Wicked_Daddy
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire!
That looks great! What is the plan for it?
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Denny
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Fix and drive it. Later I’ve acquired a couple of 401 nailheads I’ll transplant one of those in. Then who knows?
Denny
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Squiddy202
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My dad’s 68 VW camper since some people asked for pics. Currently has some junk inside it since it still does work. Just some scrap and an airbrush booth.
Yes that’s an altoids tin in the corner, it is an arduino to control the intake manifold servo. I believe it chooses to take air from inside the bay or outside the bay based on temp.
I just got to drive this baby around a parking lot to learn stick. First car I ever drove.
Yes that’s an altoids tin in the corner, it is an arduino to control the intake manifold servo. I believe it chooses to take air from inside the bay or outside the bay based on temp.
I just got to drive this baby around a parking lot to learn stick. First car I ever drove.
Denny
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That is a good looking van.
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That is kick butt. All kinds of folks using that Arduino tech.
CONGRATS. Stick is rapidly becoming “obsolete” at least in terms of new production cars. It’s now an anti-theft device for Zoomers.
Denny
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Sad but true, my 55 Buick most people could not figure out how to start let alone drive 3 on the tree.
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Yeahbut, what’s in the sneaker?
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#2 got me good!
Although, they would have to be brand new and shinin.
Although, they would have to be brand new and shinin.
Squiddy202
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Close, it’s a state of the art cup holder!
Wicked_Daddy
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire!
And that's a pop-top right? So with it up, you can stand up in it?
Squiddy202
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Yup, has a little cot thing that unfolds too!
Kartorbust
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VW auto-stick or is there a clutch pedal I'm not seeing?
Either way, solid engine and transaxle in those. Simple to rebuild, I have a book on them, would have to look to see what information is in it, since its been like 6 years since I've even read the dumb thing.
Also have one on VW Baja Bugs as well.
Squiddy202
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Nope it has a clutch.
Kartorbust
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Guess thats the benefit for me, living in the middle of nowhere. Most of my driving is either highway or interstate, so minimal stop and go driving. I just have a soft spot for manuals. Wife is the one that doesn't want me to have a manual. Her excuse is, just in case I get injured, she doesn't want to have to drive it.
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Same here. I now have my first automatic automobile but have been driving manuals forever. Part of it is something akin to snobbery, “I drive a stick shift and am better than you” and then just preferring the “more control” that a manual offers and being sort of a purist. Slushboxes to this day are less reliable than a manual.
Stop and go traffic can suck but there’s ways around it with a stick shift. With the dreaded accordion effect and a sea of brake lights on the interstate for example, you simply open up the following distance (stop riding his bumper) of the car ahead of you and trundle along in 2nd or 3rd. If it’s stop and go traffic on a downhill, just put it in neutral and let gravity do its thing. Otherwise, yes, what a hassle.
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But she can drive it?