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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Phoenix, Arizona USA
Posts: 203
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Geez, lots of Beetles here (I'll include the Ghia in that group).
76 Beetle coupe with a 74 engine and a single solex carb. Bought it for $1,000, sold it for $1,000. Drove it 1,500 miles each way to college. First time I changed the oil two of the six studs that hold the drain plate on the crankcase backed out and two others stripped. I did figure out the two-nut method for inserting and backing out studs.
Shortly thereafter I rebuilt the solex, 'cause, well, it sounded like a good idea. Did it with the instructions in the rebuild kit, didn't even have a Haynes or a Compleat Idiot book. Ran great.
What a great car. Good body, minimal rust. Fixed more things for <$20; try that on any other car! Sold it before I knew how to soup it up. Dang, with what [little] I know now I could have given it some neat tweaks.
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