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- Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Straightening out Orig Chrome '66 bumpers
- Replies: 1
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Straightening out Orig Chrome '66 bumpers
Hi! I am curious if anyone has had any luck straigthening out the original chrome bumpers on a '66 or any beetle for that matter. I have a new (to me) '66 on the hook, but the bumpers are decently rough (dents, tweaks, etc.) Is it a simple matter of heating them up a bit and a few good blows with a ...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:27 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: heater on, acrid smell emitting?
- Replies: 6
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Re: heater on, acrid smell emitting?
our bug emits an ungodly smell with the heater on. this cannot be good but identifying the source is difficult. not an exhaust smell but a caustic, lung wrenching whif when we stop. hope someone has a thought. thanks I'll tell a (not-so) funny story of a young man and his 1972 Type 2 he left parked...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:01 pm
- Forum: How Did You Find Us?
- Topic: Serendipity I assume?
- Replies: 1
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Serendipity I assume?
Hi! Found your site after googling for info on 1966ers. Growing up I "helped" my dad rebuild his beetle, which he eventually sold. Had a friend who is offering to sell me a '66 with the original engine(blown), some cancer in the floorboards, crappy interior...so naturally I'm considering i...