made along the way that
help me work on my VW's. Some of them are VW specific, some are not.
I may slip in a link or a photo of store-bought items as well, or just
plans for building a tool.

A little bird pointed me to this and I thought y'all might be
interested.  Or not.
http://www.vintagewerksrestoration.com/wst_page6.html

Greetings-     new to group.     Any membership here focused on the old VW
bugs?   - I'm talkin' 1960's.
Does anyone know of a newsgroup, etc for such interests?
Thanks.  Chuck in Dallas.

I have a 68' Westy. The previous owner put a new canvas on and in my
opinion did a crappy job. The canvas is not centered on the top and
does not appear to be attached very well to the top of the vehicle. I
can easily see how the top of the canvas is attached with staples to

I adjusted valves 2 weeks ago.
yesterday, I had extreme power loss.
I opened up the valve cover, and
cylinder # 3 (front left of engine) had

I have a fiberglass dune buggy with a newly built engine that's giving me
some problems. It also needs a new transmission. Unfortunately, the shop
that did all the work for me has closed down.
Can anyone recommend a good mechanic in the Orange County, California

A: a Karmann Ghia of course!!
http://www.bader-racing.de/en/media/media_videos.htm
Tracy
Confused Guy - "is that a Volvo?"

Ball joint '73 1200 beetle. Left front tyre has far more wear on the
outside.
I went to a tyre shop and the bunch of idiots didn't know what they were
doing, and weren't able to undo anything after the 30+ years it has been

I have a 74 Super and brake problems that go with it. I'm still
learning and reading but haven't found anything that matches my
problem. After replacing the front wheel cylinders and bleeding the
lines, I noticed that my brake shoes don't move that much when applying

I stripped the upper shock mount on my 76 bus.  (Pretty new to this
stuff.)  There is no bolt on the backside and very little space behind
it, not enough to run a nut behind it.  Does anyone have any ideas?  A
source for a metric tap that will work?  Thanks for the help.