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| r_towle |
 Jun 20 2016, 02:56 PM
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Custom Member  Group: Members Posts: 24,661 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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OT! So move it if you feel the need.
I laugh more now when thinking of the crazy stuff I did when I was young and broke just to get a car home or repaired. One night, heading up to go skiing with a buddy, by beetle accel cable broke. It was super cold, dark and we were in a section of NH that has about ten exits of nothing....so remote. Thankfully there was a gas station about 2-3 miles ahead. I put on my winter ski clothes, goggles and all. I sat sideways on the rear bumper with my hand hugging the upright fan and I drove the carburetor while yelling when to shift etc... What could go wrong......?? How about you guys? I have a few more stupid stories that make me wonder why I am still here at all. |
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| 2mAn |
Jun 20 2016, 03:25 PM
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trying to see how long I can go without a 914 Group: Members Posts: 487 Joined: 14-November 13 From: Westchester (Los Angeles) Member No.: 16,644 Region Association: Southern California |
My old Jetta Diesel coupe. Ignition switch died, so I hotwired the car to start the fuel pump, car fired to life and I started driving. The keys to the ignition were in my pocket and as I went around a turn the steering locked and stopped turning. Ive never moved so fast in my life.
Same Diesel Coupe. I forgot to torque the wheels down and I had the wrong lugs on the car so they only threaded into the hub maybe 10mm-15mm max. Drove about 80 miles on the freeway and as I exited I heard a weird sound, then made my right turn onto the street and BOOM wheel falls off and I see it rolling past me. I had to chase that thing down. Made a trip to home depot racing and got for bolts of a different pitch and not tapered (no idea where the old lugs were) and used those to temporarily hold the wheel onto the hub. I destroyed that hub, among other things, but I got it to the shop where it got all the correct parts installed. A common problem on these MK1 watercooled VWs was that when you upgrade the clutch the clutch cable mount breaks and mine did too. I used this old skateboard wheel as a "temp" solution that stayed on the car until I sold it and Im sure its still there (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-16644-1466457955.1.jpg) Im sure there are more, but those were the first ones that came to mind Said vehicle... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/img.photobucket.com-16644-1466457955.2.jpg) |
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r_towle OT, getting them home stories Jun 20 2016, 02:56 PM
cuddyk I lived in the Virgin Islands for a while in the 8... Jun 20 2016, 09:54 PM Olympic 1.7 going up a big hill, I floored it to get around a ... Jun 21 2016, 06:49 AM Olympic 1.7 I was having the dreaded fuel pump vapor lock, my ... Jun 21 2016, 07:00 AM DBCooper
Thankfully there was a gas station about 2-3 mile... Jun 21 2016, 07:02 AM sb914
OT! So move it if you feel the need.
I laugh... Jun 21 2016, 07:46 AM altitude411 Not really a "get it home story" but... ... Jun 21 2016, 07:56 AM Darren C
OT! So move it if you feel the need.
I laugh... Jun 21 2016, 08:21 AM flyer86d About six years ago I was working late at the shop... Jun 21 2016, 08:43 AM Mark Henry The shakedown voyage for my freshly restored 1967 ... Jun 21 2016, 09:33 AM Amphicar770 Had a 1965 T-bird in the mid 1980's. Probably... Jun 21 2016, 09:43 AM DBCooper No wheel, steering with vice grips on the steering... Jun 21 2016, 10:40 AM altitude411 Sweeping left hander coming off the Golden Gate Br... Jun 21 2016, 10:55 AM ThePaintedMan Two years ago was flat towing the 914 to JetsetSur... Jun 21 2016, 11:49 AM Root_Werks 1990, had a buddies baja bug we swapped some wheel... Jun 21 2016, 12:01 PM r_towle I once purchased a car for 75 bucks.
Bolted on my ... Jun 21 2016, 04:06 PM rdauenhauer >:D
So this was ...some time ago. Preface: My ... Jun 22 2016, 12:17 PM 914_teener Here is mine...air cooled.
Got this car back in 7... Jun 22 2016, 01:45 PM oakdalecurtis As a newly elected Councilman in a small rural cen... Jun 22 2016, 04:55 PM oakdalecurtis Here's another "I can't believe it... Jun 22 2016, 05:45 PM
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Here's another "I can't believe it... Jun 23 2016, 08:24 AM DBCooper City councilman with a 914? And sweet-talkin... Jun 23 2016, 07:15 AM 2mAn didnt think there would be so many 914 owners in M... Jun 23 2016, 03:21 PM DirtyCossack While I was working Public Affairs at Ft Sill, OK ... Jun 23 2016, 03:52 PM r_towle
While I was working Public Affairs at Ft Sill, OK... Jun 24 2016, 12:20 AM DirtyCossack
While I was working Public Affairs at Ft Sill, O... Jun 24 2016, 11:32 AM bdstone914 Back in the 70's I owned a Pinto = POS Ford. ... Jun 24 2016, 07:02 AM r_towle :D Jun 24 2016, 09:06 PM |
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