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- Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:41 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Right rims for 66 bug
- Replies: 13
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An original tire and wheel
lstyles, the spare in my car is the original tire and wheel. Also, both front wheels are original. These three (3) wheels are all 4" wide. If you need wheel stamping numbers, just say so and I'll post soon. I'll need to pull the spare and take some pictures of the back side stampings. Here's a ...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:59 pm
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: I'm the new guy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6431
Distributor Question
I found it in a box of old parts that came with the car. Cleaned and lubed it up, tested the vacuum can, installed it, set the dwell and timing. I consider myself lucky it worked. There is a cool distributor/carburetor listing on another web site. According to the information I found there, the dist...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:42 pm
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: I'm the new guy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6431
Thanks rokemester. It was one of those friend of a friend deals. The previous owner (PO) was the original owner. Car came with an incredible amount of paperwork: window sticker, sales contract, service receipts, etc. The PO stated they never intended to keep it this long. They just never got around ...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:05 am
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: I'm the new guy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6431
Some pictures of my "new" car
Here are a few pictures of the new car.
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: horn wiring mystery
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10558
Just went through a horn repair on mine. If the horn sounds without touching the horn ring, somewhere between the brown wire from the horn and the nut holding the wheel on, including the steering column tube itself, the control ciruit is grounded. The horn ring is an open in the gound circuit. Push ...
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:15 pm
- Forum: How Did You Find Us?
- Topic: Samba and Google
- Replies: 1
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Samba and Google
Was reading some stuff on Samba. Someone mentioned a dedicated '66 site. Googled it, found it.
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:06 pm
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: I'm the new guy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6431
I'm the new guy
Hello all. Just got my first Bug. Just happens to be a '66. Typed 1966 Beetle into a search and here I am. I've all ready found a ton of information to help with some of the issues I've had with the car.
Thanks ahead of time.
Thanks ahead of time.