For those of you old enough to remember the "Frito Bandito" song from
the commercials in the 1960's and 1970's, I present Marios's theme to
the tune of the Frito Bandito song:
Aye, yii, yii, yiiii,

hey everyone, im wondering if anyone knows where i could get (or might
personally sell me) one particular part of the headliner for a 1965
bug. my bug sat in the sun for years and years in my grandpa's
driveway before he gave it to me to fix up and keep. the sun rotted

To All:
In a recent post to this Group regarding assembly of a VW engine, I
said the only place to use an RTV compound would be on the base of the
cylinders where they contact the crankcase.

Ok I have a 56 t2 (Ambulance) that I just got and am having trouble getting
her started. It has about 25k on the clock fyi. I have changed the gas, (sat
for 3 years) and have replaced the battery and the coil (thinking that it
was gone). I pulled one of the plugs to check to see ...

Just to let any new people that come to this fourm,  I know you
thought it was about Volkswagens but its about me and the hundreds of
VW's I work on every year.
Far better then any soap you will see on tv  and JR has nothing on

If your looking for a near rust free beetle this is one of the best
deals you'll find.
This belongs to a customer and is up for sale $4000 firm
Its a 77 std sunroof bug with a dime size hole in pan  other then that

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/2691/talbotvw.html
here is Jan's article on the conversion....

Hi, Jim,
Excellent diagrams there, especially the one looking at the back of
the radio. Just what I needed. With luck, I can get to the
installation over the weekend.

a day to count your blessings.
Gratitude rocks.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/927181278.html
J.

Some years ago there was some discussion on this group about some
European car that had compatible front disk calipers for the Beetle and
Ghia.
Was there any car sold in the USA that had the calipers?  I'm trying to

Hi, first time poster here, with a question for Speedy Jim.
I bought one of  the Mitsubishi radios Jim posted about a while back:
I was scouting around for a nice working radio for my '68 project
Beetle.  Didn't have to look original, but must have good reception.

Beware of Kafertoys! He Is a Rip Off!
A few years ago he stole a car from John C. of aircooled.net.
John C. tried, but could not do anything about it.
Beware!

one of the freaks here followed me to a sailing fourm and begged me to
come back here.
I new you would miss me but i figure it would take more then a day.
well to keep you up to date things are going great at the shop I

It's winter again.  Every year about this time I get a raft of
messages asking what they can do about the poor heating in their bug
or bus.
Most don't like what I have to say :-)