Monday, January 25, 2010

Craigslist 1970 Triumph Bonneville VW BUG QUESTIONS: I Am Buying A 1970's Bug And Had A Few Questions For The VW Fanatics Out There...?

VW BUG QUESTIONS: I am buying a 1970's bug and had a few questions for the VW fanatics out there...? - craigslist 1970 triumph bonneville

One of my top choices are (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/1192240595.html)
First, you need to know to possess a 70-beetles?

Secondly, I was wondering how long they run. This car has 136XXX miles, so I know what you often go.

In addition, the engine (1600cc dual port), 40xxx miles, the engine is about to burst?

6 comments:

ca_surve... said...

Good questions, I hope that we can compare them with some good answers.

ONE: First, you can very easily acquire and replace almost all parts of an error, unless the context and to a certain extent to the ground so that the first step is checked. When it is bubbling through the paint or rust, then in a lot of body work. If the frame is rusty or very weak, to forget. It is a supplier to the automotive industry. Check in your floor mats under the front seats in the backseat. The battery is rotten in the ground. It is a difficult solution, but it gives you an idea how the car stayed in front of a trial before the check. Its hard to correct a mistake .. not impossible, but difficult. After your little things. The engine and tranny can always be replaced and the rest is just parts. It is a notable exception. Errors, 73 and 74 years, a serious problem with drainage below the rear window on the left and right, because some genius decided that the work a little froth in the vehicle are needed to reduce drafts. The foam block leavea puddle and eventually deterioration of the body. It is an expensive repair ... if the car has to think twice rust.

Two, if a car in 1970, 136K sounds low .. This means that only lasted 4000 miles per year. This is basically someone unless the second car. BUT .. do not worry .. with routine maint. and disasters can not get from 400 to 500K of them. An engine with 40k only just begun when the oil changed regularly, and check valves on the premises at least twice a year

THREE: Tools: You can get a complete set of metric sockets and keys, a $ 20 buy hydr. To help Jack and a series of ramps, car (, an oil change.) .. thats about it for special tools. Can also change an engine. (Hammer, screwdriver and pliers are useful) .. But your toolkit should also be a replacement of spark plugs, fan belts (very important), and gloves (which the engine is hot), a dozen additional backups (of the glove to start), and most importantly a way to keep your VW alive .. Book Type (get a bookseller or not .. eBay is worth its weight fromGold).

FOUR: Making the .. Honda get the error .. You will not believe the people who smile and greet you .. ... Think for a second, if ..... The last time she smiled and greeted a Honda?

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Prime said...

This is a good company. The only problem is that the speedo cable is broken, which means that the mileage can be guaranteed to be correct. Most beetles are like anyway, mileage is not guaranteed, however, contain the value. It has about 40K on the reconstruction, which is good. It seems for most people it is very good. You never want to be that more than 20% because they are not guaranteed, there is nothing to buy. Have a good find. Be sure to have a look before buying. It is normal putter and made inactive when he worked for one or two days, but it lasts only for the first mile or more. Look for rust. Make sure the oil at least once a week, though he designed to burn oil to verify the burn a little more. Have fun with it. They are very cheap and easy to run and take a bit of work, just to show it. Try to fully resume operation because they offer little value. Maintain the population is always good for the value, such as personalizing almost destroys value.

not 2 B fooled said...

Do not buy blindly, including the "C" list too many scams out there. Only the purchase, after he himself and a mechanic check the car, especially the former

Zimmer said...

Ralph Nader book about them was not very flattering

Michael R said...

Your link seems to have expired.
However, VW Beetle is always running. There are parts of houses (catalog and online) with enough material to build a new tire can. Mileage of the car does not make sense - and would be seriously called into question that 136K to be correct. Mileage on the engine and trans are important - but handles errors 40K is nothing to get upset.
First things first - you have to buy the book Muir in VW. This is the Bible. http://www.amazon.com/Keep-Your-Volkswag ...
VW requires ongoing adjustments and maintenance. They are not only - for the experience. Packed for it, "playing with the car is part of the fun At the owners. Not so do not put their hands dirty.
Incidentally, when my daughter was 16, I bought a 73 Super Beetle for Christmas - I paid $ 250. With my guidance and supervision, they rebuilt the front suspension of the ground (the car was so cheap) front and rear brakes and clutch. He learned Changand hydrocarbons, but its own tune-ups, including any adjustments to the main gates. Later, she and I converted and changed the engine on a 1776 double carbbed. If his income was enough to buy a new car, sold the error of $ 1,200.

Xavwiezt... said...

VW engine "different" in the back and has no heating (or cooling, or water-pump), it is easier then. Less things to break.
Most of the tools you need are in the toolbox with the jack, a hubcap puller wheel nuts (no screws, nuts) and the same tool can be used to remove the candles, because they the same size, a pair of pliers, screwdrivers and a double-double-ended spanner 10-13mm. They are willing to spend the majority of repairs are carried out on the street. Carburetor, once introduced, should not play. There is not much easier.
If you break through to? 40.000 miles, which take about 4 years (@ 10,000) per year, that I correspond for 15 years. On the highway side road, Backway, ditchway, Bushway, goat trails, mudbogging, skiing, swimming, traveling, shopping, my bike trailer to go to work, fishing, Discover, walking everywhere. in particular.
With the price of gas is 4x what it was, I doubt that youA large proportion of the total .. Once, at 99.999, it is 0 again, so do not know exactly how many miles of "2" before letting go. But then I'm bored, and if anything else. Like a sports car or a truck ..
Maintenance is relatively simple. Check the oil level before you move the car to ensure that the correct level. It's something you should do at least make a habit of once every 2 days if the car is new to you. Valve timing occasionally. It once and you remember. All solid bullpen lift are the same (Chev, Ford, Dodge, early toys and other) connections, once a year. Filter every 2 years is washed and put an inch 1 / 2 of engine oil in the ground, and they are good for another 2 years. Tire pressure and brakes. But many of those things that you in any car that you get. Get a book from the library in the VW Beetle. There are many of them there. Honda also.
I have a Honda now I have not worked on it (and personally, I hope not for a while because Does does not look so easy.
I need a different set of instruments. The memory is VW (5 pieces)
Get metric tools, no matter what you drive and decent game because they are their own, and your life will be .. Heck, I last bought abroad and made a handful of key 79 (in Tiawan), which was repeatedly remain in many vehicles and completely valid. But you also want to connect only rarely, because it is faster. Once you know how to save things to do in your car, you majorly.
A 70 Honda ... Is there? I thought everyone already died or rust. Compare apples to apples.
Whenever I can avoid auctions and used car lots. Receives direct people. Did you know the right people and see where they live, what shape your car will be well managed or run into the ground.
Some had a lot of swimwear is in clock speed, not measured distance. But I realized that longer rabbits (Speedo quite different) and I am in the kitchen tabland with some small screwdrivers, and epoxy glue. I wonder when it's time for oil changes.
VDub to achieve, even different. They have a long-stroke engine for more torque to the wheels (like a tractor trailer or semi-) engines, in order to restore the car at low speed in a short stroke engine, but has more HP crappy attraction, if the loss of RPM . The term is one reason that the engine lasts longer. Get the manual that is not as important as a good textbook. Loved Clymer Publications, because it is a wiring diagram here. Chilton not. Easy to understand, with many pictures.
Ralph Nader does not have many cars. Perhaps it was a bad pilot. VW is fully welded seams Toys contrary, with honors, Nissan air and water.
Fuel tank to the front or rear ... it needs to go somewhere. Again, the full welds. I do not play tag bumper on the freeway, there's nobody there. cause it "can", or you can not.

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